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DuPont Settles Birth Defect Lawsuits
May 4, 2007 | AP
The DuPont Co. has agreed to pay $9 million to settle two lawsuits alleging that the fungicide Benlate caused birth defects in children, according to...
More ill effects linked to DuPont chemical
Dec 6, 2006 | The News Journal
A manufactured chemical used in making nonstick and stain-resistant products may disrupt important reproductive tissues in pregnant and unborn female...
DuPont hindered C8 study, judge told
Oct 19, 2006 | www.wvgazette.com
DuPont Co. has told a three-person science panel to stop any effort to independently examine the possible effects of the chemical C8 on the...
3M agrees to pay EPA $1.5M in chemical case
Apr 26, 2006 | Austin Business Journa
3M Co. agreed Tuesday to pay a $1.5 million penalty to the Environmental Protection Agency for 244 violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act,...
Suit alleges DuPont contamination of water
Apr 19, 2006 | AP
Drinking water supplies near a DuPont facility in New Jersey have been contaminated with chemicals, including a suspected carcinogen used in the...
EPA admits C8 may be unsafe for humans
Mar 9, 2006 | JEFF MONTGOMERY
Federal officials have quietly admitted that chemicals used to make popular nonstick, nonstain products may be unsafe to humans and the...
Environmental Working Group Highly Critical of White House Delay in Releasing Study Finding Toxic Rocket Fuel Chemical (Perchlorate) in Most Americans
Mar 5, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a highly credible public watchdog organization that has been dedicated to conducting environmental...
USGS Reports Most U.S. Rivers and Marine Life Contain Pesticides
Mar 4, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
Although the amounts vary and often do not reach levels that are believed to be dangerous to humans, pesticides now taint practically all of...
3M agrees to PFOA curbs
Mar 3, 2006 | St. Paul Pioneer Press
3M Co. and seven other companies have signed onto a voluntary U.S. government program that aims to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of a...
Steelworkers lead drive to warn about chemical used in Teflon
Feb 22, 2006 | AP
A coalition including the United Steelworkers and several environmental groups is asking the state to list a chemical used in the production of...
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