Before I watched the movie, I was unfamiliar with the company DuPont, and thought it was going to get cold, but I checked it out, ummm~~ This company is very good, and it is still a world-renowned company with business all over the world.
Some people may say that DuPont has improved the level of industry and benefited mankind, and perhaps its merits outweighed its detriments. I thought so too at first. But how is this different from "building happiness on someone else's pain"? ! And it's not a charity, it's actually making money. The annual revenue of the light Teflon production line for DuPont reaches one billion US dollars. What is the concept? ! I estimate that in 2021 today, for any company, this is also a very significant amount.
I don't know much about American law, and I don't know that the discovery process ordered by the court, the plaintiff's lawyer, the protagonist Robert Billow, can be powerful enough to allow DuPont to deliver confidential company documents to him. This step is the most critical factor, because these documents let Bi Luo gradually understand the substance PFOA clearly, and follow the clues to find out the experimental data of DuPont and even 3M company, which proves that PFOA is harmful to the human body. Even if this substance has existed in the lives of the people for a long time.
The plot is not detailed, but generally speaking, it is about how powerless a person's power is compared to a huge enterprise. Even if the expert group found that PFOA was related to some serious illnesses, DuPont could counterclaim that the compensation agreement was invalid. In the end, Bilo could only sue DuPont one by one for the injured residents to get the compensation they deserved. Basically, it can be said that such a single lawsuit is enough for Bi Luo's career. Of course, the more than 3,000 lawsuits that follow will also play a role in his staying in the law firm. It is estimated that he can come out and do it alone.
Hey, helpless. Money can really solve many problems, otherwise DuPont would not be so prestigious in the local area, and even the environmental protection department was played around by it. Basically, it can be said that the law has no way to take it. Even if it lost more than 600 million in the end, so what? Isn't it good now? !
Yes, if a company makes mistakes, even knowingly, to make unscrupulous money, it is not necessary to sink it. But I think the punishment is still too light. For DuPont, this matter can be said to be painless. Even now, most families have non-stick pans.
The common people are insignificant. Chemical substances are really inseparable in our lives. Any plastic we come into contact with is a product of artificial chemical synthesis. Can we use it? Basically impossible, and even artificial meat is starting to appear. There is no way, we can only pray that our body will not go wrong one day, we are all so-called "receptors", we can't take every thing we use to the testing department to check whether it is harmful, all we can do is trust, trust every Everything that reaches our people has been supervised and inspected by the government. The DuPont Blackwater incident may be an exception. PFOA is not supervised by the government at all, so they have an opportunity.
Let's cherish the present life, sometimes knowing too much makes it difficult to move. Sometimes helplessness is our last choice. Hats off to a righteous man like Billo, who is literally a real-life superhero.
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