Drinking water Quote by Robert Bilott

“We notified the EPA 18 years ago that PFOA in drinking water presented a public health threat, and in 2019 there are still no federal regulatory limits.”

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There are certain systems that I think are not working well - that's the regulatory system, the whole system of how we regulate chemicals…

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I had spent the prior eight years working at my firm primarily representing big chemical companies, helping them comply with all the different state…

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Well, you know, my grandmother actually grew up, you know, her whole family, my mom's family outside of Parkersburg, West Virginia.

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My family said that a big firm was where you'd get the most opportunities. I knew nobody who had ever worked at a firm,…

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And in my world, when I was dealing with this for our chemical company clients, you had lists of regulated hazardous materials, and things…

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We found out that we were dealing with a completely unregulated chemical, this chemical PFOA. This was a chemical that was a completely manmade…

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You know, I started with the law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati back in 1990.

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There was pressure on the EPA to come out with a drinking water guideline, which it did in 2016. And when that guideline came…

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If we can't get where we need to go to protect people through our regulatory channels, through our legislative process, then unfortunately what we…

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There's got to be a point in time where the reality comes home and people realize, here are the facts, and this is either…

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I was representing our chemical company clients, and I would routinely talk with or meet with the DuPont attorneys, would be there representing DuPont…

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