Taft partner Rob Bilott was mentioned in a short film on forever chemicals, a new documentary on the impact of PFAS in the Dayton, Ohio area, featured in an article from the Netherlands, and quoted in numerous publications on the global PFAS scandal:
- "PFAS: the invisible poison of everyday life," Zoomdici.
- "KEEN Effect Films: A Little Story About Forever," YouTube.
- "The toxic footprint of "forever chemicals" found in human blood," Noticiasambientales.
- "The largest chemical companies knew about the effects of "forever chemicals" on human health for decades and kept it a secret," Vosvete IT.
- "Huge PFAS scandal: lawyer warned 20 years ago," Omroep Brabant.
- "They arrived with the champagne, without telling us about PFAS": in Oise, the giant Chemours accused of pollution," France Bleu.
- "Creating a Better Tomorrow: PFAS Contamination in the Greater Dayton Area," YouTube.
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.