Taft partner Rob Bilott was featured in an investigative/feature piece from Turkey, and was quoted, mentioned, and interviewed in articles on the many dangers of PFAS :
- “The Forever Lobbying Project Exposes the Real Cost of PFAS Pollution on the Environment, Science, and Politics,”Pulitzer Center.
- “Notorious US chemical plant polluting water with toxic PFAS, lawsuit claims | PFAS,” WDC News 6.
- “PFAS linked to cancer and birth defects – they are everywhere,” Vaken.
- “PFAS, a family of 10,000 ‘forever chemicals’ contaminating all of humanity,” Skeptic Society Magazine.
- “Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination,” The Guardian.
- “’The poison of the century.’ How PFAS went from ‘miracle chemical’ to global public health crisis,” The Black Sea.
Dubbed by The New York Times Magazine as “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” in an article published on Jan. 6, 2016, Bilott has represented a diverse array of clients, nationwide, who have been harmed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “Forever Chemicals.” His work is the subject of a recent feature film, “Dark Waters,” and the documentaries “The Devil We Know,” “Burned- Protecting the Protectors,” and “Revealed: How to Poison A Planet,” and is detailed in his book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-year Battle Against DuPont.” Bilott is a member of Taft’s Environmental, Litigation, and Product Liability and Personal Injury practices and is a board member of Less Cancer, Green Umbrella, and the New College Foundation.