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1. www.marketplace.org › 2019/10/16 › the-20-year-legalThe 20-year legal battle with DuPont that started with one ...

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   Oct 16, 2019 · The 20-year legal battle with DuPont that started with one West Virginia farmer. Robert Bilott Oct 16, 2019. Bridges spanning across the Ohio River are seen between West Virginia and...

2. www.marketplace.org › 2019/10/15 › the-two-decadeThe two-decade legal battle with DuPont over a toxic chemical

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   Oct 15, 2019 · Stitcher. RSS. For environmental lawyer Robert Bilott, it all started with a phone call from West Virginia farmer Earl Tennant, whose cows were dying. It ended with a class action suit against...

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   Did Dupont own Parkersburg?

   • He believed that the DuPont chemical company, which until recently operated a site in Parkersburg that is more than 35 times the size of the Pentagon, was responsible. Tennant had tried to seek help locally, he said, but DuPont just about owned the entire town.

   The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

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   Did Dupont pay half a billion to settle water contamination lawsuits?

   • The chemical giant DuPont made an offer Monday to pay more than half-a-billion dollars to settle water contamination lawsuits pending in federal court. 3,550 plaintiffs from the mid-Ohio Valley filed suit claiming contaminated drinking water led to diseases linked to chemical exposure.

   DuPont Offers $670M Settlement For "Teflon" Chemical Contamination …

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   Did Dupont sell 66 acres?

   • The property would have been even larger had his brother Jim and Jim’s wife, Della, not sold 66 acres in the early ’80s to DuPont. The company wanted to use the plot for a landfill for waste from its factory near Parkersburg, called Washington Works, where Jim was employed as a laborer.

   The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

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   How much did Dupont pay Chemours?

   • Now DuPont and a spin-off company, Chemours, have agreed to pay a total of $670.7 million to settle the suits. Rob Bilott, one of the lead lawyers for the plaintiffs, is pleased with the settlement offer.

   DuPont Offers $670M Settlement For "Teflon" Chemical Contamination …

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4. westvirginia.gov › businesses › dupontDuPont | West Virginia Department of Economic Development Website

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   Originally a manufacturer of gun powder in 1802, DuPont has expanded its capabilities encompass synthetic fibers, petroleum lubricants, pharmaceuticals, building materials, specialty packaging materials, and chemicals for industry and agriculture.

5. www.wvxu.org › environment › 2020/01/07DuPont, C8 Contamination And The Community Left To ... - WVXU

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   Jan 7, 2020 · Environment. DuPont, C8 Contamination And The Community Left To Grapple With The Consequences. 91.7 WVXU | By Taylor Sisk. Published January 7, 2020 at 6:30 AM EST. Lexi Browning/100 Days in...

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dupont_City,_West_VirginiaDupont City, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Dupont City, West Virginia. /  38.26944°N 81.56528°W  / 38.26944; -81.56528. Dupont City is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

   • Country: United States
   • County: Kanawha

   • Elevation: 614 ft (187 m)
   • State: West Virginia

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8. wvpublic.org › dupont-offers-670m-settlement-forDuPont Offers $670M Settlement For "Teflon" Chemical ...

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   Feb 13, 2017 · More than a decade ago residents near the company’s Washington works plant in Wood County, West Virginia, learned that their water was contaminated with C-8, and had been for years. Now DuPont and a spin-off company, Chemours, have agreed to pay a total of $670.7 million to settle the suits.

9. www.nytimes.com › 2016/01/10 › magazineThe Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare

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   Jan 6, 2016 · Bilott filed a federal suit against DuPont in the summer of 1999 in the Southern District of West Virginia. In response, DuPont’s in-house lawyer, Bernard Reilly, informed him that...