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Duration 126 M. 2019. Tim Robbins. Country USA. Todd Haynes. 28371 Votes. Bernie bros lets goooo. A lot or a little? The parents' guide to what's in this movie. Though movie is far from optimistic, and it states flatly that huge corporations can't be beaten, it does argue that individuals can continue fighting in new ways, can stand up for others. Also imparts frankly terrifying information that 99% of all humans on earth have the C8 chemical in our systems, that it will be there forever. Positive Role Models & Representations Though far from perfect, Robert Bilott is certainly a role model for the way he continued (and continues) to fight for people who've been affected by DuPont's use of a toxic chemical. Yet just about everything else in Bilott's life suffered in some way, including his health, his relationship with family. Disturbing images. Diseased cow parts. Shooting cow with rifle, some blood shown. Video footage shows sick/dead cows. Shocking photos of deformities. House set on fire. Teens skinny-dip; naked female bottom briefly shown. A couple uses of "f--k. " Also "s--t, " "a--hole, " "son of a bitch, " "ass, " "goddamn, " "damn, " "hell, " "crap. " Uses of "Jesus" (as exclamation) and "for God's sake. " Arby's packaging shown. Cheerio's and Pop-Tarts packages seen. Dinner at Benihana. Drinking, Drugs & Smoking Drinks at a fancy dinner party. Cigarette smoking. Stay up to date on new reviews. Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your inbox. Subscribe User Reviews Adult Written by Seqpart December 15, 2019 Teen, 14 years old Written by BoulderPlayz123 February 29, 2020 Amazing. Deep This film was amazing, and extremely educational. Although some parts were very intense and some children may find it distressing. Kid, 12 years old November 24, 2019 What's the story? In DARK WATERS, lawyer Robert Bilott ( Mark Ruffalo) works in Cincinnati for a big firm that specializes in defending big chemical companies. On the verge of getting a promotion, Bilott receives an unannounced visit from a farmer named Wilbur Tennant ( Bill Camp). Tennant, who knows Bilott's grandmother, wants the lawyer to help him figure out what's been killing his cattle. Out of a sense of duty, Bilott visits Tennant's farm -- and he's shocked by what he sees. He decides to investigate the situation, sure that it will be wrapped up quickly. But before long, he realizes that people, in addition to animals, are being poisoned. After discovering the existence of a secret chemical, Bilott winds up suing the massive company DuPont, a process that will eventually take years, test his marriage to Sarah ( Anne Hathaway), and push his own health to the limit. But countless lives may be at stake. Is it any good? Issue-oriented movies aren't uncommon, but this essential drama feels starker and truer than most; it's patient, unafraid, and stripped of any kind of hollow self-congratulations. Star Ruffalo is one of the keys to the success of Dark Waters, which is based on a 2016 New York Times Magazine article; he burrows deep into a realistic, non-movie-star performance (he also produced the film). But the production's ringer is director Todd Haynes, who's best known for his luscious, edgy soap operas Far from Heaven (2002) and Carol (2015) and their painterly color palettes. Earlier in his career, though, Haynes dealt directly with sickness in films like Poison (1991) and Safe (1995); the latter told the story of a woman suffering from some unknown, undefinable "environmental" disease. That theme leads right into Dark Waters, and Haynes gives this movie the same queasy, unsettling touch. In one scene, Bilott questions a DuPont representative, showing him a photograph of a boy, Bucky Bailey -- the child of a woman who worked at DuPont -- who has drastic facial deformities; the corporate stooge can't even look at it. Later, Haynes shows us the actual, real-life child, now grown up, asking viewers to really look and not turn away. With the help of cinematographer Edward Lachman, Haynes treats the movie with an absence of color, focusing on airless board rooms, snowy, muddy exteriors, and a general sense of unhealthiness all around. It's as if the very air were toxic. As the movie continues, it becomes clear that there's no clear victor in this David and Goliath battle -- and in fact, the war goes on. Talk to your kids about... Families can talk about Dark Waters ' disturbing and/or violent images. How much does the movie show? Is it enough to get its point across? Too much? Too little? Is Bilott a role model? What does he accomplish in the movie? How much does he give up? What is it like to face impossible odds? Why is it often easier to give up than to keep fighting? How does this movie compare to other movies about real-life social issues?

