NJDEP Goes after 5 Chemical Companies for Millions of Dollars Due to Contamination

Clean Water Aciton praised NJDEP announcement today identifying 5 chemical companies — Solvay, DuPont, Dow DuPont, Chemours and 3M — as “responsible for extensive contamination and directing them to fund millions of dollars in assessment and cleanup efforts” (see NJDEP release embedded below). “It’s great to see NJDEP going after these polluters to protect public health and the environment,” stated Clean Water Action’s David Pringle, who made the initial request for state action on PFAS chemicals over a decade ago as a member of NJDEP’s Drinking Water Quality Institute.