Dark Waters Attorney: New Forever Chemicals Post Threat to Environment, Human Health

From:

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Originally Published:

November 23, 2020

Excerpt:

Rob Bilott says It took decades for the public, regulators and courts to recognize and begin to fix the environmental and public health problems caused by PFAS, a group of man-made chemicals found on nonstick cookware, waterproof jackets, and, increasingly, in air, water, soils and the blood of newborns nationwide.

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