Poisoning America on BBC 4



The Company replaced Teflon using another chemical.
The product was called Genex.
The replacement chemical turned out to be equally poisonous.
They have since handed over production to another company.
 
The Teflon company were found guilty in court of knowingly dumping a poisonous chemical into a water supply.
They were fined a few thousand dollars.
Their annual profits were more than 50 billion dollars.

They had tried every which way to deny it and cover it up.
Those directly responsible were allowed to carry on life as normal.
 
The Teflon company were found guilty in court of knowingly dumping a poisonous chemical into a water supply.
They were fined a few thousand dollars.
Their annual profits were more than 50 billion dollars.

They had tried every which way to deny it and cover it up.
Those directly responsible were allowed to carry on life as normal.
Did you actually watch it? They were fined $130 million. Their annual profits were never anywhere near $50bn. Their sales around the time mentioned were $20bn p.a. so profits would not have been $5bn. The fines were far too low at the time but they’ve paid about $1bn in law suits recently. Very shabby behaviour though.
 

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