#Dupont Finally Held Accountable for #PFASPollution in Historic Settlement Valued Over $2B

August 4, 2025

Excerpt:
"NJ Sierra Club Chapter Director, Anjuli Ramos-Busot, issued the following statement:

" '#DuPont has been knowingly poisoning our lands and waters for decades. As an entity of chemical innovation, DuPont brought prosperity to New Jersey. But, like with all polluters with a ROI bottom line, the true impact brought to #NewJersey was hidden from us. However, now the contamination from DuPont is so obvious and widespread throughout the state that they can no longer hide. We are now at the point where we have entered the billion-dollar level to clean up #PFAS pollution, which goes to show the severity of contamination. DuPont has finally been held responsible for what they have done to New Jersey, to our public health, and to our environment.

" 'Can we call this justice? Not yet. DuPont has done this across the world and in many other parts of the country. Until all of those sites are cleaned up and PFAS is no longer in our environment or in our blood, then we can call it justice.

" 'Today’s settlement is an incredible and historical achievement for New Jersey. This is the state’s third PFAS settlement with corporate polluters to come in two years, which continues to reinforce that their negligence will no longer be tolerated.

" 'As we face the dismantling of the EPA , rollbacks in PFAS regulations, and the cutting of environmental protections at the federal level, we must step up in New Jersey to protect ourselves and ensure clean drinking water and air for all. We thank Attorney General Platkin and NJDEP Commissioner LaTourette for doing just that, for standing up to the multi-billion dollar chemical industry in an incredible legal fight with one of the titans of the industry, and we urge them to keep the momentum going.' "

Read more:
https://www.sierraclub.org/new-jersey/blog/2025/08/dupont-finally-held-accountable-pfas-pollution-historic-settlement-valued

#DuPontLied #DuPontKnew #DupontdeNemours #BigChem #PFasPollution #ForeverChemicals #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife

Companies Knew the Dangers of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'—and Kept Them Secret

by Jeffrey Kluger
Jun 1, 2023 4:22 PM ET

"#C8 is today defined as two chemicals—#PFOA and #PFOS—that are part of a class of more than 12,000 substances known collectively as #PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Also known as '#ForeverChemicals' because that’s pretty much how long they linger in the environment, PFAS are used in thousands of products from textiles to #nonstick pans to #cosmetics to FireFightingFoam to #FoodPackaging, and more. The chemicals have been linked to a host of physical ills, including decreased fertility, high blood pressure in pregnant people, increased risk of certain cancers, developmental delays and low birthweight in children, hormonal disruption, high cholesterol, and reduced effectiveness of the immune system."

Read more:
https://time.com/6284266/pfas-forever-chemicals-manufacturers-kept-secret/

#DuPont #DupontLied #BigChem #DuPontdeNemours #Teflon

Better Living Through Chemistry (slogan)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The phrase 'Better Living Through Chemistry' (BLTC) is a variant of a #DuPont advertising slogan, 'Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry'. DuPont adopted it in 1935 and it was their slogan until 1982 when the 'Through Chemistry' part was dropped. Since 1999, their slogan has been 'The miracles of science'.

The phrase 'Better Living Through Chemistry' was used on products that were not affiliated with DuPont to circumvent trademark infringement.[citation needed] This transmutation is now more commonly used than the original. This statement is used for commentary on several different topics, from the promotion of prescription or recreational drugs, to the praise of chemicals and #plastics, to the sarcastic criticism of the same."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Living_Through_Chemistry_(slogan)

#BigPlastic #BigChem #DuPontLied #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #PlasticPollution #DuPontdeNemours #Vespel #neoprene, #nylon #Corian #Teflon #Mylar #Kapton #Kevlar #Tyvek #Sorona

【移除所有PFAS需要的成本，比全球GDP總和還多】

還記得我們提過歐洲要消除PFAS造成的污染，至少得花4400億歐元（1兆6120億台幣），那是今年初的研究報告，不過早在兩年前（2024），美國有另一份研究報告估計：「假設移除PFAS的速度要趕上目前生產它們的速度，花費的成本可能比全球GDP（約106兆美金）還多。」

