Based on a true story about Robert Bilott, “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare”. In 2018, Bilott filed a class action that “seeks relief on behalf of a nationwide class of everyone in the United States” against 3M, DuPont, and Chemours. His litigation against DuPont and 3M is ongoing as of May 2019.
Dupont is the company behind Teflon. Teflon is a synthetic chemical made up of carbon and fluorine atoms. It was first made in the 1930s, and provides a nonreactive, nonstick and almost frictionless surface. It was determined that high heat would cause it to give off toxic odours and places where waste was dumped affected the land and waterways to give many people cancer.
Favourite Robert Bilott quote:
“The system is rigged. The want us to believe that it’ll protect us, but that’s a lie. We protect us. We do. Nobody else. Not the companies, not the scientists, not the government. Us.”
The movie is very good. There is a lot more info about Robert Bilott on Wikipedia.