Mariah Blake

Today is the day! After eight long years, They Poisoned the World, is out. The book interweaves the moving story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic global crisis with a deep investigation of one the most brazen cover-ups in corporate history. 1/

There’s not a person on earth who doesn't have PFAS in their blood. @mariahblake.bsky.social reflects on the how these chemicals came to pollute the world and the remarkable grassroots movement, much of it coming from working class communities, that has arisen to ban them. kpfa.org/episode/agai...

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...

An investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis. Read "They Poisoned the World" by @mariahblake.bsky.social ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

Here's a neat thing! My mom retired after 25+ as a children's librarian at public libraries yesterday. (It was very cool! Hundreds of former Story Hour kids arrived, some as adults!) I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it!

Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

SCOOP: An ICE whistleblower report obtained by the NYT said ICE was cutting corners, violating the law and fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency to “grave national security risks.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...

@mariahblake.bsky.social covers leaded gasoline in her awesome book They Poisoned The World.

Please read this story and share. Thank you, readers, for supporting our journalism. Transparency matters. Accountability matters. Here again is a free link to the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...

In 2025, ICE began detaining people at immigration hearings, an unprecedented step. The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer shares the story of one detainee whose life was turned upside down. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

Friends, the German edition of my book has been nominated for Science Book of the Year by the popular magazine BILD DER WISSENSCHAFT. If you read Die Vergiftung der Welt, please consider voting for it in the magazine’s public poll. #PFAS

Friends, the German edition of my book has been nominated for Science Book of the Year by the popular magazine BILD DER WISSENSCHAFT. If you read Die Vergiftung der Welt, please consider voting for it in the magazine’s public poll. #PFAS

Wir freuen uns – und brauchen eure Hilfe! Zwei oekom-Bücher sind für das #WissensbuchDesJahres2026 nominiert: »Die Vergiftung der Welt« ( @mariahblake.bsky.social ) und »Luchs« (Berndt Fischer/Marco Heurich). Stimmt jetzt beim Publikumsvoting für sie ab 👉 www.konradin-service.de/umfrage/inde...

This is an extraordinarily well-written book that weaves moving human stories (I cried) with revealing corporate history (I gasped) and a compelling argument for the power of community to build movements for our collective future (I felt inspired). Incredible stuff.

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"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Please don’t rely on this outdated @NYTimes article! Pitcher filters can’t reliably remove #PFAS from drinking water. Under-sink systems can, specifically reverse osmosis systems or multi-stage ones that involve carbon. 1/

The Trump Admin is once again selling out safety and common sense to cater to fossil fuel industry demands. This formula is familiar: putting big business’s profits ahead of science—and even their own investors’ best interests—by burying the facts. 🧵⬇️

Zum Thema #PFAS sehr empfehlenswert das Buch #DieVergiftungDerWelt von @mariahblake.bsky.social, im Mai vorgestellt in der #DLF Reihe #Andruck ...

Wildfire smoke is affecting people's sperm and embryos, studies show. link.motherjones.com/click/459367...

In Ihrem Buch #DieVergiftungDerWelt zeigt @mariahblake.bsky.social, wie skrupellos Chemiekonzerne aus Profitinteressen mit der Gesundheit der Menschen umgehen. Nicht anders die fossilen Konzerne beim Klima – sie wissen seit Jahrzehnten, wie schädlich das Verbrennen fossiler Rohstoffe ist. ...

I’m blow away by this review on the German public radio network, @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy, calling my book “a masterpiece of scientific literature.” Thank you @torstengrieger.grieger.de for flagging it!

Wo ich den Beitrag von #ProPublica gerade sehe, fällt mir ein, dass ich noch gar keinen Post zu @mariahblake.bsky.social|s Buch #DieVergiftungDerWelt zum #PFAS Skandal gemacht habe, das gestern im DLF-Magazin #Andruck vorstellt wurde. Link anklicken und unbedingt den Beitrag von Britta #Fecke hören!

I don't quite have words yet. I'm stunned, grateful, disoriented. My deepest, deepest thanks to the five families without whom this book would not exist. It has been the honor of my life to know and learn from you.

Check out this beautifully produced narrative podcast from the German public radio station, Bayern 2, which weaves in excerpts from the German edition of my book and an interview with yours truly. I absolutely love it 🙏 #PFAS @oekom.de

🎧 Wie haben Chemiekonzerne jahrzehntelang Wissen über toxische #PFAS Stoffe unterdrückt – und warum zahlen wir heute den Preis dafür? @mariahblake.bsky.social spricht bei Bayern 2 Buchgefühl über ihr Buch »Die Vergiftung der Welt« – jetzt zum Nachhören auf: www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:...

When I read this, I immediately thought of Treblinka, a Nazi death camp where about 800,000 people died, choking on diesel fumes pumped into gas chambers by giant engines. Death by contamination. It was less efficient than Zyklon B—but every bit as fatal. #PFAS www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Stoked to have a sold out panel in LA this Saturday with Gardiner Harris and @mariahblake.bsky.social! If you're in LA and can't get in to talk with us about dark money, corporate wrongdoing, and lawyer shenanigans, come by and say hi in Signing Area 3 after the panel, at around 11:30!

Digging into a riveting new project. Details to come...

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They Poisoned the World: Mariah Blake Interview for PFAS Dilemma Ich freue mich, dass Mariah Blake mir Fragen zum globalen PFAS-Skandal für PFAS-Dilemma.info beantwortet hat :) pfas-dilemma.info/medien/103-t... #pfas @mariahblake.bsky.social @oekom.de @danieldrepper.bsky.social

(Seriously, I devoured this book like it was the last Dorito in the bag)

LA friends & family, please join me at the @latimesfob! I’ll be speaking with brilliant authors Gardiner Harris & Elizabeth Burch about a timely topic that will make your blood boil: “Crimes of Science & Health: Evil Corporations, Dark Money, and What It Means for Our Future." #PFAS

Neue eBooks in unserer Onleihe, u.a. von Judith W. Taschler, @pastakek.bsky.social, @gildasahebi.bsky.social, Clemens Setz, @mariahblake.bsky.social, Elizabeth Gilbert, Oisin McKenna und @fritzjergitsch.at. www.onleihe.com/wien/fronten...

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LA friends & family, please join me at the @latimesfob! I’ll be speaking with brilliant authors Gardiner Harris & Elizabeth Burch about a timely topic that will make your blood boil: “Crimes of Science & Health: Evil Corporations, Dark Money, and What It Means for Our Future." #PFAS

I’m honored to be sharing a stage with these two amazing authors at the LA Times Festival of Book. Join us on April 18!

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Love this story on how citizen science is tracking our most famous migratory moth species! 🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Join us this morning for what promises to be a fantastic discussion of how we can reduce chemical pollution and help our children stay healthy.

Today the paperback of THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out. It's arriving in a country once again waging war—a country that can spend tens of billions on bombs without blinking, while millions of Americans are one missed paycheck, one rent hike away from homelessness. Let's take stock of where we are.