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From pollution to progress: Tackling PFAS across continents

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Anne-Sophie Brändlin | Aditi Rajagopal | Elisabetta Galla
April 29, 2026

Mothers in Italy helped expose a huge 'forever chemicals' pollution scandal that led to convictions. But the problem simply moved to India. So now Indian mothers are taking up the fight.

Aditi Rajagopal Aditi Rajagopal is a DW environment reporter mainly working for Planet A on Youtube and tiktok.
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