In early August, a federal judge ruled that Chemours was in violation of its obligations to limit toxic pollution, writing the “record, evidence, and testimony point to one inescapable conclusion.”
The ruling followed a shocking testimony by the manager at the West Virginia facility.
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On Aug. 7, Judge Joseph R. Goodwin issued a preliminary injunction ordering Chemours to comply with its obligations under the Clean Water Act and stop its Washington Works plant from discharging the “forever chemical” HFPO-DA into the Ohio River in levels that exceed its permit.
The ruling came after the spinoff company of chemical giant DuPont exhibited a pattern of violations that impacted “all users of the Ohio River for drinking water,” according to the order, with contamination documented “as far downstream” as Cincinnati and Louisville, Kentucky…