Dark Waters

- Mm-hmm. 700 00:42:40,939 --> 00:42:43,441 Kim Burke had an expense account. 701 00:42:43,442 --> 00:42:44,675 Oh, sorry. 702 00:42:44,676 --> 00:42:46,344 - It's not that kind of case. - Hmm. 703 00:42:46,345 --> 00:42:49,683 Are you familiar with something called PFOA? 704 00:42:51,683 --> 00:42:53,553 No. 705 00:42:55,554 --> 00:42:57,723 No. No. 706 00:42:57,724 --> 00:43:01,759 I did read something recently about a PFOS, I think it was. 707 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:03,630 That-that sounds related. 708 00:43:04,630 --> 00:43:06,531 And what was that? 709 00:43:06,532 --> 00:43:09,334 Long-chain fluorocarbon, synthetic. 710 00:43:09,335 --> 00:43:10,936 I'm sorry. 711 00:43:10,937 --> 00:43:13,639 Chemistry was my worst class in high school. 712 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,443 Boy, you in the wrong line of work. 713 00:43:16,444 --> 00:43:17,712 Tell me about it. So? 714 00:43:18,712 --> 00:43:20,079 So, synthetic. 715 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:21,748 - Right? Man-made. - Mm-hmm. 716 00:43:21,749 --> 00:43:24,752 - Uh, Frankenstein. - And? 717 00:43:24,753 --> 00:43:27,388 Um, long-chain fluorocarbon 718 00:43:27,389 --> 00:43:31,424 is a sequence of carbon atoms, add a fluoride. 719 00:43:31,425 --> 00:43:34,961 All right, in-in the lab, you take a-a carbon atom. 720 00:43:34,962 --> 00:43:38,932 - Mm-hmm. -And then you add another carbon atom. 721 00:43:38,933 --> 00:43:42,103 And then another and another. 722 00:43:42,104 --> 00:43:43,672 Look. 723 00:43:43,673 --> 00:43:47,512 Y-You're making a chain, right? 724 00:43:49,512 --> 00:43:50,779 Right? 725 00:43:50,780 --> 00:43:53,081 Could it be... eight? 726 00:43:53,082 --> 00:43:54,483 Eight carbons? 727 00:43:54,484 --> 00:43:55,564 Well, sure. Yeah. 728 00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:57,787 In the lab, you can do almost anything. 729 00:43:57,788 --> 00:44:00,122 And why-why would you want to? 730 00:44:00,123 --> 00:44:02,758 Make this, I mean. 731 00:44:02,759 --> 00:44:05,561 Well, a chain like that's pretty much unbreakable, 732 00:44:05,562 --> 00:44:07,028 biochemically speaking. 733 00:44:07,029 --> 00:44:09,702 So, uh, industrial uses, I imagine. 734 00:44:10,702 --> 00:44:12,569 3M made it. 735 00:44:12,570 --> 00:44:15,038 They don't anymore. That's what I read. 736 00:44:15,039 --> 00:44:16,906 And why did they stop? 737 00:44:16,907 --> 00:44:19,010 Didn't say. 738 00:44:20,010 --> 00:44:22,545 What if... 739 00:44:22,546 --> 00:44:25,618 What if you drank it? 740 00:44:26,618 --> 00:44:28,153 Drank it? 741 00:44:28,154 --> 00:44:29,887 You don't. 742 00:44:29,888 --> 00:44:31,923 - But what if you did? - Ready to order? 743 00:44:31,924 --> 00:44:34,057 - Yeah, I think I'd like a, um... -Wait, what... 744 00:44:34,058 --> 00:44:35,062 What if you did? 745 00:44:37,062 --> 00:44:40,565 That's like saying, "What if I swallowed a tire?" 746 00:44:40,566 --> 00:44:41,1000 I don't know. 747 00:44:42,001 --> 00:44:44,770 You want to be the guy that finds out? 748 00:44:44,771 --> 00:44:46,177 Tuna melt. 749 00:45:04,859 --> 00:45:06,892 Let us all begin 750 00:45:06,893 --> 00:45:10,230 with hymn number 452 in our hymnal books: 751 00:45:10,231 --> 00:45:12,466 "Here I Am, Lord." 752 00:45:12,467 --> 00:45:14,134 Please rise. 753 00:45:37,795 --> 00:45:39,229 It makes sounds here. 754 00:45:39,230 --> 00:45:41,164 Asteroid ahead. 755 00:45:43,601 --> 00:45:46,135 Are you ready to blast off? 756 00:45:58,816 --> 00:46:01,155 I'm taking off that. 757 00:46:31,852 --> 00:46:33,853 You said it had fluoride? 758 00:46:33,854 --> 00:46:35,922 What? Mr. Bilott, it's Sunday. 759 00:46:35,923 --> 00:46:38,825 That chemical, you said it had a fluoride atom. 760 00:46:38,826 --> 00:46:41,794 It's a fluorocarbon, so yes. 761 00:46:41,795 --> 00:46:43,162 Somewhere along the chain... 762 00:46:43,163 --> 00:46:45,631 What would it do to your teeth if you drank it? 763 00:46:45,632 --> 00:46:46,934 Don't-don't tell me if you shouldn't. 764 00:46:46,935 --> 00:46:49,001 If you did... If you drank a lot of it, 765 00:46:49,002 --> 00:46:50,803 what would it do to your teeth? 766 00:46:50,804 --> 00:46:52,873 Well, in trace amounts, fluoride hardens teeth, 767 00:46:52,874 --> 00:46:55,009 but-but too much, it's gonna stain 'em. 768 00:46:55,010 --> 00:46:58,846 I mean, even turn 'em black. 769 00:46:58,847 --> 00:47:02,186 So, can I get back to my family now? 770 00:47:05,186 --> 00:47:07,255 Whoa, what? Where-where are you going? 771 00:47:07,256 --> 00:47:10,659 - It's in their water. - What? What is? 772 00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:50,101 How long's the coughing been? 773 00:47:50,102 --> 00:47:53,238 Couple... couple months. 774 00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:56,274 - A year. - You a smoker? 775 00:47:56,275 --> 00:47:59,310 ...