Bilott Continued Media on PFAS Dangers
Taft partner Rob Bilott was quoted, interviewed, and mentioned in recent articles exploring the dangers of PFAS:
- “Living imperfectly between knowledge and despair: Social impact entertainment, activism, and ‘Dark Waters’,” New Online Books.
- “’We’ve never seen an environmental threat of this scope and scale,’ says Robert Bilott on PFAS,” Revista Galileu | Galileo Magazine.
- “Dangerous substance in Teflon pans and pots,” YouTube.
- “Should You Drink Tap Water? What Experts Say About Filters And Bottled Options,” Yahoo!
- “The scary story of PFAS contamination,” Madforlivet.com.
- “Drinking water in the United States is contaminated with age-old drug pollutants,” Slate.
Dubbed by The New York Times Magazine as “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” in an article published on Jan. 6, 2016, Bilott has represented a diverse array of clients, nationwide, who have been harmed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “Forever Chemicals.” His work is the subject of a recent feature film, “Dark Waters,” and the documentaries “The Devil We Know,” “Burned- Protecting the Protectors,” and “Revealed: How to Poison A Planet,” and is detailed in his book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-year Battle Against DuPont.” Bilott is a member of Taft’s Environmental, Litigation, and Product Liability and Personal Injury practices and is a board member of Less Cancer, Green Umbrella, and the New College Foundation.
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