Chemours, Dupont and Corteva have agreed to pay $ 875 million more than 25 years to the state of New Jersey to arrange environmental claims, including pollution related to PFAs, or “Forever Chemicals”, the companies said Monday.
Legal cases that large chemical companies accompany the pollution of American drinking water with toxic PFAS chemicals led to more than $ 11 billion in settlements in 2023, in which experts predict that new federal regulations and a growing awareness of the width of infection will stimulate more lawsuits and settlements.
PFAs are a class of chemicals that are used in a wide range of products, including anti-stick cooking utensils and fire control foams. They are usually called “chemicals” forever, because these substances do not easily break down in the human body or nature, and are associated with certain cancers, hormonal dysfunction and other diseases.
The payments announced on Monday, whose current value is approximately $ 500 million for taxes, do not start earlier than 1 January 2026.
Chemours will make half of the settlement payments, while Dupont will pay the rest 35.5% and Corteva, the companies said in a statement.
In 2023, the three companies reached a settlement agreement with the US state of Ohio for $ 110 million to resolve claims in connection with PFAs.
In the same year, 3M agreed to pay $ 10.3 billion to arrange hundreds of claims that the company polluted public drinking water with the chemicals, while Chemours, Dupont and Corteva reached a similar deal with American water providers for $ 1.19 billion.
Of the total scheme announced on Monday, $ 16.5 million is attributed to alleged PFAS infection that is not related to the operational sites of the companies.
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