Following the System Beyond the Well Pad In 2025, Exposure  spent the year asking a deceptively simple question: what does the fracking–petrochemical system actually do—and what does it leave behind? Across dozens of conversations with scientists, attorneys, workers, and impacted residents, a clearer picture began to emerge. Not of isolated projects or one-off incidents, but of a connected industrial system that stretches far beyond the well pad and into people’s homes, bodie

The forgotten origins of America’s forever-chemical crisis — told by the woman who uncovered it. By Stuart Day A River, a Childhood, and a Catastrophe Hidden in Plain Sight The Ohio River looks calm from the bank where Jill meets Callie Lyons — a still surface with a long memory. Jill grew up downstream from Parkersburg, swimming, tubing, and spending summers along this water. She never knew the invisible danger drifting through every current. Callie didn’t grow up here. She

Fracking is the entry point - Petrochemicals are the empire built behind it By Stuart Day | Exposure Points | November 2025 Most people think fracking ends at the well. The drill packs up, the trucks roll out, and the gas enters a pipeline headed to home furnaces and ovens. But in the Ohio River Valley, what happens after the well is a convoluted series of steps and entire industries that have nothing to do with heating homes. As Stuart lays out in this episode of Exposure Po

Chemicals | Control | Data By Stuart Day | Exposure Points | September 2025 Our economy is built on extraction. From coal to oil and gas, from petrochemicals to greenwashed “renewables,” and now to the rise of AI-driven data centers, one pattern repeats: we take, we exploit, we entrench—leaving communities and ecosystems to bear the cost. In the first episode of Exposure Points , we explore three current stories that expose this cycle: Chemours and the PFAS lawsuits, Pennsylv

The Truckers Who Keep America Running Are Done Being Treated as Disposable How a Bronx-born labor organizer and a national coalition of truck drivers are forcing the federal government to confront the oil and gas industry’s hazmat violations. By Stuart Day On January 23, 2025, something unprecedented happened: truck drivers—supported by Earthjustice and Ohio Valley Allies—formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Transportation to " enforce its own damn laws "  around the t

Clean Seas and Belle, West Virginia: What’s at Stake By Stuart Day Across West Virginia’s Kanawha Valley, communities have lived with a long legacy of industrial development and pollution. From Union Carbide to Dow, residents have seen firsthand how chemical production reshapes local environments and public health. Now, a new proposal has many people asking hard questions: the Clean Seas plastics pyrolysis facility in Belle, West Virginia . In this episode of Exposure , co-ho

Bhopal: The Corporate Crime That Never Ended In this episode of Exposure , Jill and Stuart reflect on one of the deadliest chemical...

Speaking Truth Under Threat : A conversation with Brooke Christy about SLAPP suits, free speach and community protection In this episode...

Childhood cancer, endocrine disruption, and the fight for environmental health. With Dr. Nicole Deziel In Episode 8 of Exposure , we’re...

Fracking’s broken promises: Sean O’Leary reveals how it’s failed Appalachia’s economy & why renewables are the path to real prosperity.

In this episode of Exposure, we unpack the tense and revealing town hall meeting that unfolded in East Palestine more than two years...

In Exposure Episode 7, we sit down with Bob and Darlene Williamson—lifelong residents of Jefferson County, Ohio—whose quiet country life...

Cancer Clusters to Crackers: Dr. Nicole Deziel’s Groundbreaking Research on Fracking’s Health Impacts In Episode 9 of Exposure , we sit...

The SOBE Pyrolysis Fight: Understanding the Impact on Youngstown and the Role of the Ohio EPA A Community Stands Against SOBE "The Ohio...

Eposure Episode 7 - The Energy Executive Order: What It Means for Communities and the Future In this episode of Exposure, hosts Stuart...

Fracking waste isn’t just toxic—it’s radioactive. Justin Nobel & Richard reveal the hidden costs to health, land, & communities

Fracking’s broken promises: Sean O’Leary reveals how it’s failed Appalachia’s economy & why renewables are the path to real prosperity.

Justin Nobel & Richard uncover hidden dangers of fracking: radioactive waste, toxic brine, and the true cost to communitie

Unmasking the Truth about Fracking: New Insights from the Ohio River Valley Institute Ohio River Valley Institute’s New Pennsylvania Poll...

Into the Valley of Death: How Fracking and petrochemicals have shaped West Virginia’s “Chemical Valley" Welcome back to Exposure. In this...