In this episode, we’re heading to America’s Atlantic Coast, circa 1987. People are fleeing the beaches, and it’s not because of sharks. To the horror of both tourists and residents alike, the coasts of New York City, Long Island, and the Jersey Shore have been covered in medical waste. Hypodermic syringes, to be specific. 

To help us with this episode is our guest, Jeremy Greene. Jeremy is a historian of medicine, and the director of the history of medicine department at Johns Hopkins University.

 He’s also the author of Hypodermics on the Shore, a brilliant article published in the Atlantic which we highly recommend.