Keyword: Chemours

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EPA Asked to Help Track PFOA in Water

31.03.2016 - The governors of three US states have asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help with additional drinking water testing and analysis in communities exposed to...

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DuPont Facing 40 PFOA Lawsuits a Year

01.02.2016 - Beginning in April 2017, DuPont could face 40 trials a year brought by plaintiffs claiming to have developed cancer or other diseases from exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA...

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Chemours Cuts Job, Shuts New York Plant

03.12.2015 - Chemours has announced more job losses and a further plant closure as it continues to take steps to transform and optimize its business. In the DuPont spin-off’s latest move, some...

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Chemours Sells Texas Aniline Plant to Dow

20.11.2015 - Chemours, which encompasses the Performance Chemicals business spun off from DuPont in July, has said it will sell its Beaumont, Texas, plant to Dow Chemical, one of its main...

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DuPont Found Liable in First PFOA Case

09.10.2015 - A federal jury in the US state of Ohio has found DuPont liable for causing a woman’s kidney cancer in the first of a potential 3,500 lawsuits over discharges of perfluorooctanoic...

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DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman Resigns

07.10.2015 - Just months after splitting off its Performance Chemicals business into a new company, Chemours, in part due to pressure from an activist investor, DuPont could be headed for a...

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First C8 Exposure Case Opens Against DuPont

15.09.2015 - A US court has begun hearing the first of several cases in what began as a class action suit against DuPont, in which plaintiffs claim the US chemical giant was to blame for their...

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Lab Technician Sues DuPont in Whistleblower Case

31.08.2015 - A former lab technician at DuPont’s La Porte, Texas, herbicide plant has filed a lawsuit against the Delaware chemical giant, claiming she was terminated because of her repeated...