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MARIAH BLAKE

Investigative Journalist

Media Coverage

How a small community fought for justice after finding forever chemicals in drinking water

PBS NewsHour, 2025

Scientific American’s Best Nonfiction of 2025

Scientific American, 2025

50 notable works of nonfiction from 2025

The Washington Post, 2025

How Toxic Chemicals Quietly Took Over Our Lives

Apple News in Conversation, 2025

"They Poisoned the World": The Corporate Cover-Up and the Fightback Against PFAS, Forever Chemicals

Democracy Now!, 2025

Five Essential Reads on Plastic, Power and Pollution

Scientific American, 2025

Chemical Makers Knew the Harms, It Didn't Matter: In “They Poisoned the World,” investigative journalist Mariah Blake writes about the campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals

The Washington Post, 2025

Sticking With It; A Sobering Chronicle of Our Times

The American Scholar, 2025

They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals

Booklist, starred review, 2025

The Toxic Truth: PFAS Chemicals in Your Water, Food, and Backyard

CBN News & The 700 Club, 2025

Journalist and Author Mariah Blake Discusses Her New Book On Forever Chemicals

PBS New Mexico in Focus, 2025

The State of Labor & Forever Chemicals

Ralph Nader Radio Hour, 2025

Mariah Blake's "They Poisoned The World" Chronicles Decade-long Fight for Clean Water in Hoosick Falls

WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 2025

"They Poisoned the World": A New Book Explains How a Previously Unknown Manhattan Project Program Ushered in the Age of Toxic Forever Chemicals

Searchlight New Mexico, 2025

They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals

Publisher's Weekly, 2025

How DuPont Poisoned West Virginia

WNYC New York Public Radio, 2015

The Safety of Plastics: Beyond BPA

NPR's On Point, 2014

BPA-Free Does Not Always Mean Safe

PRI's Living on Earth, 2014

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