Two Salisbury residents sued Perdue Agribusiness, accusing the company of illegally disposing of PFAS-contaminated waste that has seeped into local water supplies and exceeded federal safety limits.
Shannon Kelleher reports for The New Lede.
In short:
- The lawsuit, filed July 25 in federal court, alleges Perdue’s soybean facility violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by dumping PFAS-laced waste into streams and storing it in lagoons that leach into groundwater.
- Testing found PFAS levels in groundwater near the facility up to 340 times higher than U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drinking water standards; more than 100 residential wells exceeded regulatory limits.
- Perdue says it is cooperating with state regulators, providing bottled water and filtration systems, and installing PFAS-free equipment, but plaintiffs say these measures fail to protect many affected homes.
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