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Q&A: The Power of One Voice, and Now, Many: The Lawyer Who Sounded the Alarm on ‘Forever Chemicals’
Robert Bilott is relieved that companies are finally facing up to a toxic legacy. But he laments that it took decades to get the federal government to consider a ban on PFAS.
By Victoria St. Martin
It is hardly an exaggeration to suggest that were it not for Robert Bilott—the dogged and meticulous environmental lawyer once called “DuPont’s worst nightmare”—the world might not know of the dangers of “forever chemicals.”