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City of Fort Worth sues the military, chemical manufacturers for water supply contamination

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The city is asking for more than $420 million in relief for damages suffered by the infiltration of so-called "forever chemicals" into its water supply.

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NC plan lets factories keep dumping toxic chemicals in drinking water

North Carolina advances a PFAS rule critics say won't stop pollution or protect drinking water, as debate grows over industry influence and public health.

17 days ago·Raleigh, United States

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Fort Worth Report

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Fort Worth sues feds, companies for $420M in damages from forever chemicals in water

City leaders have been met with “significant” expenses to test water quality and to construct water filters to remove harmful PFAS chemicals.

17 days ago

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PFAS Contaminated a Texas County’s Farms, Threatening Animals, Water and Public Health

Johnson County’s long saga with PFAS started in 2022, with an influx of calls to Detective Dana Ames, an environmental crimes investigator for the Texas county located just south of Fort Worth. The calls sounded like “desperate pleas for help from all over the state,” Ames says, as residents were suddenly seeing dead animals. “We’re getting report after report after report,” she recounts, with people telling her, “Yeah, they applied this stuff a…

18 days ago

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City of Fort Worth sues the military, chemical manufacturers for water supply contamination

The city is asking for more than $420 million in relief for damages suffered by the infiltration of so-called "forever chemicals" into its water supply.

18 days ago·Dallas, United States

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Manufacturing Dive

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Savannah sues 3M, DuPont over alleged PFAS contamination

City officials also accused manufacturers Mohawk Industries of using forever chemicals and contaminating local water resources.

18 days ago

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The Sun Chronicle

Attleboro City Council committee approves $15M loan order increase for PFAS plant

ATTLEBORO — The city council’s public works committee has approved a $15 million loan order increase for the construction of a PFAS (polyfluoroalkyls) removal plant at the Wading River Treatment Plant in Mansfield.

16 days ago

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