Keyword: C8

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Chemours Sues DuPont over C8 Liabilities

05.07.2019 - In a less-than-everyday occurrence, a spinoff is suing its former parent company over environment liabilities. Nevertheless, many market watchers believe this one was inevitable...

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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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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...