THREE major chemical manufacturers announced yesterday they will pay nearly US$1.2 (RM5.5) billion to settle claims that they contaminated water sources across the United States with harmful “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
Chemours, DuPont and Corteva said in a joint press release that they had “reached an agreement in principle to resolve all PFAS-related drinking water claims” for areas serving “the vast majority of the United States population.”