Source: https://www.wkms.org/, April 3, 2023
By: Ryan Van Velzer

Kentucky is suing manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’ for contaminating the state’s natural resources.

A 2012 medical study of nearly 70,000 people in Parkersburg, West Virginia, found exposure to one particular forever chemical known as PFOA likely contributed to a range of health problems including birth defects, cancer, and liver and kidney disease.

Now, attorneys in Kentucky allege forever chemicals from the same DuPont Washington Works Plant that polluted the West Virginia town depicted in the movie “Dark Waters” have also polluted the commonwealth. Read more.