What happens when a corporate defence attorney goes from representing large powerful chemical manufacturing companies to fighting against them after learning that their environmental toxic waste was connected to a growing number of unexplained diseases and deaths in animals and humans? In this episode of Rewind, a new limited series by the Public Health Insight Podcast, we take a closer look at Dark Waters - a movie released in 2019, featuring the true story of Rob Bilott, played by actor Mark Ruffalo.

Podcast Hosts

• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®
• Purva Mehta, BMSc, MSc
• Jawairia Mohammed, HBSc
• Bindra Shah, BMSc, MPH

References for Our Discussion 

• Dark Waters (2019) available on Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Crave/HBO
• Vox: How “forever chemicals” polluted America’s water
• New York Times: The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

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