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From Wondry, I'm Lindsay Graham and this is American Scandal.

In the mid 1990s, a cattle farmer named Earl Tennant began to sound the alarm about water pollution on his property.

Tennant lived in rural West Virginia and he believed the chemical company Dupont was poisoning a creek that ran through his farm.

Tennant enlisted the help of an attorney named Robert Ballot and as Ballot dug into the case, he discovered that the problem was much larger than a single creek on a single farm.

Dupont had been polluting the water of an entire community and while the chemical company seemed aware of the potential for serious harm, it had also worked to cover up its tracks.

Ballot would go on to challenge Dupont in a class action lawsuit. It was a long and bruising fight, but in the end, the attorney secured a major victory for residents forcing Dupont to pay for its mistakes and clean up the community's water.

But while residents earned a major victory in court, the story didn't end there. The fight against Dupont helped spur a larger national conversation about the chemicals and consumer products and the significant threats they posed to people's health.

It's an issue that's still top of mind for my guest, Robert Ballot.

Today, Ballot still practices law at his firm Taft Statenius in Hollister in its Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices.

But he's also gone on to write the acclaimed book Exposure, which tells the story about his fight against Dupont.

That same story formed the basis of the recent Hollywood film adaptation, Dark Waters, starring Mark Ruffalo as Robert Ballot.

As an advocate, Ballot also has given talks across the world about the dangers of pollutants known as forever chemicals.

We'll look at what researchers know about these ubiquitous pollutants and their ability to harm our health.

We'll also discuss the steps governments are taking to clean up our water and protect us from these most dangerous chemicals. Our conversation is next.

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