DuPont did not just dump PFCs—including PFOA—in the West Virginia and Ohio areas. One of its largest PFOA plants was the Chambers Works in Deepwater, NJ. DuPont spun this plant—and its attendant liability—off to Chemours. Carney’s Point Township has estimated it will cost over a billion dollars to clean up the massive Chambers Works site, […]
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Cleaning Up After PFCs Isn’t Cheap: Part One compounds—in drinking water. (“Philadelphia Environmental Lawyers Reveal Landfills Harboring Harmful PFCs”, and “New Jersey’s PFOA Recommendation Raises New Concerns”) We were reminded of these heath risks again when a federal court jury in Ohio awarded $2 million to a 56 year old truck driver suffering from testicular […]
Vermont has been in the forefront of PFC regulation, setting a drinking water limit of 20 ppt (parts per trillion) months back, when EPA was still allowing 400 ppt. EPA has since lowered its Health Advisory Limit to 70 ppt. Now, Vermont may be in the forefront in a different way—PFCs have now been found […]