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Dark Waters Theatrical release poster Directed by Todd Haynes Produced by Mark Ruffalo Christine Vachon Pamela Koffler Screenplay by Mario Correa Matthew Michael Carnahan Based on "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare" by Nathaniel Rich Starring Anne Hathaway Tim Robbins Bill Camp Victor Garber Mare Winningham Bill Pullman Music by Marcelo Zarvos Cinematography Edward Lachman Edited by Affonso Gonçalves Production companies Participant Killer Films Amblin Partners Distributed by Focus Features Release date November 22, 2019 (United States) Running time 126 minutes [1] Country United States Language English Box office $13. 6 million [2] Dark Waters is a 2019 American legal thriller film directed by Todd Haynes and written by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan. It is based on the 2016 article "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont 's Worst Nightmare" by Nathaniel Rich, published in The New York Times Magazine. [3] [4] Parts of the story were also reported by Mariah Blake, whose 2015 article "Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia" was a National Magazine Award finalist, [5] and Sharon Lerner, whose series "Bad Chemistry" ran in The Intercept. [6] [7] Robert Bilott, the principal character in the film, also wrote a memoir, Exposure, [8] detailing his 20-year legal battle against DuPont. [9] The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, and Bill Pullman. Dark Waters was theatrically released in a limited capacity on November 22, 2019, by Focus Features, and went wide on December 6, 2019. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $13. 6 million. Plot [ edit] Robert Bilott ( Mark Ruffalo), a corporate lawyer from Cincinnati, Ohio working for law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister is visited by farmer Wilbur Tennant. Tennant asks that Robert link a number of unexplained deaths in Parkersburg, West Virginia to one of the world's largest corporations, DuPont, and gives Robert a large case of videotapes which Robert puts aside. While Robert is actually a corporate defense lawyer and he helps chemical companies pollute without breaking the law, he still visits the Tennants' farm as a gesture of respect and kindness, especially since his grandmother still lives in Parkersburg. When he reaches the farm, Tennant reveals that over the past couple of years, he has lost over 190 cows to strange medical conditions such as bloated organs, black teeth, and huge tumors. At the farm, Robert witnesses the problem first hand when Tennant is forced to put down a tumor-covered cow. Even though he is a defense lawyer who is on very good terms with executives at DuPont, he broaches the subject with DuPont attorney Phil Donnelly (Victor Garber), who politely tells him he is not aware of the specifics but will help out in any way he can. Robert files a small suit so he can gain information through legal discovery of the chemicals that have been dumped on the site. He does not find anything useful, then realizes it is possible that whatever poisoned Tennant's cattle could be something that is not even regulated by the EPA, and so is not listed by the EPA report that he has inquired into. With the reluctant agreement from Robert's boss Tom Terp, Robert forces DuPont to turn over all of its information, resulting in angry words between Phil and Robert. In an attempt to hide the truth, DuPont sends Robert hundreds of boxes, hoping to bury the evidence, but Robert goes through the evidence meticulously and finds numerous references to PFOA, a chemical with no references in any medical textbook. Later, in the middle of the night, Robert's pregnant wife Sarah (Anne Hathaway) finds him tearing the carpet off the floors and going through their pans. He tells her they are being poisoned, and she thinks he has gone mad, until he explains what he has found deep in the DuPont documents: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA-C8) used to manufacture Teflon. It was created for army tanks, but then used by companies in American homes for primarily nonstick pans. DuPont has been running tests of the effect of it for decades, including on animals and on their own employees. Their own studies show that it caused cancer in animals, people, and birth defects in babies of women working on their line – and they never said a thing. They then dumped hundreds of gallons of toxic sludge upriver from Tennant's farm. Even worse, PFOA and similar compounds are forever chemicals, chemicals that do not leave the blood stream and slowly accumulate over time. Teflon is used in everything from nonstick pans to plastics, and it's likely that every American on the planet has PFOA in his/her bloodstream. Tennant, meanwhile, has been shunned by the entire local community for suing their biggest employer. His house is broken into, and he gets sicker. Robert goes to him with the evidence and tells Tennant to take the settlement DuPont is offering, but Tennant refuses, wanting justice and not wanting to stay silent. He tells Robert he and his wife both have cancer. Robert feels guilty, and so while he gets Wilbur Tennant the settlement, he also writes a brief with all the DuPont evidence and sends it to the EPA and Department of Justice, among others. The EPA fines DuPont $16. 