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What Lies Upstream

# The truth has been spilled
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📜 Overview: In this detective story, filmmaker Cullen Hoback investigates the largest chemical drinking water contamination in a generation. But something is rotten in state and federal regulatory agencies, and through years of persistent journalism, we learn the shocking truth about what’s really happening with drinking water in America.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2017-01-20
⌚ Running Time: 89 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.706

Beloved Cast

Martin Riese original image
Self
Martin Riese
Erin Brockovich original image
Self
Erin Brockovich
Rahul Gupta original image
Self - Dr., director of the West VA Bureau of Public Health
Rahul Gupta

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