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## ["Dark Waters" Movie & PFAS Response](http://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mountpleasantwaterworks.com%2Fnews_detail_T11_R20.php&rut=bbc073ca1d303f24d3bfe24fc8c34de4fa1796979bab09180cacaaf0019a938a)

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[Following a 20-year battle, Dupont settled a class-action suit with 80,000 plaintiffs in six water districts. The chemical at the forefront of the **movie** is called PFOA, short for perfluorooctanoic acid. It was used by Dupont to manufacture **Teflon** from the 1950s until 2013.](http://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mountpleasantwaterworks.com%2Fnews_detail_T11_R20.php&rut=bbc073ca1d303f24d3bfe24fc8c34de4fa1796979bab09180cacaaf0019a938a)

## [Recognizing the dangers of PFAS from Hollywood Film 'Dark Waters ...](http://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foopak.com%2Frecognizing%2Dthe%2Ddangers%2Dof%2Dpfas%2Dfrom%2Dhollywood%2Dfilm%2Ddark%2Dwaters%2F&rut=9b07e18ffbd2bf10ad4c0546bafe9010f66fab6b9cecf9c212247dd9cb0dd8f6)

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[**Dark Waters** Film / Source : Vice Curiosity about Tennant's report led Billot to go directly to see the reality on the ground, it turns out that the river in the area has been polluted with chemicals used to make **Teflon**. The chemicals commonly used for kitchen utensils and these chemicals are waste from DuPont.](http://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foopak.com%2Frecognizing%2Dthe%2Ddangers%2Dof%2Dpfas%2Dfrom%2Dhollywood%2Dfilm%2Ddark%2Dwaters%2F&rut=9b07e18ffbd2bf10ad4c0546bafe9010f66fab6b9cecf9c212247dd9cb0dd8f6)

## [What "Dark Waters" gets right about the DuPont/PFAS ... - Massive Science](http://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fmassivesci.com%2Farticles%2Fdark%2Dwaters%2Dpfas%2Dfocus%2Dfeatures%2Dmark%2Druffalo%2Danne%2Dhathaway%2Dsloan%2F&rut=bf1927419b210f2cc6eeebd7ddad68a4a28868ca4727d734d72e89a7797c358b)

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[This dark dive into DuPont's documents introduces **Dark Waters** 's audience to a pivotal villain of the film that didn't make the credit list - PFOA. PFOA, also known as C8, are acronyms for perfluorooctanoic acid, a type of chemical used for decades by DuPont to produce **Teflon**. PFOA is part of the larger **PFAS** family, encompassing any human-created chemical that contains a certain number ...](http://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fmassivesci.com%2Farticles%2Fdark%2Dwaters%2Dpfas%2Dfocus%2Dfeatures%2Dmark%2Druffalo%2Danne%2Dhathaway%2Dsloan%2F&rut=bf1927419b210f2cc6eeebd7ddad68a4a28868ca4727d734d72e89a7797c358b)

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