In 1998, Rob Bilott began a legal battle against DuPont that would consume the next twenty years of his life, uncovering the worst case of environmental contamination in modern history and a corporate cover-up that put the health of hundreds of thousands of people at risk. Representing a single farmer who was convinced the creek on his property had been poisoned by runoff from ...
In 1998, Rob Bilott began a legal battle against DuPont that would consume the next twenty years of his life, uncovering the worst case of environmental contamination in modern history and a corporate cover-up that put the health of hundreds of thousands of people at risk. Representing a single farmer who was convinced the creek on his property had been poisoned by runoff from a nearby DuPont landfill, Rob ultimately discovers the truth about PFAS—unregulated, toxic chemicals used in the manufacturing of Teflon and a host of other household goods. DuPont’s own scientists had issued internal warnings for years about the harmful effects of PFAS on human health, but the company continued to allow these chemicals to leach into public drinking water. Until Rob forced them to face the consequences.
Exposure is an unforgettable legal drama about malice and manipulation, the failings of environmental regulation, and one lawyer’s quest to expose the truth about this previously unknown—and still unregulated—chemical that presents one of the greatest human health crises of the 21st century.
作者简介
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Robert Bilott is a partner at the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP in Cincinnati, Ohio where he has practiced environmental law and litigation for more than twenty-eight years. He has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America for several years running and has received numerous honors for his work in environmental law and litigation. Rob is a former chair of t...
Robert Bilott is a partner at the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP in Cincinnati, Ohio where he has practiced environmental law and litigation for more than twenty-eight years. He has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America for several years running and has received numerous honors for his work in environmental law and litigation. Rob is a former chair of the Cincinnati Bar Association’s Environmental Law Committee and a graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida (BA) and the Ohio State University College of Law (JD, cum laude). In 2017, Rob received the international Right Livelihood Award, commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his years of work on PFOA. Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont is his first book.
终于读完了！补充了很多电影没有展现出来的civil proceding details，在电影之外，有太多这二十年来事情发展的艰难曲折、所有的付出与牺牲，人物的信念与坚忍。非常感人。书一部伟大的书，电影是一部伟大的电影。说空话的人很多，做实事的人少，要做那个做实事的人，“go down the rabbit hole. ”
因为工作我翻阅过EPA网站上挂着的PFAS Action Plan, 好几百页政府披露文件和 research papers，我还看过纪录片The Devil We Know（中文名《恶魔你知我知》，《纽约时报》封面故事The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare，电影《黑水》（Dark Waters），不过学习以上...
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0 有用 untamedheart 2020-01-11 14:44:47
结构之黑暗和人性之光芒，太震撼了。
0 有用 YS 2020-04-17 14:10:20
反思：所谓全世界最好的司法制度，保护的到底是谁的利益？DO-GOOD到底有多难？不粘锅有毒的事在我国媒体也轰轰烈烈报道过一段时间，然后呢？似乎没有媒体或个人有耐心一直跟踪这漫长的司法进程了。
1 有用 anjatoto 2021-08-14 00:36:04
相比电影纪录片和纽约时报头版对Rob的报道，我最喜欢内向星人他自己写的这本书，对他本人也超喜欢。从业人员再次向大家推荐，法律、司法进程、政府企业旋转门、致癌物、风险、流行病调查被他津津乐道放在故事里讲清楚，放下书我无比敬佩，这是毫无虚构的quixotic battle。
0 有用 NoNo 2024-09-12 01:36:39 美国
对电影黑水的补充，大小细节的加入自然比电影立体了无数倍。PFAS臭名昭著但却无处不在，而证明其致癌性的司法方式却是道阻且长。大公司果然没有一点良心，与其相对的则是人性之光，震撼得我是五体投地。公平，正义与自由是主动争取而来的。更对作者这样的律师肃然起敬。
0 有用 芦苇学家 2020-08-16 23:58:10
终于读完了！补充了很多电影没有展现出来的civil proceding details，在电影之外，有太多这二十年来事情发展的艰难曲折、所有的付出与牺牲，人物的信念与坚忍。非常感人。书一部伟大的书，电影是一部伟大的电影。说空话的人很多，做实事的人少，要做那个做实事的人，“go down the rabbit hole. ”