Dupont teflon scandal wiki. Robert Bilott (born August 2, 1965) is an American environmental attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio. PFOA is part of a Jan 1, 2001 · Snapshot Starting in 1998, multiple lawsuits were filed in US courts against chemical company DuPont in relation to PFOA used to produce Teflon. In 1982, DuPont’s director of employee relations recommends that all “available practical steps be taken to reduce Nov 21, 2002 · Secret tests conducted in 1984 by the DuPont chemical company found a Teflon-related contaminant (C8) in the tap water of the Little Hocking Water Association in Ohio, just across the river from the company's Teflon plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. [1][2] PFAS are commonly found in every household, and in products as diverse as non-stick cookware, stain resistant Dark Waters is a 2019 American legal thriller film directed by Todd Haynes and written by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan. Bilott is known for the lawsuits against DuPont on behalf of plaintiffs injured by chemical waste dumped in rural communities in West Virginia. , commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. It all The Devil We Know is a 2018 investigative documentary film by director Stephanie Soechtig regarding allegations of health hazards from perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, also known as C8), a key ingredient used in manufacturing Teflon, and DuPont 's potential responsibility. S. . Va. dxdou sa3 uyglk rn lq4hqi9 pg vib gnrp mnp 8bxi