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Environment

Two firms sued over PFOA contamination

by Marc S. Reisch
February 29, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 9

Residents in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., have filed a class-action suit against Honeywell International and Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics for contaminating the village’s drinking water supply with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Both firms had owned the same factory in town that used PFOA to make stain-resistant fabric, according to a federal court filing. The suit charges the firms with negligence and seeks unspecified monetary damages.

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