{"product_id":"exposure-by-robert-bilott-9781471189647","title":"Exposure","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eERIN BROCKOVICH meets SILENT SPRING in this astounding true story of a lawyer who spent two decades building a case against one of the world’s largest chemical companies, uncovering a shocking history of environmental pollution and heartless cover-up.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe story that inspired the motion picture from Participant Media\/Focus Features, starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Bill Pullman and Tim Robbins, directed by Todd Haynes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1998, Robert Bilott was a 33-year-old Cincinnati lawyer on the verge of making partner when his career and life took an unforeseen turn. He was taken by surprise when he received a call from a man named Earl Tennant, a farmer from West Virginia with a slight connection to Robert’s family. Earl was convinced the creek on his property, where his cattle grazed, was being \u003cstrong\u003epoisoned by run-off\u003c\/strong\u003e from a neighbouring factory landfill. His cattle were dying in hideous ways, and he hadn’t even been able to get a water sample tested by local agencies, politicians or vets. As soon as they heard the name \u003cstrong\u003eDuPont\u003c\/strong\u003e – the area’s largest employer – he felt they were reluctant to investigate further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce Robert saw the thick, foamy water that bubbled into the creek, the \u003cstrong\u003egruesome effects\u003c\/strong\u003e it seemed to have on livestock, and the disturbing frequency of \u003cstrong\u003ecancer and lung problems\u003c\/strong\u003e in the surrounding area, he was persuaded to fight against the type of corporation his firm routinely represented. With all the cards stacked against him, Rob happened upon a stray reference in a random memo to a chemical called \u003cstrong\u003ePFOA\u003c\/strong\u003e – a substance he’d never heard of that is used in the manufacture of \u003cstrong\u003eTeflon\u003c\/strong\u003e. From that one reference, he ultimately gained access to 110,000 pages of DuPont documents, some of them fifty years old, that reveal decades of medical studies proving the harmful – more often than not fatal – effects of PFOA in animals and humans. And yet PFOA sludge had still been dumped into rivers and landfill, endangering many lives. The case of one farmer soon spawns a class-action suit and the shocking realisation that \u003cstrong\u003evirtually every person on the planet has been exposed to PFOA and carries the chemical in his or her blood\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the unforgettable story of the lawyer who worked tirelessly for twenty years to get justice for all those who had suffered because of this chemical.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46507789320428,"sku":"9781471189647","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22119783482711.jpg?v=1748724149","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/exposure-by-robert-bilott-9781471189647","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}