5 million. Robert, however, is not satisfied; he realizes that the residents of Parkersburg will feel the effects of DuPont's PFOA for the rest of their lives. He decides to seek medical monitoring for all residents of Parkersburg in one big class-action suit. However, a call from a local resident, the Kigers, reveals that DuPont sent a letter notifying residents of the presence of PFOA, thus starting the statute of limitations and giving any further action only a month to begin. Since PFOA is not regulated, they argue that DuPont is liable because the amount in the water was higher than the one part per billion their internal documents argued to be safe. In court, DuPont claims they did a new study that says that 150 parts per billion is safe. Robert is aghast, and the locals begin protesting DuPont and the story becomes national news. DuPont agrees to settle for $70 million. Legally, they are only required to do medical monitoring if scientists prove that PFOA causes the ailments, so an independent scientific review is set up to study the effects of PFOA. If they find in favor, DuPont will have to pay up. In order to get data for it, the firm tells the locals they can get their settlement money after donating blood, and nearly 70, 000 people donate to the study. Over 7 years pass with no result from the study. Tennant passes away, the Kiger family are harassed locally, and Robert faces extreme financial strain, having worked the entire case on the promise of the settlement and continuing to work on it, having to pay scientific experts. He has taken pay cut upon pay cut at the firm, and things are tense with Sarah. When Tom tells him he needs to take another pay cut, Robert collapses, shaking. At the hospitals, the doctors tell Sarah he had an ischemia, or minor stroke, and that he needs to get on new medication and stop dealing with so much stress. Sarah tells Tom to stop making Robert feel like a failure, since he is doing something for people who needed help. Finally, the scientific review contacts Robert and tells him that PFOA causes multiple cancers and other diseases. At dinner with his family, Robert is informed that DuPont is reneging on the entire agreement. He is angry, saying Tennant told him that there would not be any justice and he did not believe him. So Robert decides to take each defendant's case to DuPont, one at a time. The post-credits information explains that Robert won his first three multi-million dollar settlements against DuPont, and finally DuPont settles the class action for $671 million. PFOA is still in the blood of ninety-nine percent of life on Earth, and thousands of chemicals are still unregulated. Cast [ edit] Production [ edit] On September 21, 2018, it was announced that Todd Haynes would direct the film, then titled Dry Run, from a script by Matthew Michael Carnahan, which would be produced by Participant Media along with Mark Ruffalo. [10] In November 2018, Ruffalo was officially set to star in the film. [11] In January 2019, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, and Bill Pullman joined the cast of the film, with Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler producing under their Killer Films banner. [12] Principal photography began on January 14, 2019, in Cincinnati, Ohio. [12] [13] Release [ edit] The film was released in limited theatres on November 22, 2019, before going wide on December 6, 2019. [14] Reception [ edit] Box office [ edit] As of 21 February 2020, Dark Waters has grossed $11. 1 million in the United States and Canada and $2. 5 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $13. 6 million. [2] In its opening weekend the film made $102, 656 from four theaters, a per-venue average of $25, 651. [14] It expanded to 94 theaters the following weekend, making $630, 000. [15] The film went wide in its third weekend of release, making $4. 1 million from 2, 012 theaters, and then made $1. 9 million in its fourth weekend. [16] [17] Critical response [ edit] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 182 reviews, with an average rating of 7. 28/10. The website's critics consensus reads: " Dark Waters powerfully relays a real-life tale of infuriating malfeasance, honoring the victims and laying blame squarely at the feet of the perpetrators. " [18] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [19] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an average 3. 5 out of 5 stars, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it to a friend. [16] Economic response [ edit] The DowDuPont breakup earlier in the year spun off a new DuPont company that continued to lose value throughout the second half of 2019 as investors grew concerned about the potential liabilities related to the old DuPont's fluoropolymer products. When Dark Waters was released on November 12, DuPont's stock price dropped even further by 7. 15 points from 72. 18 to 65. 