The collaboration and documentary
This story is part of an investigative collaboration with AL.com, The Associated Press, FRONTLINE (PBS) and The Post and Courier that includes the upcoming FRONTLINE documentary "Contaminated: The Carpet Industry’s Toxic Legacy." It is supported through AP’s Local Investigative Reporting Program and FRONTLINE’s Local Journalism Initiative, which is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Contributing reporting were Tony Bartelme of The Post and Courier; Margaret Kates of AL.com; Michael Phillis and Helen Wieffering of The Associated Press; and Dana Miller Ervin, Kate McCormick and Jala Everett of FRONTLINE. The MuckRock Sunlight Research Desk‘s Audrey Nielsen, Michael Nolan and Seraphina Harris-Feron provided research.
Watch the documentary “Contaminated: The Carpet Industry’s Toxic Legacy” at pbs.org/frontline and in the PBS App and on FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel. It is also available on the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel.
Additional credits: Maps by Justin Price, Pete Corson and Phil Robibero / AJC; Graphic by Dylan Jackson, Phil Robibero and Hyosub Shin / AJC.
