Kennedy discusses C8 issue

In addition, DuPont Management proponent Ron Gwynn conveniently forgets the U. S. EPA civilly prosecuted DuPont in 2004 over the extensive C8 pollution in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The EPA slammed DuPont with the largest civil fine and penalty in the agency's history for two decades' worth of concealing critical C8 studies and covertly and callously contaminating the water supplies of circa 100,000 women, men, and children of greater Parkersburg.

The EPA demanded a total phase-out of the use of this extraordinarily toxic synthetic chemical by the year 2015. ...funfun..

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Readers, for an in-your-face display of the viciousness and abuse of the DuPont Management camp followers, read the barely literate Letter-to-the-Editor today, Feb. 17, 2013, "Chasing Ambulances, DuPont". Ron Gwynn, an obviously rabid supporter of DuPont Management launches a vindictively derogatory personal attack against certain attorneys representing C8-sickened claimants. Gywnn goes on to trivialise the plight and fears of this community, and completely, if not dishonestly misstates the insidious toxicity and dangers of this vile cancer-causing Teflon chemical...funfun..

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Observant,

We would agree with you. There is lip-smacking greed on the part of some grasping plaintiffs as well as the disreputable defendant DuPont.

No doubt about it. DuPont's imperious High Command in Fortress Wilmington believe they are still King of Chemicals, on the top of the mountain. How deluded they are after such a disastrous decline in the 21st century. ...funfun..

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tO fun fun: I agree all day long with what you are saying, the problem is that we live in a society where some of the public in our local area are as bad as the lawyers, they view this as a "money grab" and they have no idea if DuPont caused their ailment or ache, they just want their money. I thank God often that I have never had to work in a plant, I don't think I would survive two days with the mentality ( egos)of a DuPonter. They seem to be money grubbing people that don't have the ability to manage two pigs in a pen. Just Say'n...

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To fun fun: I did not use profanity, I typed in Diink I.T. without one of the "i" and the *** came up. No profanity intended...

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Observant, there is no need to use profanity or filthy language.

"what is done is done", you exclaim summarily regarding C8.

Not so at all; as we speak, DuPont Management and their PR drones and shadowy in-house lawyers and lobbyists are waging a brainwashing campaign to convince the public and media C8 doesn't cause anything, and everything has been remedially fixed, not-to-worry. To that end, DuPont Management surrogates and supporters, and employee/agents are and have been peppering internet sites with vicious personal attacks against gravely ill claimants in court and their attorneys fighting for them. These unethical hecklers are simultaneously targeting and personally smearing critics and commentators at various sites on the net who dare to differ on cancer-causing C8...funfun..

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To fun fun: Who cares about a*****newspapers "I.T. guy" tapping into someones I.P address, You don't think we the people don't know that happens. Case in point: What's done is done. Dietzlers getting the money for himself and everyone else involved. DuPont is going nowhere,W e need those DuPont people to help pay and keep our taxes down. Fun fun, maybe that will help you tolerate them. What we need is the get the Dietles and Kennedy's to step up to the plate and stop the dumping of the Brine sludge into our area. Remember Washinton Count starts north of us and river flows through all our local communities.

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Case in point, some time ago, a well-known business journalist at a competing newspaper in West Virginia had his IT people investigate a hostile heckler in the paper's forum for readers' comments. The I.P. address of this masked operative's e-mailed PR damage control, was traced to, you guessed it, a DuPont Company office.

This rogue chemical conglomerate operates to the lowest standards of unethical business conduct. That is not our personal opinion, but the documented judgements in the public domain of a number of judges and/or juries dealing with DuPont as a plaintiff or defendant in legal process. We are happy to provide citations. ...funfun..

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The unprincipled low-life hecklers in the DuPont Management camp simply cannot contain their obsession with a continuing cover-up of the known dangers of this vilely toxic, cancer-causing Teflon chemical C8. To this end, hostile hecklers at various internet sites, many of whom have disclosed openly and even bragged they work for DuPont as DuPont employees and DuPont Managers, systematically initiate distracting personal smears, threats and attacks on commentators who refuse to be brainwashed and refuse to buy the DuPont Company propaganda.["At DuPont, only we know what 'valid science' is, and C8 is 'non-toxic', perfectly 'humanly harmless', doesn't cause anything!']