03. While the portfolio is now a part of Chemours and the companies settled the public health lawsuits referenced in the film, Chemours sued DuPont, alleging that the former parent company saddled it with onerous liabilities when it failed to prepare financial projections in good faith. Chemours estimated that it would need to pay over $200 million to address environmental damages in North Carolina caused by another PFAS manufacturing facility in that region. (The prior settlement in both West Virginia and Ohio cost $671 million, which was split between the two companies. ) [20] DuPont CEO Marc Doyle, executives, and investors argued in internal statements that much of the movie was not based in fact and DuPont was misconstrued to fit the role of the enemy. According to Doyle, limited public statements were made because “in a situation like this, it just doesn’t do you much good to fight it out in the public eye. That would just drive more and more attention to it. ” Executive chairman Ed Breen wouldn’t comment on whether DuPont would take legal action in response to the movie, but he did tell investors, “Obviously, we have a lot of legal folks [that] have been looking at this. " [21] Many of the executives with whom this movie draws fault still work, or recently worked at DuPont. 3M saw little to no change in its stock price the day of the film's release, but it was already experiencing a "difficult year" from "potential liabilities due to possible litigation over previous production of PFAS. " [22] 3M's stock price closed at 256. 01 on January 28, 2018, and by December 1, 2019, it had fallen to 168. 27. [23] Accolades [ edit] See also [ edit] Perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) Timeline of events related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) The Devil We Know (2018 investigative documentary) References [ edit] ^ "Dark Waters". AMC Theatres. Retrieved November 3, 2019. ^ a b "Dark Waters (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 21, 2020. ^ Rich, Nathaniel (January 6, 2016). "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare". The New York Times Magazine. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 5, 2019. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (January 9, 2019). "Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, More Join Mark Ruffalo In Todd Haynes-Participant Drama About DuPont Pollution Scandal". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 5, 2019. ^ Steigrad, Alexandra (January 14, 2016). "American Society of Magazine Editors Unveils Finalists for 2016 National Magazine Awards". WWD. Retrieved November 18, 2019. ^ Lerner, Sharon (October 24, 2019). "Bad Chemistry". The Intercept. Retrieved November 18, 2019. ^ Lerner, Sharon (August 11, 2015). "The Teflon Toxin: DuPont and the Chemistry of Deception". Retrieved November 18, 2019. ^ Bilott, Robert (2019). Exposure: poisoned water, corporate greed, and one lawyer's twenty-year battle against DuPont. New York: Atria Books – via The Internet Archive. ^ "Lawyer who took on DuPont has book coming out". Associated Press. July 10, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (September 21, 2018). " ' Carol' Helmer Todd Haynes To Direct 'Dry Run' Drama For Participant Media". Retrieved September 22, 2018. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (November 9, 2018). "Mark Ruffalo To Star In Participant Media's Todd Haynes Pic About DuPont Pollution Scandal". Retrieved November 15, 2019. ^ a b Wiseman, Andreas (January 9, 2019). Retrieved January 9, 2019. ^ "Shooting for film starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway begins in Hamilton Monday".. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2019. ^ a b Brueggemann, Tom (November 27, 2019). " ' Dark Waters' Leads Tepid Arthouse Openers at Crowded Box Office". Indiewire. ^ Brueggemann, Tom (December 1, 2019). " ' Harriet, ' 'Jojo Rabbit, ' and 'Parasite' Reap Holiday Box Office Bounty". IndieWire. Retrieved December 1, 2019. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 8, 2019). " ' Frozen 2' Leads Dreary December Weekend With $34M+, 'Playmobil' Plunges To $670K – Sunday Update". Retrieved December 8, 2019. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 15, 2019). " ' Jumanji: The Next Level' Advancing To $51M+ Opening; 'Richard Jewell' & 'Black Christmas' Earn Lumps Of Coal". Retrieved December 20, 2019. ^ "Dark Waters (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 3, 2020. ^ "Dark Waters Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 3, 2020. ^ "Here's Why DuPont Fell 40. 5% in 2019".. Retrieved January 24, 2020. ^ "DuPont execs react to villain role in 'Dark Waters' film".. November 1, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2020. ^ "Is 3M Stock a Buy for 2020? The industrial giant had a very difficult 2019, but is it set for a turnaround in the coming year? ".. December 18, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2020. ^ "News & Analysis: 3M".. Retrieved January 24, 2020. ^ "24th Satellite Awards nominations".. International Press Academy. Retrieved January 8, 2020. External links [ edit].

