'A worldwide public health threat': Rob Bilott on his 20-year fight against forever chemicals
1. května 2022 9:15
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Chemical companies hid their knowledge of the damage caused by PFAS for decades. With a new class-action lawsuit, Bilott intends to hold them accountableLast month, an Ohio court certified a class action lawsuit brought by lawyer Rob Bilott that would cover 7 million people - and at some point possibly everyone living in the United States - who have been exposed to certain hazardous "forever chemicals" known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS.The chemicals have been linked to cancer, birth defects, kidney disease and a range of other human health problems. They are called "forever chemicals" because they do not naturally break down, persisting indefinitely in the environment. Continue reading...
Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/01/pfas-forever-chemicals-rob-bilott-lawyer-interview
Zdroj: The Guardian