Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
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Re: Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
#2$1B combined, not individually
> The three companies said they have agreed to contribute a total of $1.185 billion to a settlement fund. Chemours will contribute 50 percent (about $592 million), and DuPont and Corteva will together contribute the remaining 50 percent, at about $400 million and $193 million, respectively.
Re: Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
#3This is not enough of a penalty.
Re: Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
#4When a payout like this occurs, does it mean the problem is resolved? In other words, are these companies no longer putting out toxic chemicals, or are they buying the ability to continue to do that without fear of further lawsuits?
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#5Pocket change.
This is not accountability for infecting the worlds population with these nasty chemicals.
Re: Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
#6When a payout like this occurs, does it mean the problem is resolved? In other words, are these companies no longer putting out toxic chemicals, or are they buying the ability to continue to do that without fear of further lawsuits?
> In a statement, Dupont said it “has never manufactured PFOA or PFOS.” CNN has reached out to the other companies for comment on the allegations, which they denied in a press release Friday.
How can they stop something they never did
Re: Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
#7When a payout like this occurs, does it mean the problem is resolved? In other words, are these companies no longer putting out toxic chemicals, or are they buying the ability to continue to do that without fear of further lawsuits?
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Re: Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
#8When a payout like this occurs, does it mean the problem is resolved? In other words, are these companies no longer putting out toxic chemicals, or are they buying the ability to continue to do that without fear of further lawsuits?
> In a statement, Dupont said it “has never manufactured PFOA or PFOS.” CNN has reached out to the other companies for comment on the allegations, which they denied in a press release Friday. How can they stop something they never did
Then there would be no evidence, which would mean the court case would be thrown out / one-sided. Instead they settled for a large amount of money. Does that not make you raise your eyebrows?
Re: Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
#9When a payout like this occurs, does it mean the problem is resolved? In other words, are these companies no longer putting out toxic chemicals, or are they buying the ability to continue to do that without fear of further lawsuits?
> In a statement, Dupont said it “has never manufactured PFOA or PFOS.” CNN has reached out to the other companies for comment on the allegations, which they denied in a press release Friday. How can they stop something they never did
you forgot /s
Re: Three companies agree to pay $1B to settle 'forever chemical' claims
#10When a payout like this occurs, does it mean the problem is resolved? In other words, are these companies no longer putting out toxic chemicals, or are they buying the ability to continue to do that without fear of further lawsuits?
> In a statement, Dupont said it “has never manufactured PFOA or PFOS.” CNN has reached out to the other companies for comment on the allegations, which they denied in a press release Friday. How can they stop something they never did
I don't understand that statement. It seems to be an outright lie, or quoted out of context; not sure which, and both are plausible.
https://www.dupont.com/position-statements/pfoa.html says "While we no longer make PFOA..."