Concerns about the potential toxicity of C8 had been raised internally within DuPont by at least 1954, leading DuPonts own researchers to conclude by at least 1961 that C8 was toxic and, according to DuPonts own Toxicology Section Chief, should be handled with extreme care, Bartletts February 2013 suit against DuPont alleged
"Special privileges were extended in disregarding the law." According to the paper, Snell was among a handful in the crowd who demanded the 40-year-old Rock cease smoking only to be rebuffed
Heward JM, Allahabadia A, Daykin J, Carr-Smith J, Daly A, Armitage M, Dodson PM, Sheppard MC, Barnett AH, Franklyn JA, Gough SCL
Clearly, tobacco use is very costly both to individuals and our society