Forever Chemicals - Are they an environmental disaster in progress?
E+T Podcast4 Maalis 2025

Forever Chemicals - Are they an environmental disaster in progress?

Hosted by: Tim Fryer and Tanya Weaver Special Guest: Stephanie Metzger, Policy Advisor at the Royal Society of Chemistry. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - better known as PFAS or Forever Chemicals, are incredibly useful. They are so good at repelling water, oil and heat that they are used in a multitude of everyday applications. However, there is evidence linking them to serious health issues including cancers and, as the name Forever Chemicals suggests, they are very difficult to get ...

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Inspiration: Will all companies invest in outreach programmes to inspire the young?

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Future Mobility: Will we be able to cross the Atlantic in an electric airliner?

Future Mobility: Will we be able to cross the Atlantic in an electric airliner?

Three years ago E+T looked at the challenges facing humanity and set seven Critical Targets that the engineering and technology sector needs to achieve if we want to look optimistically to the future....

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Trust and Truth: Can we bring more decency and responsibility into  the online world?

Trust and Truth: Can we bring more decency and responsibility into the online world?

Three years ago E+T looked at the challenges facing humanity and set seven Critical Targets that the engineering and technology sector needs to achieve if we want to look optimistically to the future....

13 Elo 202428min

Global Family: Could water poverty become a thing of the past?

Global Family: Could water poverty become a thing of the past?

Three years ago E+T looked at the challenges facing humanity and set seven Critical Targets that the engineering and technology sector needs to achieve if we want to look optimistically to the future....

13 Elo 202418min

Alternative Energy: Fossil fuels - is it really possible to confine them to history?

Alternative Energy: Fossil fuels - is it really possible to confine them to history?

Three years ago E+T looked at the challenges facing humanity and set seven Critical Targets that the engineering and technology sector needs to achieve if we want to look optimistically to the future....

13 Elo 202418min

Sustainability: Should biodiversity be sacrosanct and underpin everything we do?

Sustainability: Should biodiversity be sacrosanct and underpin everything we do?

Three years ago E+T looked at the challenges facing humanity and set seven Critical Targets that the engineering and technology sector needs to achieve if we want to look optimistically to the future....

13 Elo 202431min

Diversity: Can the make-up of the engineering sector broadly reflect that of society?

Diversity: Can the make-up of the engineering sector broadly reflect that of society?

Three years ago E+T looked at the challenges facing humanity and set seven Critical Targets that the engineering and technology sector needs to achieve if we want to look optimistically to the future....

13 Elo 202428min

Is the electrification of the world's car fleet just an electric dream?

Is the electrification of the world's car fleet just an electric dream?

In this episode of E+T: Off the Page, we dive into the challenges and progress in the global shift to electric vehicles (EVs). Regular contributors Tim Fryer, Jack Loughran and Tanya Weaver are joined...

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