The Hollywood actor will feature in a new Stan documentary exposing how 3M’s “forever chemicals” have sparked a worldwide contamination catastrophe.
Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo will feature in a new Australian documentary exposing the multibillion-dollar David and Goliath battle to hold the world’s largest chemical companies to account for decades of toxic contamination.exposes the shocking extent to which man-made “forever chemicals” used in dozens of household products from school uniforms and contact lenses to make-up and cookware have spread globally and can now be found in the bloodstream of 98 per cent of the world’s population.
It goes behind the scenes as US lawyers Gary Douglas, Rebecca Newman and Ned McWilliams take on 3M in one of the largest water pollution cases in American legal history, equipped with explosive evidence, some of which has been suppressed for decades.
Fellner’s body of work over the past nine years has also included investigations revealing two other clusters of cancer in communities heavily polluted by PFAS:“The thing that is a bit Erin Brockovich is that this is a story about going into the homes of really ordinary families who have been plunged into their worst nightmare,” Fellner said.
Gary Douglas, a partner at New York law firm Douglas and London and the lead trial counsel in a landmark case against 3M Company over the forever chemicals that have contaminated the world’s population.
They brought Fellner on board after they came across her research into PFAS. It was McGowan’s suggestion that she investigate the Wreck Bay case. “There were times when I was nervous because there’s been times when I have felt like the lone voice in the media,” Fellner adds. “Often in the media you get sort of a pack mentality. But with PFAS, there hasn’t been a lot of broad interest from the media until recently, so that leaves you sometimes feeling a little exposed.
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