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And I think with a chemical that is potentially biopersistent
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The Devil We Know

And I think with a chemical that is potentially biopersistent you pay particularlyclose...

And I think with a chemical that is potentially biopersistent you pay particularly
close attention to it

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And I think with a chemical that is potentially biopersistent
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you pay particularly close attention to it.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:50
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Diamond Docs,Atlas Films

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Movie Summary

A group of citizens in West Virginia challenges a powerful corporation to be more environmentally responsible.
Bioaccumulation, biopersistence, those are fancy words for it. - The Devil We Know 00:05
Bioaccumulation, biopersistence, those are fancy words for i...
When you die and they bury you, - The Devil We Know 00:04
When you die and they bury you,
Sunlight doesn't break them down, - The Devil We Know 00:08
Sunlight doesn't break them down,
They call this Fluorine chemical, "The Devil's piss." - The Devil We Know 00:06
They call this Fluorine chemical, "The Devil's pis...
Once it gets into your system, it remains in your blood. - The Devil We Know 00:05
Once it gets into your system, it remains in your blood.
My gut tells me the biopersistence issue will kill us. - The Devil We Know 00:16
My gut tells me the biopersistence issue will kill us.
We didn't know it at the time, but the evidence showed that 3M and DuPont... - The Devil We Know 00:06
We didn't know it at the time, but the evidence showed ...
Bye, bye, bye. Whoa, hey! - The Devil We Know 00:04
Bye, bye, bye. Whoa, hey!
I love kids. Of course I'm a school teacher, you know. - The Devil We Know 00:15
I love kids. Of course I'm a school teacher, you know.
I know it was October. - The Devil We Know 00:26
I know it was October.
I read it. - The Devil We Know 00:16
I read it.
I was testing C-8 as soon as I started in my lab, more or less. - The Devil We Know 00:09
I was testing C-8 as soon as I started in my lab, more or le...
I mean, it was a big room... - The Devil We Know 00:13
I mean, it was a big room...
That's the best way of describing it. - The Devil We Know 00:28
That's the best way of describing it.
But at the end of the day, they start dumping so much C-8 into the water, - The Devil We Know 00:09
But at the end of the day, they start dumping so much C-8 in...
DuPont wanted to figure out how far it had seeped beyond its plant. - The Devil We Know 00:44
DuPont wanted to figure out how far it had seeped beyond its...
When we got the letter, within the next few weeks - The Devil We Know 00:30
When we got the letter, within the next few weeks
It got to the point where something just didn't feel right. - The Devil We Know 00:14
It got to the point where something just didn't feel...
I thought, "Well, shoot, I'll just call the Department of Natural Resources. - The Devil We Know 00:13
I thought, "Well, shoot, I'll just call the Depart...
I got a hold of the clean water people, I went to the wellhead people, - The Devil We Know 00:09
I got a hold of the clean water people, I went to the wellhe...