A federal district court judge granted final approval Thursday to a $1.2 billion settlement between water utilities affected by “forever chemicals” and DuPont de Nemours, as well as spinoff firms Chemours and Corteva. Per the terms of the settlement, the three companies will collectively establish a $1.18 billion fund for public water systems that have…
Nicole Jones read the poster’s laundry list of health effects from drinking water contaminated by chemicals found in firefighting foam: high cholesterol, changes in liver enzymes, preeclampsia in pregnant women, low infant birth weight and cancer. “Are you reading all this?” she asked her husband. Jones and her husband read the poster Tuesday at a public meeting organized by the Navy to inform .
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to designate nine toxic “forever chemicals” as “hazardous constituents” under the nation’s law for cleaning up ongoing pollution, in a move that would enable states to require cleanups if the substances are released. As part of an effort to limit contamination stemming from the class of toxic substances,…