Don’t talk – listen. Why communities affected by forever chemicals in water must be heard

By Matthew Kearnes, Professor of Environment & Society, UNSW Sydney
Cameron Holley, Professor, Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney
Carley Bartlett, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney
Denis O'Carroll, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney
Patrick Bonney, Research Fellow in Anthropology, Deakin University

When worried communities talk to authorities about forever chemicals, officials often seek to explain and clarify. But this isn’t what people actually want.

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