PHIL DONNELLY: [played by Victor Garber] At DuPont, better living through chemistry. WILBUR TENNANT: That’s chemicals, I’m telling you. ROBERT BILOTT: Yeah, you know, and it really highlights that we’re talking about chemical contamination that goes far beyond — excuse me — far beyond one farmer’s property in West Virginia, even one community in West Virginia and Ohio. We’ll send you the top news, analysis and commentary from Truthout’s reporters and leading progressive thinkers, as well as the best reprints from other independent news sources. When you become a one-time or monthly donor to Truthout you help us gather it, explain it, and share it widely. SARAH BILOTT: [played by Anne Hathaway] You need to tell me what in the hell is going on. But we’re going to turn right now to something else you’ve just been focusing on, but a late study — a new study that’s just come out. WILBUR TENNANT: Well, now you can defend me. But the EPA has been really — has recently been, a secret memo discovered, trying to get rid of the science of that. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. Another witness, Virginia prosecutor Matthew Hardin, complained that Democratic politician-prosecutors like Swanson routinely gang up with Democratic activists, plaintiff’s lawyers, and other potential donors to squeeze big institutions with massive lawsuits for old civil offenses, even when voters prove reluctant to elect Democratic legislators or back tough liability laws. What we’re talking about is a completely man-made chemical, something that didn’t exist on the planet prior to World War II. If it keeps selling assets, the chemical giant that used to be the most valuable company in America won’t have much left. U.N. 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It was developed right after the war by the 3M Company, and it was sent down to DuPont, who used it in the manufacturing of Teflon outside their West Virginia plant for about 60 years. It was developed right after the war by the 3M Company, and it was sent down to DuPont, who used it in the manufacturing of Teflon outside their West Virginia plant for about 60 years. Even $10 makes a big difference. Did you know that you can get Democracy Now! So, by the time we finally figured out that this chemical was being used, that it was being emitted into our environment and that it was getting into drinking water all over the country and the blood of virtually every living creature in the planet, it had already been out there and being pumped out into our environment, with really the regulators and the public being completely unaware. PHIL DONNELLY: You want to flush your career down the toilet for some cowhand? And the end result was independent scientific confirmation that this chemical causes diseases, including cancers. They’re hiding something. The Democrats in charge added lawyer Bilott as a witness — alongside Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, who last year won an even larger settlement of $850 million from hometown giant 3M Corp. for old PFAS contamination. This is viewer supported news. William Barber: Millions Are Struggling. TIM ROBBINS: And, you know, Rob, maybe you want to talk about that. Recently —. Don't worry, we'll never share or sell your information. She has an masters of philosophy from Cambridge University and is the author of The Present as History: Critical Perspectives on Global Power (Columbia University Press). WILBUR TENNANT: That’s chemicals, I’m telling you. Both DuPont and Chemours, based three miles apart in Wilmington, called on ex-DuPont CEO and splitmaster Ellen Kullman to say who should pay most. TIM ROBBINS: Oh, sorry. We had 70,000 people. And it’s taken quite some time to get that story out and for people to start realizing the scope of this contamination. It was counterintuitive for the firm to do it, but he saw the moral obligation that all of them had, once they knew the truth of this, to pursue the case. ROB BILOTT: The system is rigged. Unfortunately, a lot of that occurred in the decades before the U.S. EPA even existed. Please make a small one-time or monthly donation so we can amplify the voices of hundreds of journalists, activists and changemakers working tirelessly to turn things around. Just in time for the holidays, the actor Mark Ruffalo plays Bilott, the lawyer who collected hundreds of millions for his clients and tens of millions for his big Ohio law firm by suing DuPont for dumping Teflon byproducts into a river as recently as the 1990s despite knowing some might cause cancer. Just a month later, Kirsch resigned from Chemours and announced he was taking a job with his brother’s waste disposal business — collecting a million-dollar severance, reported Karl Baker in the Wilmington News Journal. ROBERT BILOTT: Yeah, the study we did in West Virginia ended up being one of the largest studies ever done of a chemical. Our Daily Digest brings Democracy Now! Even $10 makes a big difference. The so-called forever chemicals are linked to cancer, high cholesterol and decreased fertility, and they do not break down in the environment. And the end result was independent scientific confirmation that this chemical causes diseases, including cancers. DR. GILLESPIE: [played by John Newberg] Drank it? The report was released by the Environmental Working Group. You know, we started off with the farmer in West Virginia, Mr. Tennant, representing him and his family, then, realizing it was in the drinking water of that entire community, represented about the 70,000 people along the Ohio River in Ohio and West Virginia. And most of us, unfortunately, are just now learning about this, even though the information about the toxicity of these chemicals, the fact that it was getting out in the environment, that it would get into us and stay in us, was known by the companies using these materials for decades. Kirsch shot back that it will cost Chemours “well north of $200 million” to fix the North Carolina wastewater mess, a cost DuPont had estimated at just $2 million. SARAH BILOTT: He was willing to risk his job, his family, for a stranger who needed his help. But the EPA has been really — has recently been, a secret memo discovered, trying to get rid of the science of that. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! TIM ROBBINS: Well, I wanted to mention where we’re going to be on tour with The New Colossus. Kirsch, Baker noted, had said he wanted Chemours to become a “role model” for the chemical industry. AMY GOODMAN: That’s the trailer for Dark Waters, based on the work of attorney Rob Bilott, who’s joining us now from Los Angeles. TOM TERP: [played by Tim Robbins] The farmer or you? Credible information is our most potent weapon in this strange and terrible age. AMY GOODMAN: That’s the trailer for Dark Waters, based on the work of attorney Rob Bilott, who’s joining us now from Los Angeles. They’re hiding something. ROBERT BILOTT: [played by Mark Ruffalo] Hi, Grandmas. A new report highlights the glaring injustice inherent in the U.S.’s drinking water systems. To donate by check, phone, bitcoin, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page. ROBERT BILOTT: I am a corporate defense attorney. On Wednesday, the Environmental Working Group released a shocking report about how toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been found in the drinking water of dozens of U.S. cities, including major metropolitan areas including Miami, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Our government is captive to DuPont. ROB BILOTT: It’s a small matter for a family friend, help a guy who needs it. She worked in research and non-governmental organizations before joining Democracy Now! PHIL DONNELLY: [played by Victor Garber] At DuPont, better living through chemistry. NERMEEN SHAIKH: And the new study shows that tap water in 43 cities across the United States is contaminated with toxic chemicals known as PFAS, which have been linked to cancer and lowered fertility. I know. He won the Right Livelihood Award in 2017. The film tells the story of attorney Rob Bilott’s 20-year battle with DuPont over contaminated drinking water in West Virginia from toxic chemicals used to make Teflon. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. And they’ll use it. Time Magazine named Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We’re going to do Part 2 at democracynow.org. And this is a true story. AMY GOODMAN: So, Rob, the lawsuit that you brought, who you represented and what people won, though the world has lost so much and this case continues? We protect us. We do not accept funding from advertising, underwriting or government agencies. And Oscar-winning actor and director Tim Robbins. I was one of them. We do. So we’re trying to get independent scientific studies to confirm that, and to have it so the rest of us aren’t paying for that. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! As in the movie, he at first had a cozy relationship with DuPont, though some of the details of the relationship in the movie are invented. After two decades of automation, spinoffs, and consolidations to appease relentless investors, the DuPont Co. employs 32,000 people worldwide, down from 100,000. “This is not about money,” Roberts insisted.

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