Abstract
I just finished reading Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont. It’s a book written by Robert Bilott, the lawyer that pursued the case against DuPont over the contamination of drinking water with perfluorooctanoic acid, also called PFOA or C8. PFOA is one of a family of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that are used in the manufacture of a suite of consumer goods, including water-repellent clothing, nonstick cookware, and more. On the heels of Exposure and based on it comes the movie Dark Waters, starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway, which will be released Nov. 22. Given the relatively high profile of the actors headlining, it is likely to be viewed widely across the US and beyond. Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with What We Drink, written by Seth Siegel, is a book that was published last month. It also focuses on contamination
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