Dark Waters is amazing It was directed by Todd Haynes one of the best American filmmakers of all time. See it if you get the chance. Dark waters trailer 2020. Dark waters murder in the deep. Dark waters streaming. Just make sure your boat lights are on idiots. Dark waters olga. Dark waters movie true story. No one made the connection to the most similar case of erin brokovich. Dark waters vladimir vs soulstealer. Dark waters (2019) trailer. I know this is basically A Civil Action 2.0, but it's a story told with conviction and pathos and a whole lot of anger at that most black-void-hole-evil a "Person" known as the Mega-Corporation. It does at times jump a little much ahead into the future hitting bullet points of history. At the same time, I'm not sure how else to economically tell this story in a little over two hours. The centerpiece of this, where Ruffalo's Robert tells one person (his wife) and then another (his law boss Robbins) the man who didn't believe him at the corporation, and then the ornery farmer who we saw earlier shoot a cow in the head in self defense. is a masters class in how to handle exposition and to do cross-cutting to create a sequence.
And Todd Haynes, who hasn't helmed a film like this before (and normally I wouldn't think he'd go for it, and kudos to him for collaborating with Ruffalo) ultimately he does manage to smuggle in this greater idea that goes for these bottom-less-pocket-book-deep wells of money like Dupont, but it's also about power itself. The people in West Virginia poisoned and made to die can be a metaphor for any kind of institution (i.e. political) that hides and cajoles and yet those being hurt will support them. until it may be too late. If it has anything over Civil Action, it's the authenticity that comes with filming in the place (with several of the people from the case) and Haynes's unique eye (look at how he stages that medical scene late in the film.

Dark waters vladimir chromas. So I have watched Dark Waters. It's been 12 hours and I'm still processing it. I haven't quite reacted in throwing out my teflon cookware or any Dupoint product yet. But I will be watching The Devil You Know on Netflix this weekend to further study the problem. I've heard Teflon is bad, I just didn't know how bad and deadly. The take away from Dark Waters could be we're all Forked! But really it's an eye opener to the fact that there are over 700 forever chemicals not monitored or regulated by the EPA yet. And it should silence anyone who praises corporations regulating themselves when this class action lawsuit reveals how harmful and deadly it is to everyone when they do. The film isn't perfect and there's stuff that can be nit-picked on not correct in vehicles and technology in the time ending text could have been better. But the film succeeds in re-telling the story that everyone needs to know.

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As happened in real life, the movie depicts Ruffalo’s Bilott as a lawyer who defends large chemical companies before he is approached for help in 1998 by Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp), a West Virginia farmer whose land was contaminated by chemical giant DuPont. Inflamed by that injustice, and the complicity of local authorities, the lawyer risks his career as he embarks on a decades-long legal siege of one of America’s most powerful corporations. He works, at first, on Tennant’s behalf, then pursues a class action suit representing around 70, 000 people living near a chemical plant that allegedly contaminated drinking water with PFOA, a toxic chemical used in the production of Teflon. In recent years, studies have correlated long-term exposure to PFOA with a number of illnesses, including some types of cancer. In 2017, Bilott won a $671 million settlement on behalf of more than 3, 500 plaintiffs. Those people claimed they had contracted diseases, among them kidney cancer and testicular cancer, from chemicals DuPont allegedly knew may have been dangerous for decades, and allowed to contaminate their drinking water anyway. Who should be TIME’s Person of the Year for 2019? Cast your vote in the reader poll. In Dark Waters, Haynes emphasizes the seemingly endless fight taken up by Bilott, as DuPont brings its considerable resources to bear to defend itself over the course of two decades. According to one analyst, the film’s potential to raise awareness about these issues could have a serious effect on some chemical companies’ bottom lines. But for the real Rob Bilott, the work of taking the industry to court is far from over. In October 2018, the lawyer filed a new lawsuit against several companies, including 3M, Arkema, and Chemours, a manufacturer spun off from DuPont in 2015. That ongoing case is seeking class action status, and was initially brought on behalf of Kevin Hardwick, a firefighting veteran of 40 years who used fire-suppression foams and firefighting equipment containing a class of chemicals known as PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFOA is one type of PFAS chemical). Mark Ruffalo stars as Robt Bilott in Todd Haynes' 'Dark