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North Carolina settles PFAS contamination claims with DuPont and Chemours

Pushing enforcement of the 2019 consent order

DuPont, Chemours and Corteva agreed in September to pay North Carolina and 11 local governments $455 million over 15 years for contaminating the Cape Fear River with PFAS chemicals. It is the largest environmental damages recovery in state history: the state gets $75 million and the local governments split $380 million, with Cumberland County receiving $161.5 million.

Updated Oct 22