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Litigation

Ohio settles PFAS lawsuit against Chemours, DuPont, and Corteva

by Craig Bettenhausen
December 3, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 40

 

The state of Ohio has agreed to a settlement with Chemours, DuPont, and Corteva over pollution claims stemming from the manufacture and sale of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The chemical firms will pay $88 million for past discharges into the Ohio River watershed from a plant just over the border in West Virginia and $22 million for PFAS claims in other parts of the state. Chemours will pay half while DuPont and Corteva split the other half—an arrangement the firms negotiated in 2021.

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