A little-known and unregulated chemical represents the greatest human health crisis of our time. This chemical is inside you and everyone you know. Here is the unforgettable story of how one man exposed the shocking truth. In 1998, Rob Bilott began a legal battle against DuPont that would consume the next twenty years of his life. It started with a phone call from a West Virginia farmer who was convinced the creek on his property had been poisoned by runoff from a nearby DuPont landfill. That call for help eventually led Rob to the discovery of an unregulated, toxic chemical called PFOA, used by DuPont in the manufacturing of Teflon and in a host of other household goods from dental floss to carpet cleaner. For years, DuPont's own scientists had issued internal warnings about the harmful effects of this chemical on human health, but the company continued to use it, allowing it to leach into public drinking water supplies across the country. Exposure traces Rob Bilott's astonishing efforts to bring this truth to light-first for one community in West Virginia and then for the world. Book jacket.