15 years ago, warning signs of a crisis
In March 2003, a Fayetteville Observer reporter toured a new facility at DuPont’s Fayetteville Works plant, which had just begun producing C8.DuPont wanted to allay public concerns over the compound, which had been used for decades to make nonstick coatings for pans, food packages and other household goods. At the time, C8 was the subject of multiple lawsuits in West Virginia and Ohio, after regulators determined C8 from a DuPont plant had contaminated public water supplies and […]
