Stephen Fellows- Civil Action

The book A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr follows the true story of neighborhood that has an unusually large number of Leukemia cases. They hire a lawyer who discovers that three companies, one of which is a small Tannery, are responsible for dumping chemicals into the water supply for the neighborhood. The book was later turned into a movie by the same name. During the movie there is a scene where one of the workers at the Tannery is on the stand. He is being examined as a witness to chemicals being dumped into the water. This worker's family used to own the land that the Tannery is on. During the course of the examination he is asked a question as to whether he cares about the land. The worker becomes emotional and says that he cares about every bit of the land the Tannery is on. The only problem I have with this is that he is responsible for dumping chemicals onto the land that cave caused severe health problems for children but also caused a pond on his property to catch on fire. The move is a very good look at the affect that large corporations have on nature and the surrounding populations.