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Company: DuPont de Nemours
Current Parent Company: DuPont de Nemours
Penalty: $400,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: February 8, 2024
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: PFAS/PFOA violation
Mega-Scandal: PFC/PFOA
Violation Description: DuPont and its spinoff companies together agreed to pay $1.185 billion to settle litigation over the contamination to public water systems they allegedly caused through the production of PFAS forever chemicals used in firefighting foam. Court documents did not specify how much each company would pay but a DuPont SEC filing said its share was $400 million: (click here)
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of South Carolina
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:18-mn-02873
Case Name: In Re Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation MDL 2873
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Delaware
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: specialty materials
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