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1. time.com › 5737451Dark Waters and the True Story of Lawyer Rob Bilott | TIME

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   Nov 25, 2019 · November 25, 2019 12:03 PM EST. R ob Bilott, a corporate lawyer-turned-environmental crusader, doesn’t much care if he’s made enemies over the years. “I’ve been dealing with this for ...

2. www.nytimes.com › 2016/01/10 › magazineThe Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare - The New York ...

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   Jan 6, 2016 · Bilott sought help with the Tennant case from a West Virginia lawyer named Larry Winter. For many years, Winter was a partner at Spilman, Thomas & Battle — one of the firms that represented ...

3. www.hollywoodreporter.com › lists › true-story-darkThe True Story of 'Dark Waters': How Accurate are the Characters?

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   Nov 30, 2019 · Wilbur Tennant approached West Virginia lawyers, journalists and politicians about his concerns regarding his cows before bringing the case to Bilott. However, nobody wanted to take on a ...

4. www.sciencefriday.com › articles › dupont-bilottThe Farmer Who Took On One Of The World’s Biggest Chemical ...

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   Nov 1, 2019 · by Robert Bilott, on November 1, 2019. Editor’s note: In 1999, Robert Bilott sued E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co, better known as DuPont, on behalf of a West Virginia farmer whose cows were dying. Over the course of that lawsuit, Bilott discovered that DuPont had been using a chemical called PFOA in the production of Teflon for decades, while ...

5. www.typeinvestigations.org › 08 › 18The Case Against DuPont - Type Investigations

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   Aug 18, 2015 · In September 2004, DuPont agreed to settle the class-action suit filed by Bilott’s firm and two others, which covered a class that had ballooned to 80,000 people in six water districts. The agreement was approved in early 2005 for an amount that could reach $343 million and was unusual in a number of ways.

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6. scienceandfilm.org › articles › 3583Sloan Science & Film - Science and Film

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   Dec 14, 2023 · Bilott tries to communicate to Tennant that he “isn’t that kind of environmental lawyer,” yet Tennant’s exasperated resilience strikes a chord with the compassionate and upstanding ethos of Bilott. He persuades his boss (Tim Robbins) to allow him to pursue the case on a contingency basis. Bill Camp as Earl Tennant

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   Why did Wilbur Tennant bring a case to Bilott?

   • Wilbur Tennant approached West Virginia lawyers, journalists and politicians about his concerns regarding his cows before bringing the case to Bilott. However, nobody wanted to take on a corporation as big as DuPont, primarily because it employed a big chunk of people in the small town.

   The True Story of 'Dark Waters': How Accurate are the Characters?

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   How does Bilott communicate with Tennant?

   • Bilott tries to communicate to Tennant that he “isn’t that kind of environmental lawyer,” yet Tennant’s exasperated resilience strikes a chord with the compassionate and upstanding ethos of Bilott. He persuades his boss (Tim Robbins) to allow him to pursue the case on a contingency basis. Bill Camp as Earl Tennant

   Bilott vs. DuPont: Revisiting Chemicals in DARK WATERS

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   Who was Wilbur Tennant?

   • Wilbur Tennant, played by Bill Camp in the film, showed Bilott videos and pictures he had taken of his cows foaming at the mouth and staggering in ways they hadn't before, with lesions covering their hides. Bilott immediately took on the case.

   The True Story of 'Dark Waters': How Accurate are the Characters?

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   What did Bilott do for the Tennants?

   • He was doing for the Tennants what he would have done for any of his corporate clients — pulling permits, studying land deeds and requesting from DuPont all documentation related to Dry Run Landfill — but he could find no evidence that explained what was happening to the cattle. ‘‘We were getting frustrated,’’ Bilott said.

   The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

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   What happened to Wilbur Tennant?

   • Wilbur Tennant, who is seen in this video filmed in the late 1990s on his property in West Virginia, died of cancer in 2009 at the age of 67. The study concluded that there was no evidence of toxicity associated with chemical contamination of the environment in relation to the Tennants.

   The Case Against DuPont - Type Investigations

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   Where did Tennant & Bilott live?

   • Tennant provides tapes and physical documentation of the ghastly demise of his cattle farm in Parkersburg, West Virginia; Bilott spent time in Parkersburg and on Tennant’s farm as a child while visiting his grandmother there.

   Bilott vs. DuPont: Revisiting Chemicals in DARK WATERS

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8. environmentaladr.com › news › the-lawyer-who-becameThe Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

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   Jan 19, 2016 · Tennant had tried to seek help locally, he said, but DuPont just about owned the entire town. He had been spurned not only by Parkersburg’s lawyers but also by its politicians, journalists, doctors and veterinarians. The farmer was angry and spoke in a heavy Appalachian accent. Bilott struggled to make sense of everything he was saying.