DuPont, Chemours Hit With New Suit Over Cape Fear Contamination

DuPont and Chemours were hit with a suit by dozens of Fayetteville, N.C., residents who say the companies dumped perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) into the Cape Fear River and contaminated their properties.

The companies contaminated the property owners’ groundwater, soil, and surface water with PFCs, including GenX, the complaint, filed Feb. 21, alleged.

GenX was designed as an alternative to perfluorooctanoic acid after the EPA said PFOA is a “likely human carcinogen.”

DuPont owned and operated the Fayetteville plant from 1971 until 2015. Chemours is the current owner and operator.

The plaintiffs own property, “including surface water and groundwater,” located near ...