Taft partner Rob Bilott was mentioned in recent articles on the PFAS cover up by companies for decades which he helped to expose:

• “Secret documents from the chemical industry reveal that manufacturers knew the danger of PFAS,” Ingeniøren.
• “PFAS: Industry Has Been Hiding Health Risks for Decades,” ilfattoalimentare.it.
• “Pfas like tobacco and sugar: companies have known for decades that they were toxic, shocking investigation,” NUOVA RESISTENZA.
• “Secret chemical industry documents reveal: Manufacturers covered up dangers of toxic ‘eternity chemical’ for almost 50 years,” Tekniikkatalous | Technology economy.
• “Pfas like tobacco and sugar: companies have known for decades that they were toxic, shocking investigation,” GreenMe.
• “DuPont and 3M ‘Long Time Covered Up PFAS Risks of ‘Permanent Chemical’,” NewsQuest.
• “PFAS, the health and environmental risks hidden by industries. I study,” it.
• “The danger of PFAS, the ‘poison of the century’ that is also present in Spain,” ABC.

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 documentary “The Devil We Know,” 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 and Green Umbrella.