Legal and regulatory issues
Chemours' plant in Bladen County, North Carolina, was found to be dumping vast quantities of a chemical dubbed "GenX", a precursor of Teflon, into the Cape Fear River. This story is recounted in the 2018 documentary film The Devil We Know, which centers on Parkersburg, West Virginia, where the DuPont facility that manufactured Teflon was located. The documentary follows the personal stories and tribulations of several people who worked at the Parkersburg facility.
In September 2023, a court in the Netherlands found Chemours to be liable for pollution caused by the polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) producing plant in Dordrecht, South Holland. The court stated that Chemours' predecessor DuPont had willingly withheld crucial information between 1984 and 1998 about the harmful effects of the substances it used and emitted, which made the pollution unlawful.
PFAS-related settlements: Washington Works, Chambers Works, and other drinking water contamination
Over the course of a century, DuPont was alleged to have dumped 100 million pounds of toxic chemicals into waterways in New Jersey and Delaware from its Chambers Works plant near Carneys Point Township, New Jersey. The property was transferred to Chemours in the corporate spin-off in July 2015. In 2016, Carneys Point Township, New Jersey initiated a $1.1 billion lawsuit against DuPont and Chemours, accusing DuPont of completing the corporate spin-off of Chambers Works into Chemours without first remediating the property as required by law.
In July 2021, Chemours, along with Corteva and DuPont, agreed to a $50 million settlement with Delaware. Chemours's share of the settlement was 50%.
In June 2023, Chemours, along with Corteva and DuPont, agreed to pay $1.2 billion in a national settlement to resolve all PFAS-related drinking water claims. Chemours's share of the settlement was 50%.
In November 2023, Chemours, along with Corteva and DuPont, agreed to a $110 million settlement with Ohio regarding PFAS-related claims, primarily from Washington Works. Chemours's share of the settlement was 50%.
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In August 2025, Chemours, along with Corteva and DuPont, agreed to a $2 billion settlement with New Jersey to clean up 4 sites in New Jersey, including 2 industrial sites that discharged PFAS: Parlin and Chambers Works, as well as a shuttered munitions production plant in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, and a facility that manufactured dynamite in Parlin, New Jersey. The settlement includes an $875 million payment to New Jersey and establishment of a $1.2 billion fund to clean up the 4 sites. Chemours's share of the settlement was 50%.