{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"resilience","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org","title":"\u2018I Didn\u2019t Know I Was Sitting in a Pool of Poison\u2019","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KKDLGfx5gb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-07-17\/i-didnt-know-i-was-sitting-in-a-pool-of-poison\/\">\u2018I Didn\u2019t Know I Was Sitting in a Pool of Poison\u2019<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-07-17\/i-didnt-know-i-was-sitting-in-a-pool-of-poison\/embed\/#?secret=KKDLGfx5gb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;\u2018I Didn\u2019t Know I Was Sitting in a Pool of Poison\u2019&#8221; &#8212; resilience\" data-secret=\"KKDLGfx5gb\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jackie-Monette-PFAS-Petersburgh-1500x2000-1.webp","thumbnail_width":765,"thumbnail_height":507,"description":"In 2016, high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances\u2014PFAS\u2014were discovered in Monette\u2019s drinking water well at her home in the upstate New York town of Petersburgh, along with the wells of many of her neighbors. Petersburgh\u2019s municipal water supply was also tainted, as was the Little Hoosic River, where Monette liked to cool off. \u201cI didn\u2019t know I was sitting in a pool of poison,\u201d says Monette, a 68-year-old retired elementary school art teacher who taught at a local school district."}