Global water scarcity is now urgent due to climate change, population growth, and unsustainable practices. 700 million people could be displaced by 2030, warns UNICEF...
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...
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...
23.12.2016
- As US President Barack Obama’s days in office wind down and in the gap before the next president, Donald Trump, takes office on Jan. 21, 2017, the so-called “lame duck” is showing...
02.11.2016
- US chemical producer Eastman has settled damage claims brought by residents of the US city of Charleston, West Virginia, dating back to a January 2014 spill of the coal-cleaning...
01.09.2016
- In another unilateral move that will keep the country steps ahead of the EU on curbing the use of suspected endocrine disruptors, Sweden has announced it will ban epoxy linings...
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...
09.06.2016
- As DuPont and its spin-off Chemours continue to face lawsuits from US residents claiming health damage from discharges into water of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), the chemical...
