:07:00
Let me picture this.
:07:02
She called you, she cried.
You felt sorry and you cried.
:07:06
- Now she's mad.
- It's a good case.
:07:09
- She's not crying now!
- An orphan, but good.
:07:13
12 deaths over 15 years from
leukaemia - eight of them children.
:07:17
- That's unusual?
- Statistically. It's a small town.
:07:20
She lost a child?
:07:23
They think it's something to do
with the city's drinking water
:07:26
which they say tastes funny.
:07:28
What was she like before?
:07:30
- Do want to hear what it's about?
- No, I don't!
:07:33
I'd like to hear about it.
:07:38
Thank you, Kathy.
:07:40
There's a report here
from state inspectors
:07:43
saying that the water
from two city wells
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is contaminated - or was
before they shut them down -
:07:49
with something called...
I can't pronounce this...
:07:53
trichlorethylene...ethylene,
:07:55
which the EPA lists
as a probable carcinogen.
:07:57
- Stop.
- There's more.
:07:59
No, from a financial standpoint,
this is not a sound investment.
:08:04
Probable is a euphemism
for unproven.
:08:07
To prove something like this,
you need new medical research.
:08:10
Is that our business -
medical research?
:08:12
And...and ask yourself,
why is this an orphan?
:08:17
It's been kicked around
before ending up on your desk.
:08:20
Gordon's right.
:08:23
I can appreciate
the theatrical value of dead kids.
:08:26
That's good. But that's all it has
going for it, and it's not enough.
:08:32
I'll get rid of it.
:08:35
I'll...just go up there and...
:08:39
You'll both start to cry again,
she'll be mad at me.
:08:43
I'll do it. I'll get rid of it.
Give it to me.
:08:50
Thank you.