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That says they were dumping. It doesn't say they were breaking any government regulations. In fact, it sounds like the government was lacking regulations on PF
by nearbuy 6y ago
That says they were dumping. It doesn't say they were breaking any government regulations.
In fact, it sounds like the government was lacking regulations on PFOA.
- yareally 6y agoSure, only because the chemicals weren't regulated yet by the government (and they fought as hard as they could to keep that from happening). Funny enough, DuPont actually had its own regulations for dumping such chemicals and knowingly violated them (which became the cornerstone for the class action lawsuits against them). That said, there's plenty of cases of illegal dumping out there with chemicals that are regulated. For example: https://apnews.com/9717f8be97db4944a825088dc5eee379/US-prosecutors%3A-Water-company-illegally https://apnews.com/9717f8be97db4944a825088dc5eee379/US-prose...