**This episode is dedicated to Mary Gladell Rice Martin (1932 - 2023). She was an amazing woman, a pillar in her community, and a lifelong BASF employee in South Carolina. Her life was the motivation for this episode.**BASF is the world’s largest chemical company. BASF is also one of the world’s greatest purveyors of environmental racism and injustice. Part 4 of our series on “Sacrifice Zones” dives into ProPublica’s investigation into the sacrifice zones created from the work of BASF that goes into just one product: Cascade Dishwasher Detergent. Join us!
Learn More about BASF and its impact*:Propublica Investigation: The Dirty Secret of America's Clean DishesResearch: Link between benzene and leukemiaResearch: Ethylene Oxide and Cancer*If you are unable to view any of the resources listed above, please reach out to me, and I will send you a PDF copy.
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