Mara Hoplamazian: PFAS + Safe Drinking Water

About this episode

Mara Hoplamazian discusses PFAS contamination and the efforts to ensure safe drinking water in New Hampshire.

#276: Mara Hoplamazian joins the Real Organic Podcast to talk about PFAS contamination, poisoned wells, citizen activism, and the long struggle to make drinking water safer in New Hampshire and beyond. Their reporting on the NHPR series Safe to Drink follows the communities, workers, regulators, and advocates caught in a crisis shaped by corporate secrecy and years of delayed action. After this Tuesday release, listeners can stay with the story when Episode One of Safe to Drink arrives in this feed on Friday, May 15, 2026. https://realorganicproject.org/mara-hoplamazian-pfas-safe-drinking-water The Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce, and pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs from products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations). To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Chapman, Linley Dixon

Guest: Mara Hoplamazian

Topics covered

• PFAS contamination
• drinking water safety
• citizen activism
• environmental crisis
• corporate secrecy

Keywords

• PFAS
• drinking water
• contamination
• activism
• New Hampshire
• corporate secrecy
• environmental crisis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Real Organic Project, NHPR

Places: New Hampshire, United States

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