PFAS有3個重點：
1. 被稱為「永久性化學物質」，在環境中幾乎不會分解，人類一直生產它們就一直累積。
2. PFAS家族中有幾個化學物質被證明會促發癌症、發育缺陷、肝損傷…等疾病，至於其它成千上萬的家族成員會對健康造成什麼影響，科學家根本來不及一個一個研究。
3. PFAS廣泛用在各種日常用品中，我們每個人一天到晚都會接觸PFAS。

🔗 原文及其它相關連結稍後將更新在留言區

#PFAS #全氟多氟烷基物質 #永久化學物質 #ForeverChemicals #有害化學物質 #人造化合物 #環境污染 #化學污染 #污染整治 #污染成本 #環境正義 #健康風險 #環境荷爾蒙 #內分泌干擾素 #環境累積 #生物累積 #從零開始認識PFAS #看守台灣

Here's the story! (I guess they were waiting to post it after the 6pm news).

#EPA watchdog finds #BrunswickLanding is among #contaminated sites vulnerable to #SeaLevelRise, #flooding

Russ Reed, March 31, 2026

#BrunswickME - "The internal watchdog at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that about 100 of the nation's most #contaminated toxic waste sites, including one in #Maine, are in areas prone to #NaturalDisasters, posing a potential public health threat.

"The EPA's Office of Inspector General issued two new reports last week that are part of a series assessing the weather-related vulnerabilities of the 157 federal #Superfund sites prioritized for cleanup due to the serious risk they pose to public health and the environment. About 3 million Americans live within a mile of a Superfund site, while 13 million people live within 3 miles.

"Brunswick Landing, the site of the former #BrunswickNavalAirStation, is among the Superfund sites that were found to be at risk from multiple natural-disaster threats. According to the Inspector General, Brunswick Landing is one of 49 sites in coastal areas that are at risk from #SeaLevelRise or #StormSurge from hurricanes. Many of those sites are located near highly populated areas and important ecological locales like #ChesapeakeBay .

"Brunswick Landing is also one of 47 low-lying sites that are specifically prone to inland flooding from heavy rain. The Inspector General's review also found 31 sites in areas at high risk for wildfires."

Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/brunswick-landing-concerns-epa-watchdog-report-maine/70899341

#WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals
#Pollution #ClimateChange #Maine
#BrunswickExecutiveAirport #PFAS #PFASContamination

Meanwhile, in #CamdenME...

#Midcoast town sues manufacturers over #PFASContamination in #wastewater

by AnnMarie Hilton
January 22, 2026

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/midcoast-town-sues-manufacturers-over-210937794.html

#ForeverChemicals #PFAS #Maine #Dow #3M #BigChem

So, I saw a piece on the local news today about #SeaLevelRise and #PFAS in #BrunswickME. Unfortunately, I'm not finding the link yet, but the gist was, if the sea level rises, all the PFAS pollution in the area will spread. Big time...!

Report warns Maine’s largest PFAS spill could affect water and ecosystems for years

by Everett Sloane, 3/29/2026

"A scientific analysis of the largest PFAS contamination event in Maine’s history warns that the effects of a massive firefighting foam spill at #BrunswickExecutiveAirport could persist in local #waterways and #ecosystems for years. The release, which sent approximately 1,450 gallons of aqueous film-forming foam concentrate into streams feeding the #AndroscogginRiver, has already triggered fish consumption advisories and a federal enforcement order. Yet the full scope of long-term #ecological damage remains difficult to measure, in part because the spill site sits on land already contaminated by decades of military use."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/health-and-safety-alerts/report-warns-maine-s-largest-pfas-spill-could-affect-water-and-ecosystems-for-years/ar-AA1ZFQVU

#WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals #Pollution #Maine #BrunswickNavalAirStation #PFASContamination