Climate change and infertility

In coastal communities around the globe — places such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, Egypt, Italy, Brazil and the southern United States — rising sea water levels threaten to infiltrate freshwater drinking supplies. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with journalist Zoya Teirstein about the growing problem of tainted water and its impact on the health of pregnant people and unborn babies. 

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