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Chemours throws DuPont under the bus, alleges company chose to discharge PFAS into the Cape Fear River


Spinoff company’s bombshell court filings say DuPont used cutthroat methods to dodge costs of cleaning up dangerous chemicals

DuPont could have permanently stopped discharging perfluorinated compounds – PFAS – from its Fayetteville Works plant into the Cape Fear River nine years ago, but decided against it in order to foist the liability onto a spinoff company, court documents allege.

The 64-page complaint, filed by Chemours against its former parent company, DuPont, lays out a series of stunning allegations, that if true, reveal the nefarious actions of a billion-dollar company determined to avoid financial and legal responsibility for environmental disasters.

DuPont allegedly underestimated to Chemours the true costs of its environmental cleanups. Instead, DuPont capped the costs at amounts far less than what Chemours had to pay. And an indemnity clause in the corporate documents purports to release DuPont from the legal and financial burden – presumably forever.

DuPont “orchestrated a spinoff of its Performance Chemicals unit into a new company, Chemours, as part of a plan to try to offload its historical environmental liabilities,” the court documents read.

Read more: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2019/07/01/chemours-throws-dupont-under-the-bus-alleges-company-chose-to-discharge-pfas-into-the-cape-fear-river/