The Devil We Know

I was scrolling through my Facebook yesterday when I saw a preview for Dark Waters. I'm looked up who it was based on because I was intrigued . Needless to say 1 NY Times article and this documentary. Has me repeating it to anyone who will listen. The sheer negligence of blatant disregard for human life on the companies involved is disgusting to say the least. My daughter who is 10 was watching this and her face when she realized what we were watching affected her as well was heart breaking. Great documentary. Good enough you had a 10 year old with attention issues to sit and watch.

First - the documentary. I thought the evidence was damning and generally well presented. It leaves little room for doubt about the harmful effects PFOA and the misguided attempts at damage control by DuPont. The documentary reminds everyone that watches it that the impact of this chemical is global and virtually everyone is impacted, although to what extent is unclear.

Although I consider a 7 star review "very good," I felt balance of time was weighted a little too heavily on a few individuals that were (or may have been) affected by PFOA vs. what took place in the courts. It seemed clear that the producers had access to a fair amount of company documentation and some very telling interviews with company spokesmen as well as attorneys for the plaintiffs and it was those sequences that had the biggest impact for me.

As a retired Mech. Engr. for DuPont, I can honestly say I have never encountered any circumstances where I saw or was asked to do anything morally or legally wrong. I was the project lead on a multi-million dollar solvent capture project, and I can say that our internal Environmental Dept. Representatives were often more trying to deal with on regulatory requirements than the local EPA representatives. That's not to say I dispute the message in this documentary. It's clear some company officials made some very misguided decisions in an effort to limit the financial impact to the corporation.

All I can say is Dupont should be shut down completely for this disaster. It doesnt matter what "good" the company does when it is responsible for this level of destruction. Just unbelievable they are still making these chemicals... Can almost guarantee this show will piss you off but I strongly urge you watch it. It changed my life about using Teflon in anything. Saying this is a travesty is a vast understatement... Crikey

It was good. Truth. The law works. It was real archived footage. Glad it was done.

This is an eye opening, gut turning, factual film that tells the stories of people who have been directly affected by PFOA and PFOS chemicals. This is not a history story, it applies in our world now, and in our future.

These chemicals are the biggest threat to having safe and accessible drinking water, and it is effecting water systems across our country and the world!! The more our public learns the better we can protect ourselves. Don't take your safe tap water for granted And dont assume big corporations care about you and the water you drink.