WASHINGTON – A Superior Court in North Carolina on Thursday denied a motion by the chemical giant Chemours to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the company over its years of releasing the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS into the environment.
The lawsuit alleges Chemours is responsible for decades of discharging “vast quantities” of the toxic chemicals from its Fayetteville Works site into the Cape Fear River watershed, which provides drinking water for roughly 1.5 million North Carolina residents. The lawsuit was brought by state Attorney General Josh Stein.
“The court’s decision is a major victory for the people of North Carolina and sends a message to Chemours that it will be held accountable for its years of knowingly dumping these toxic chemicals into the environment,” said Jared Hayes, a policy analyst at EWG.
Using federal, state and industry data, EWG has mapped locations in North Carolina and beyond where industrial PFAS chemicals have likely occurred.
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