HEAVY METAL | Radiolab Podcast

From the Radiolab podcast: After helping to create the atomic bomb, chemist Clair Patterson embarks on a quest of redemption to stop humanity from quietly poisoning the planet.

In this episode we have a story about the sometimes obvious but sometimes sneaky effects of the way that we humans rearrange the elemental stuff around us. Reporter Avir Mitra brings us a story about how Clair Patterson's relentless pursuit of a deep truth about the Earth led to an obsession with lead that really changed the very air we breathe.

This episode was reported by Avir Mitra, and produced by Matt Kielty, Becca Bressler, Rachael Cusick, and Maria Paz Gutiérrez.

Special thanks to Cliff Davidson, Paul M. Sutter, Denton Ebel, and Sam Kean.

Illustration by Melanie St-Pierre.
Video produced by Kim Nowacki & Sahar Baharloo.

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