Actors / Company · United States
DuPont
Appears in 9 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DuPont PFOA (C8) at Washington Works, Parkersburg, and the Tennant farm | Plant owner and PFOA user | United States | 1981–2026 | Chemical pollution |
| PFAS insurance disputes (3M, Chemours, DuPont) | Co-settling company | United States | 2020–2026 | Insurance declined or withdrawn |
| Chemours spin-off liabilities | Parent company that spun off Chemours | United States | 2015–2025 | Liability shifting (spin-offs, bankruptcy, closure bonds) |
| DuPont, Chemours and Corteva: PFAS cost-sharing and water-system settlement | Party to the cost-sharing agreement and the water-systems fund; alleged by Chemours to have received a dividend at the separation | United States | 2015–2025 | Chemical pollution |
| PFAS water utility settlements by 3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva | Co-party to the June 2023 water-systems settlement; former parent of Chemours | United States | 2023–2036 | Chemical pollution |
| DuPont CFC phase-out and the ozone treaty | CFC producer | United States | 1974–2019 | Chemical pollution |
| TASSC, Tozzi and Milloy: a tobacco-funded 'sound science' campaign | Recipient of the Weinberg Group's 2003 letter on PFOA | United States | 1993–2003 | Lobbying, PR and greenwashing |
| 3M agrees to pay US public water suppliers $10.3bn over PFAS | company; settling party | United States | 2023 | Chemical pollution |
| GenX chemical found in Cape Fear River, a DuPont and Chemours replacement for PFOA | Producer of PFOA and related chemicals; party to the 2021 resolution | United States | 2009 | Chemical pollution |
Appears alongside
Chemours ×7Corteva ×7US Environmental Protection Agency ×4State of New Jersey ×33M ×3Weinberg Group ×2C8 Science PanelAIGJohnson ControlsTyco Fire ProductsCentury IndemnityCarrierTonoga Inc.Zurich InsuranceAmerican Water Works Association (AWWA)UN Environment ProgrammeThree US senatorsPhilip MorrisAPCOThe Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC)Federal FocusBurson-MarstellerAmerican Chemistry Council
Terms used on this page
Science and environment
- PFOA (C8) and PFAS
- PFAS are a large family of human-made chemicals that persist in the environment and the body; PFOA, also called C8, is one of them and was used to make Teflon.
Bonds and banking
- Liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy
- Legal processes that apply when a company cannot pay its debts; its assets are sold and claims against it may go unpaid.