Keyword: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
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27.06.2023
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3M has agreed to pay $10.3 billion to resolve legal challenges brought against the company by US public water systems over its discharges of polyfluoroalkyl substances...
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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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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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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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24.09.2015
- Bayer CropScience has paid $5.6 million to settle violations of US chemical accident prevention laws stemming from a 2008 explosion that killed two people at its Institute, West...
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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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03.07.2015
- DuPont is said to have burdened its newly listed Performance Chemicals spin-off Chemours with potential liabilities at 171 of its US production sites. Reports said as many as 25...
