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PFOA Added to Stockholm Convention POP list

27.05.2019 - The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has unanimously voted to add perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) to the list of substances to be eliminated under the 2004...

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GenX Discharges Spark US Drinking Water Fears

27.06.2017 - US chemical giant DuPont and its spin-off company Chemours are in the news again in connection with fears of drinking water contamination in the US. Attention is focused once more...

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New Lawsuit Against DuPont Over PFOA

20.04.2017 - A lawsuit has been filed in the US state of Delaware against chemical giant DuPont, claiming the company paid its defense attorneys in class action suits more than it has spent on...

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DuPont and Chemours End PFOA Suits for $671 Million

16.02.2017 - DuPont and Chemours (the US chemical giant’s former Performance Materials segment) have agreed to jointly pay $670.7 million in cash to settle out of court around 3,550 personal...

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DuPont Loses More C8 Cases

03.01.2017 - December 2016 was a challenging month for DuPont. In the most high-profile incidence, the US chemical giant lost a third court case in the US state of Ohio linked to the leakage of...

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Dutch Probe DuPont’s Use of C8 at Dordrecht

22.07.2016 - A Dutch public prosecutor has launched an official investigation into the use of what it called “potentially dangerous chemicals” at two former DuPont chemical plants near...

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DuPont to Pay $500,000 in Punitive Damages

12.07.2016 - In the second part of the latest trial discharges of the fluorochemical PFOA, or C8, from the DuPont Washington Works in the US state of West Virginia and their impact on drinking...

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DuPont Loses Another PFOA Case

08.07.2016 - DuPont has lost another round in a string of pending or completed class action lawsuits involving discharges of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C8) from the US chemical giant’s...