Perdue Must Face Second Lawsuit Over Maryland Plant PFAS Dumping

Two Perdue Farms Inc. subsidiaries can’t shake a lawsuit over alleged forever chemical contamination on properties near a facility in Salisbury, Md.

Two nearby residents adequately pled the state’s water quality management plan serves as a legal requirement for companies to have a permit for discharges containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled on Thursday.

Perdue Agribusiness LLC and Perdue Foods LLC also lost their bid to pause the lawsuit until the Maryland Department of the Environment finishes its investigation of the open dumping site, after Judge Stephanie Gallagher said there was ...