Pien Huang

You're welcome. Thanks for having me on. And I'm sure we're going to talk much more about fluoride in the future.

Yeah, I mean, there are so many buckets to look into, from forever chemicals to lead to fluoride.

Yeah, I mean, there are so many buckets to look into, from forever chemicals to lead to fluoride.

Yeah, I mean, there are so many buckets to look into, from forever chemicals to lead to fluoride.

Yeah, I mean, it has gotten better since the pandemic. So there was this nationally representative survey that the Pew Research Center did at the end of October. And it found that 76% of respondents were at least fairly confident in scientists. You know, they thought that they were intelligent, focused on solving real world problems.

Yeah, I mean, it has gotten better since the pandemic. So there was this nationally representative survey that the Pew Research Center did at the end of October. And it found that 76% of respondents were at least fairly confident in scientists. You know, they thought that they were intelligent, focused on solving real world problems.

Yeah, I mean, it has gotten better since the pandemic. So there was this nationally representative survey that the Pew Research Center did at the end of October. And it found that 76% of respondents were at least fairly confident in scientists. You know, they thought that they were intelligent, focused on solving real world problems.

So like I said, that's up, but it's still lower than it was before the pandemic. And people in the US are split about whether scientists should be actively focusing on policy or if they should be staying out of the fray. And now people in public health Wow. Wow.

So like I said, that's up, but it's still lower than it was before the pandemic. And people in the US are split about whether scientists should be actively focusing on policy or if they should be staying out of the fray. And now people in public health Wow. Wow.

So like I said, that's up, but it's still lower than it was before the pandemic. And people in the US are split about whether scientists should be actively focusing on policy or if they should be staying out of the fray. And now people in public health Wow. Wow.

Yeah, absolutely. So this has been a big year for drinking water. There were two big new rules from the EPA in April. They passed a rule to limit the amount of Six PFAS chemicals, that stands for per-polyfluoroalkyl substances. We've talked about them here before.

Yeah, absolutely. So this has been a big year for drinking water. There were two big new rules from the EPA in April. They passed a rule to limit the amount of Six PFAS chemicals, that stands for per-polyfluoroalkyl substances. We've talked about them here before.

Yeah, absolutely. So this has been a big year for drinking water. There were two big new rules from the EPA in April. They passed a rule to limit the amount of Six PFAS chemicals, that stands for per-polyfluoroalkyl substances. We've talked about them here before.

And these are man-made chemicals that have been used for many, many decades in waterproofing, stain-proofing products that people can buy in the store or use in flame retardants. They're called forever chemicals because they have this really strong carbon-fluorine bond that can stay bonded and intact for centuries. So they don't really fall apart in nature. They are in most human bodies.

And these are man-made chemicals that have been used for many, many decades in waterproofing, stain-proofing products that people can buy in the store or use in flame retardants. They're called forever chemicals because they have this really strong carbon-fluorine bond that can stay bonded and intact for centuries. So they don't really fall apart in nature. They are in most human bodies.

And these are man-made chemicals that have been used for many, many decades in waterproofing, stain-proofing products that people can buy in the store or use in flame retardants. They're called forever chemicals because they have this really strong carbon-fluorine bond that can stay bonded and intact for centuries. So they don't really fall apart in nature. They are in most human bodies.

They've been linked to liver damage, high cholesterol, certain cancers, suppressed immune response in children. So the new PFAS regulation requires water systems that find even low levels of PFAS in the water to filter them out. Oh, wow.

They've been linked to liver damage, high cholesterol, certain cancers, suppressed immune response in children. So the new PFAS regulation requires water systems that find even low levels of PFAS in the water to filter them out. Oh, wow.

They've been linked to liver damage, high cholesterol, certain cancers, suppressed immune response in children. So the new PFAS regulation requires water systems that find even low levels of PFAS in the water to filter them out. Oh, wow.

So the other one is lead, which we have known about for a really long time. We know that lead is a neurotoxin. It's especially dangerous for kids and their developing brains, and it can leach out of lead pipes and into people's drinking water. So- A little background here.