Waters. ' Mary Cybulsk—© 2019 FOCUS FEATURES LLC AND STORYTELLER DISTRIBUTION CO., LLC. PFAS chemicals are used in products ranging from waterproof jackets to shaving cream, and they can leach into water supplies in areas where they are disposed of or used in fire suppression (in particular on military bases, where they have been used for years). According to Bilott’s complaint, studies currently suggest that PFAS is present in the blood of around 99% of Americans. The class of chemicals has broadly been linked to immune system disruption, while PFOA specifically has been found to be associated with cancers and other diseases. Bilott’s newest lawsuit, as with his prior cases, alleges that these companies knew for decades that PFAS chemicals, specifically PFOA, could be linked to serious health problems, and that they still assured the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other U. S. government regulators that PFAS exposures were harmless. “What we’re hearing once again from those companies that put those chemicals out there, knowing that they would get into the environment and into our blood, is that there’s insufficient evidence to show that they present risks to humans who are exposed, ” explains Bilott. “These companies are going to sit back and say, we’re entitled to…use you as guinea pigs, yet those of you who are exposed are somehow the ones who are going to have to prove what these [chemicals] do to you. ” Some scientists are particularly worried by the potential health effects of those less-studied PFAS chemicals. Dr. Philippe Grandjean, a professor of environmental health at Harvard, conducted a study that appeared to suggest that babies exposed to PFAS could suffer impaired immune-system development. “I fell off the chair, ” says Dr. Grandjean. “When I looked at those data it was mind-boggling. ” According to Bilott’s complaint, when his lawsuit’s defendants were asked by the EPA and other agencies to stop producing materials with PFOA, they switched to new “short chain” PFAS molecules. For scientists like Dr. Grandjean, there just isn’t enough information to know how short chain PFASs interact in the body, or if they’re safe. “Do we really want to keep exposing the population to potentially toxic chemicals and simply wait for the scientists to find statistically convincing evidence that they are toxic? ” says Dr. “I would think that prevention would be a much better solution. ” The logic of Bilott’s new suit is to force chemical companies to pay to find answers. Rather than seeking monetary damages for the millions of Americans with PFAS in their blood, the lawsuit demands the Chemours and the other chemical companies pay for an independent science panel to definitively establish the health effects of PFAS. In a statement, DuPont defended its safety and environmental record, and said that it does not produce PFAS chemicals, though it does use them. “We are leading the industry by supporting federal legislation and science-based regulatory efforts to address these chemicals, ” the company wrote in an email. “We also have announced a series of commitments around our limited use of PFAS, including the [sic] eliminating the use of all PFAS-based firefighting foams from our facilities and granting royalty-free licenses to those seeking to use innovative PFAS remediation technologies. ” DuPont also questioned the veracity of unspecified events depicted in the Dark Waters film. The other companies named in the suit — the 3M Company, Dyneon, the Chemours Company, Archroma, Arkema, AGC, Daikin Industries and Solvay Specialty Polymers — did not respond to requests for comment. In February, those defendants filed a joint motion to dismiss, which the court denied in September, allowing the case to proceed. The next legal step is for the court to decide whether the lawsuit will be permitted to go forward on behalf of a nationwide class. “We’re talking about chemicals that resulted in billions of dollars in profits over many, many years, ” says Bilott. “That should be more than sufficient to help pay for whatever studies need to be done. ” The case could take years to resolve, and then years after that for any potential science panel to publish definitive conclusions. (The panel portrayed in the movie took seven years to come to its determination. ) Few would have begrudged Bilott a few years to rest on his laurels and enjoy the royalties from his new book, aptly titled “Exposure, ” before embarking on what will inevitably be a long and arduous series of proceedings. But Bilott says he doesn’t have plans to ever stop fighting PFAS contamination. “If we can’t get where we need to go to protect people through our regulatory channels, through our legislative process, then unfortunately what we have left is our legal process, ” says Bilott. “If that’s what it takes to get people the information they need and to protect people, we’re willing to do it. ” Get The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. Thank you! For your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters. 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