DuPont Fined More Than $10M Over Teflon

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DuPont Fined More Than $10M Over Teflon

DOVER, Del. - DuPont Co. has agreed to pay $10.25 million in fines and $6.25 million for environmental projects to settle allegations by the Environmental Protection Agency that the company hid information about the dangers of a toxic chemical used to make the non-stick coating Teflon, officials said Wednesday...

The settlement involves EPA action taken against Dupont for allegedly withholding information about the potential health and environmental risks posed by perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, under provisions of both the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

The EPA alleged that DuPont withheld information for more than 20 years about the health effects of PFOA, also known as C-8, and about the pollution of water supplies near the company's Washington Works plant near Parkersburg, W.Va.

Among other things, the EPA said that DuPont withheld test results indicating that the chemical had been found in at least one pregnant worker from the Washington Works plant and had been passed on to her fetus. <more>

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051214/ap_on_bi_ge/epa_teflon

[gulfcoastliberal]

1. DuPont = one of the worst pollutersw of the world outside the military

Their DeLisle plant in Bay St Louis destroyed a once pristine bay by dumping untreated dioxin runoff from titanium dioxide production. They were getting sued big time before Katrina; hopefully the storm tookout the plant for good and they're forced to pay millions to those they poisoned.

[Dead_Parrot]

2. They obviously thought the charges would stick...

:spank: Someone had to say it.