By The National Law Review

On October 13, 2020, a significant North Carolina PFAS lawsuit was filed by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed suit against DuPont and Chemours for the discharge of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from Fayetteville Works. The complaint alleges PFAS contamination from Fayetteville Works has dispersed over 20 miles through water and air emissions, and threatens human health because exposure to PFAS has been linked with multiple illnesses ranging from kidney and testicular cancer to high cholesterol.

The North Carolina PFAS lawsuit comes one day after Bladen County Superior Court Judge Douglass Sasser approved an Addendum to a Consent Order that requires Chemours to take additional action to reduce PFAS from entering Cape Fear River. The original Consent Order was entered into by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, the Southern Environmental Law Center, Cape Fear River Watch, and Chemours in February 2019. The original Consent Order required Chemours to pay $12 million in civil fines and remove virtually all PFAS from the air and Cape Fear River. With the Addendum and newly filed lawsuit, Chemours can expect to fund more than $12 million in remediation.

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