In 2003, she herself suffered from toxic mold contamination, a situation that led her to become a prominent activist with the aim of educating about the environmental pollution generated by large corporations.

Both because of the notoriety gained by her case against PG&E and the production of the film that was inspired by those events, Erin realized that she could use her fame not only to fight for health, but also to spread positive messages of empowerment and encouragement. others to stand up and fight to make a difference.

“I do care a great deal about the environment but my real work and my greatest challenge is trying to overcome deceits that end up jeopardizing public health and safety.”

This allowed her to develop television shows where she documented women's struggle with overwhelming odds, she subsequently published a best-selling book titled "Take It from Me: Life's a Struggle But You Can Win."

By 2015, he managed to create the Erin Brockovich Foundation, an organization focused on being a clear voice of reason for people who need to be heard, seeking to expand the impact beyond it, becoming a system that can address problems at a higher level.

A year later, she would hire the law firm Masry & Vititoe to sue the other party involved in the accident, managing to reach an agreement. But the money she got was not enough to support her family, which prompted her to get a new job.

It has been reported that Ed Masry, Director of the firm, felt sorry for her and offered her a clerical job. Soon she would find her true calling upon discovering a series of medical records that related to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and state pro bono case.

After getting permission from Masry, Erin began to conduct solo research that ended up linking the health problems of countless people in Hinkley, California, between the 1960s and 1980s, who were suffering consequences from their exposure. to chromium, due to a leak into the groundwater from the PG&E compressor station.

In 1996, Brockovich and Ed Masry won a lawsuit against PG&E, which was forced to pay nearly $333 million in damages to more than 600 Hinkley residents, making it the largest direct action lawsuit in the country's history. as well as subsequently the largest legal settlement in US history.

He worked for Masry & Vititoe for 10 years and participated in other lawsuits focused on environmental contamination by corporations, highlighting an accusation against Whitman Corporationa also for chrome contamination, now in Willits, California, a lawsuit that included 1,200 plaintiffs and that would be resolved in a payment of $335 million dollars.

She also filed a lawsuit against the Beverly Hills Unified School District accusing them of harming the health and safety of students by allowing a contractor to operate a group of oil wells on campus.

In 2009, he would assist in a lawsuit against Prime Tanning Corp., in St. Joseph, Missouri, alleging that waste from leather production, containing hexavalent chromium, was distributed to farmers in the northeastern part of the state and that it is a of the causes of an abnormally high number of brain tumors since 1996.

She currently serves as President of Brockovich Research & Consulting, actively involved in numerous environmental projects around the world; she has been requested to assist in groundwater contamination complaints throughout the United States, Australia, and some other countries.