For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks.
Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.
(Published May 2024)
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
Denying history does not erase it, but acknowledging history can prevent it repeating.
ProPublica
Until the very recent past, women were denied the vote, property rights, higher education, many professions, legal autonomy, and protection from discrimination.
You don’t have to embrace every feminist argument, but if you know the history, dismissing feminism outright is indefensible.