DOVER, Del. — The Dupont Co. and its spinoff business Chemours have agreed to resolve legal disputes over environmental liabilities for pollution related to man-made chemicals associated with an increased risk of cancer and other health problems. The binding memorandum …
DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge has granted the DuPont Co.’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it massively downplayed the cost of environmental liabilities imposed on spinoff company Chemours. Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III ruled Monday that he …
Chemours Co. claims its former parent DuPont Inc.’s estimates on liabilities the spun-off company should cover were “spectacularly wrong” and wants a judge to block the chemical maker’s requests for “unlimited indemnity.” A Delaware judge on Friday unsealed a lawsuit …
Chemical manufacturer DuPont has reported that about 23,000 pounds of a flammable toxic chemical escaped in the building where four of its workers died two weeks ago at a Houston-area plant. DuPont disclosed in a news release the quantity of …
The grocery list for Thanksgiving dinner seems harmless enough. Turkey. Cranberries. Green beans and pumpkin pies. The safety of the food – that’s an item on someone else’s list. Inside the labs of DuPont’s Nutrition and Health business at the …
Cedar Falls, Iowa, has settled with DuPont over golf course trees damaged by the company’s Imprelis herbicide. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says the agreements approved Monday by the City Council will bring the city more than $85,000. A total of …
The Chemical Safety Board has approved the final version of a report on accidents at a DuPont chemical plant in Belle in 2010. Agency spokesman Daniel Horowitz tells The Charleston Gazette the final version doesn’t reflect major changes. It says …
DuPont Co was ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday to stop selling and recall its Imprelis herbicide, following thousands of complaints that the treatment kills trees. The order came after the EPA in June began getting reports from …
DuPont was sued Friday by a Michigan golf club that alleges its widely used Imprelis herbicide kills trees, reflecting a growing nationwide problem being investigated by a top U.S. regulator. Imprelis, conditionally approved for sale last October by the U.S. …