Bottom line, these PR damage controllers stupidly expose the destructive and dishonest culture of DuPont and its SHAM SAFETY. Like it or not there is a downright corrupt corporation in the midst of this community devoid of integrity and even a shred of decency.

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good points made, Observant.

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To: pkrsbrgh: Please reread my previous statement. I don't care if Deitzler makes a Gazillion Dollars, more power to him.I am simply saying that I would like to see him do some humanitarian work for our community while it can be saved. Stop the dumping of the Brine Sludge into Washington County. We need to protect this environment, I happen to like living in this area and don't appreciate a couple of quick buck artist From Central Environmental Services like Jeff Harper and John Kiger screw it up.

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sorry if coming off condescending to you. however, I cannot tolerate ignorance, nor people playing to other's ignorance for their advantage/agenda.

bottom line is you made a purposefully misleading statement.

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OK genius. I looked it up:

Definition of PROBABLE 1 : supported by evidence strong enough to establish presumption but not proof <a probable hypothesis> 2 : establishing a probability <probable evidence> 3 : likely to be or become true or real <probable outcome> See probable defined for English-language learners » See probable defined for kids » Examples of PROBABLE

It is probable that life exists outside of our planet.

BUT NOT PROOF...

man,I hate condescending people

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yeahhh, so you are still saying forget about the c8 issue because some lawyer already made millions??

makes a whole lot of sense.

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To PBRSBGH: Absolutely not, what I am suggesting is that Dietzler and Company have already made Millions on this, now they are going after the cream. Give it a break, go after something that is "Insidious" Brine Water. Read the article in todays paper about the dumping into the Muskingum River. This is a serious situation unfolding. Did Dietzler say that DuPont knew they were dumping this into the river?And that it is wrong? Well,Dietzlers friend Joh Kiger is dumping his sludge Brine Water into the ground in Washington County. Dietzler knows that is bad.....Right?

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Observant: so you are saying the we should just forget about the c8 issue?

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To Eluderino: No English lesson intended. I am simply suggesting that we hav beat the C-8 issue to death, give it a break. We need to focus on the Pollutants that Jeff Harper and John Kiger of Central Environmental Srvice are putting into the ground primarily in Washington County. If you follow the Parkersburg News you will have read a story in todays paper about the Knucklehead that spilled 800,000 gallons of their "Brine Water" into Muskingum River 3 year ago. Please see the side effects from one of the chemicals in the "Brine".

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Dude, there is such a thing as pro bono work. Good lawyers are expected by their culture to spend part of their working hours working for free for worthy causes. Not saying whether this should have been pro bono or not; just that a lot of lawyers would be offended at the suggestion that their pro bono work is not up to standards -- & a lot of those would be right.

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Oh and I do not know about you guys but I don't work for free, but if you guys find a lawyer that does please send them my way, you no what on second thought don't because their probably not that good.

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Thank you "Observant" for the English lesson, I now know what insidious means. Um anyway can you do us all of favor and maybe stay on topic. Here I'll catch you up to speed. See Dupont released perfluorooctanoic acid into a navigable waterway of the United States and that is illegal. That is why people are getting fairly compensated for exposure to C8. It is actually pretty cut and dry, if Dupont wouldn't have discharged C8 in the first place than there would be no problem, but they did.

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and viennawva: these lawyers have made millions doing what they do - their job. are you against this form of capitalism or something? i doubt it.

if there was an injustice, i do not care who represents this area.

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canniballoe: you astound me. what an ignorant claim to make. do you know what the term probable means?

"likely to happen"

so, by your substitution claim, if you play the lotto... then you are likely to win???

words have meanings my friend, look them up once in a while.

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But, to be clear, if our waters are polluted with C8, and the panel made those findings, then this action should be taken. They don't get a free pass. Especially since it looks like they knew, and for a long time, they knew. And people down there punching the time clock knew. Neighbors, pish.

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I can tell you with 101% certainty, himself turned someone down because A) the victim wasn't killed and B)victim's income was below $100k per year. Words from HIS mouth. But that is standard operating procedure here in the valley. He's not alone.

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