Chemours to Stop Unlawfully Releasing Toxic Chemicals Into Ohio River at West Virginia Plant

Judge orders Chemours to stop exceeding PFAS limits as WV lags in pursuing damages

West Virginia has been ground zero for PFAS contamination – but not PFAS compensation. On Aug. 4, 2025 came a reminder that West Virginia lags billions of dollars behind other states in collecting money from settlements with manufacturers of PFAS – cancer-linked chemicals that build up in the human bloodstream and have been especially prevalent in Ohio River Valley water samples. New Jersey state officials announced a $2 billion-plus settlement …

Chemours must immediately stop unlawfully polluting Ohio River, federal judge orders

A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West Virginia.

Chemours to stop unlawfully releasing toxic chemicals into Ohio River at West Virginia plant

A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant.  “Those pollutants endanger the environment, aquatic life, and human health,” U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin wrote in the order. “Today, that unlawful, unpermitted discharge stops.” The West Virginia Rivers Coalition asked Goodwin in Feb…

Federal judge orders Chemours to immediately stop unlawful pollution of Ohio River

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Chemours Chemical Company must stop discharging unlawful levels of “forever chemicals” into the Ohio River.The order, ha