Cumberland County Close to Settling Forever Chemicals Lawsuit With Chemours
A judge ruled in 2025 that DuPoint and Chemours contaminated drinking water in the county. Now, it’s a question of how much the companies will pay in damages.
Cumberland Wants State to Make Chemours Fix Filters, Pay for Public Water
Cumberland County commissioners say the state has not sufficiently made the chemical company comply with obligations to assist after contaminating drinking water wells with PFAS.
Judges Clear Way for Trial in Cumberland County’s Contaminated Water Lawsuit
County wants Chemours, DuPont to pay damages for allowing PFAS forever chemicals into drinking water and fund water infrastructure in affected areas.
A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals
For seven years, N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to regulate PFAS in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quashing their success.
Robeson County commissioners delay vote again on landfill expansion amid PFAS concerns
The landfill has received more than 5,000 tons of waste from Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant in the last eight years, according to estimates from the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Price jumps to $134 million to filter PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from Fayetteville drinking water
Other PFAS news: Contractor picked to run PWC water line to contaminated Gray’s Creek schools; small PFAS filtering system to start operating on Monday
EPA revokes funding for multiple PFAS research projects
The Environmental Protection Agency canceled a research project that looked at new ways to detect “forever chemicals” in the air surrounding Chemours’ Fayetteville Works Plant, according to research participant and local clean water advocate Mike Watters.
More Chemours Coverage
Bill to make PFAS polluters pay for clean-up moves to NC Senate after passing House
A bill that would make manufacturers of “forever chemicals” pay for the cost of public water systems to filter PFAS pollution is now being considered by the state Senate after passing the N.C. House of Representatives last month.
‘Our rights don’t begin when it’s convenient for a shareholder’: Protesters demand action on toxic water crisis
On a patch of grass in front of the Public Works Commission in Fayetteville, a few dozen community members gathered Saturday morning to protest the widespread and continued contamination of the local environment with “forever chemicals,” also known as PFAS.
Expanded well testing for PFAS: what you need to know
The expanded testing range includes households as far as 30 miles from the plant, reaching in all directions, that rely on private well water in Hoke and Harnett Counties
PFAS found in dust of homes near Fayetteville chemical plant
Dust containing PFAS that are manufactured by the Fayetteville Works plant has been detected in Cumberland County homes near the Chemours factory, according to a research paper published Monday.
Gray’s Creek schools with contaminated well water to get city water by June 2026
Public Works Commission to run over 3.3 miles of water lines in $11.82 million project
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