EPA Launches Strategy to Regulate Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ October 20, 2021 By Matthew Daly The Biden administration said it is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions...
FDA Tests for PFAS Found No Need to Avoid Processed Foods August 30, 2021 The Food and Drug Administration released the results of the first survey of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in nationally...
Investor Suit Alleges Chemours Directors Misled About Firm’s Financials, Liabilities March 1, 2021 By Jef Feeley Chemours Co.’s directors were accused in a lawsuit of duping shareholders about its financial health and the extent of its...
DuPont, Chemours Reach Pact Over Liability for ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAs Pollution January 25, 2021 By Randall Chase The Dupont Co. and its spinoff business Chemours have agreed to resolve legal disputes over environmental liabilities for pollution related...
White House Moves to Weaken EPA Rule on Toxic PFA Compounds in Consumer Products April 20, 2020 By Ellen Knickmeyer The Trump White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration,...
DuPont Says It Will No Longer Buy Firefighting Foam With Suspect Chemicals August 28, 2019 Industrial materials maker DuPont said on Wednesday it would stop buying and using firefighting foams made with a controversial class...
Judges Weigh Consolidating Firefighting Foam, Other Water Chemical Lawsuits November 30, 2018 By Tiffany Kary Creating a massive lawsuit over cancer-linked chemicals found in around a third of Americans’ drinking water got a skeptical reception...
EPA Warns on Chemical Found in Nonstick Coatings November 21, 2018 By Jonathan Drew and Ellen Knickmeyer Long-term exposure to a chemical compound currently used for making nonstick coatings appears to be dangerous, even in minute amounts,...
GenX Undetected in Bloodstreams of North Carolina Chemical Plant Neighbors October 19, 2018 By Emery P. Dalesio Dozens of neighbors of a North Carolina chemical plant had industrial compounds in their bloodstreams, but tests by state and...