![]() ![]() Movie critics have had mostly positive, though narrowly focused reviews. In 2017, Bilott won a $670 million settlement for 3,500 community members whose water had been contaminated with PFOA. Bilott quickly discovers that people are also being poisoned and he dedicates himself to protecting the health of people by suing the chemical goliath. ![]() Bilott is approached by a farmer named Wilbur Tennant who suspects the nearby DuPont manufacturing plant has been poisoning the water his cows drink. In the film, lawyer Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) works in a Cincinnati law firm that specializes in defending chemical companies. Regardless, Dark Waters is a superior film. Most viewers will walk away thinking they watched a movie that documents the true story of a relatively isolated case of DuPont contaminating the local soil and water of an unfortunate town, Parkersburg, West Virginia. ![]() ![]() *per- and poly fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) include PFOA, PFOS and 5,000 other harmful chemicals used in a variety of military and industrial applications. The film leaves out half of the story and that involves the military’s role. Mark Ruffalo as Rob Billot in Dark Waters.ĭark Waters is the most important American film in a decade, although it squanders an opportunity to fully portray PFAS* contamination as the nationwide human health epidemic it has become. ![]()
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