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Judge Won’t Quit DuPont Lawsuit
A judge in Parkersburg, W.Va., refused to step down from a class-action lawsuit filed by Ohio and West Virginia residents who claim that a DuPont plant contaminated water supplies. Wood County Circuit Judge George W. Hill lives in the area where the chemical was detected and could be a potential benefactor, DuPont said. A court […]
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DuPont officials file a request to protect its medical records
PARKERSBURG — A motion from DuPont to block the release of certain medical records of employees beyond testing for the presence of C8 was filed in Wood County Circuit Court Friday afternoon. Steve Fennell, an attorney with Steptoe and Johnson in Washington, D.C., the firm representing DuPont, said the company is not seeking to prevent […]
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West Virginia Ruling. Judge: DuPont Chemical is Toxic
A West Virginia judge has found that a chemical used to make Teflon is toxic and has punished DuPont for destroying documents as it defends itself in a class-action lawsuit involving the chemical. The lawsuit was filed in August 2001 on behalf of as many as 50,000 people who live near a DuPont plant along […]
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DuPont confronted over chemical’s safety
EPA and W. Va. lawsuit challenge risks posed by C-8, used to make Teflon Environmental regulators and a class action lawsuit have challenged the safety of a chemical the DuPont Co. uses to make Teflon, its best-known brand. As part of an ongoing review of ammonium perfluorooctanoate, also called C-8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
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Dupont Chemical Showing Up in Blood of Children, Adults
Blood in children and adults across the country contains a byproduct of chemicals used to keep dozens of household products and clothing clean and dry. Results of the blood tests are buried in an archive of industry studies at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is increasingly concerned about a family of chemicals used to […]
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C8 Study ‘Tainted,’ Group Says Governor Urged to Appoint an Independent Panel
A national environmental research group on Wednesday urged Gov. Bob Wise to appoint an independent team to investigate chemical pollution from the DuPont Co. plant in Wood County. The Environmental Working Group said that a panel that previously reviewed the chemical C8 was tainted because of its ties to DuPont and the chemical industry in […]
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Chemical Concerns Persist. Residents Could Have More C8 in Blood than Workers, a DuPont Model Indicates
Ohioans living near a plant where DuPont makes Teflon might have levels of the chemical C8 in their blood that are higher than the average level found in plant workers, according to a model developed by company scientists. Estimates based on DuPont’s model also suggest that the concentration of C8 in the blood of plant […]
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Is there a danger in the air for cooks?
DuPont says kitchen temperatures are not hot enough to release harmful fumes Scientists have long known that fumes from overheated Teflon can cause health problems in industrial settings: People can contract a flu-like illness with fever, chills and shortness of breath that can last up to two days. They, however, do not agree on whether […]
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DuPont’s troubled chemical
A little-known manmade chemical is found in the tissue of living things around the globe. It is in the flesh of dolphins and cormorants off the Italian coast. It is in 5 percent of the bread, green beans and ground beef sampled in supermarkets in southern states. It is in the blood of up to […]
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INTERNAL WARNINGS: Industry memos show DUPONT knew for decades that a chemical used to make Teflon is polluting workers and neighbors
LITTLE HOCKING, Ohio — Kenny Taggart always volunteered for blood drives at the DuPont plant across the Ohio River, where he spent most of his adult life mixing chemicals used to make Teflon anti-stick coatings. When Taggart stopped by the plant’s medical office in the early 1980s to offer another pint, the nurse shook her […]
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