In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Ongoing legal battles surrounding C8 contamination by a former DuPont plant in West Virginia have drawn renewed attention to the risks associated with the chemical. Radmanesh grew up less than a mile from the Washington Works plant. DuPont's own documentation specified that C8 was not to be flushed into surface waters, but the company did so for decades. The story began in 1951, when DuPont started purchasing PFOA (which the company refers to as C8) from 3M for use in the manufacturing of Teflon. 3M … But, some three decades later, there was a price to pay for taking on DuPont. Picking ingredients for a better lifestyle. They were each paid $400. Dat C8 schadelijke gevolgen kon hebben voor de gezondheid bleek blijkbaar al uit eigen onderzoek dat producent Dupont uitvoerde in 1961. Tracy Danzey grew up in Parkersburg, West Virginia, but now lives on the opposite side of the state in its Eastern Panhandle. ", Pondering that future keeps Ben Hawkins up at night. The position didn't pay enough to cover his room and board, so he took a job in a bar called Friar Tuck's. Chemical Crime: How DuPont Exposed Thousands to Toxic C8. C8 or C-8: PFOA is perfluorooctanoic acid and is sometimes called C8.It is a man-made chemical and does not occur naturally in the environment. A vehicle slows down at the corner of Fourth and Market streets in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on Nov. 20, 2019. DuPont had been aware since at least the 1960s that C8 was toxic in animals and since the 1970s that there were high concentrations of it in the blood of its factory workers. 'Oh, Beth. In 2005, it reached a $16.5 million settlement with the EPA for violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act. ", Jones' friend Janet Ray's husband passed away 16 years ago from pancreatic cancer. Hawkins was student body president of the Parkersburg High class of 1993. Two of the Higgs' most immediate neighbors died in their early 50s of renal cell cancer. Danzey said her mom "mostly just feels pain for me," worries about her stepson and is anxious about the future. Now it’s made in China. Five years later, the socket of her hip shattered while running with her husband. It's unfair, Higgs said, that a community should have to perpetually ask what exactly it has been exposed to, and where and when the consequences will end. For more than half a century along the Ohio River, DuPont provided jobs for thousands of people. "Everybody knows everybody's business," Higgs said, but nobody talked about C8. ", Even David-and-Goliath tales often have complicated backstories, and Joyce knows well that such is the case with Parkersburg and DuPont. Do you want your water [to be] flammable? In 2012, after seven years of study, the panel released a report documenting a probable link between C8 and six conditions: testicular cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, pregnancy-induced hypertension and high cholesterol. When her kids were growing up, when someone was hired at DuPont, "there was a celebration" — the good pay, the benefits, "and they did treat their employees well.". Although it’s still a widely used compound found in non-stick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics, and food wrappers here in the U.S. A Chemical Legacy. Danzey is among those who believe that in regard to perceptions of DuPont in the Parkersburg community, there's a generational divide: Those in their 40s and younger tend to hold a less charitable view than baby boomers and their parents. Danzey's stepfather is retired from DuPont and her stepbrother works on the Teflon line. "I'm not done yet," Joe said. A collective decision was made to use the money won in the class-action suit to conduct an epidemiological study in which nearly 70,000 of the 80,000 plaintiffs stopped into one of six clinics set up throughout the community, provided their medical histories and offered their blood. Monsanto'' Vilsack - Part I. COVID-19 and 'Conspiracy Theory': Who Decides What's 'Misinformation'? A DuPont spokesperson provided an overview of its financial and volunteer support initiatives and wrote that the company supports programs and organizations focused on revitalizing neighborhoods and enhancing quality of life; STEM-related initiatives in local schools; and "initiatives that help protect the environment through clean-up or restoration efforts and allow for DuPont Washington Works to show we are a leader in minimizing our environmental footprint within the community.". ", Ray said she sometimes feels guilty, thinking that perhaps the livelihood her family has enjoyed as a result of her husband's employment might have caused health problems for others. Six leading pathologists from across the country were unable to identify the specific type of cancer. But it still makes Teflon. The hand that fed did clench. (Credit: Lexi Browning/100 Days in Appalachia). Candace Jones, a neighbor and longtime friend of Roettger's, said she hates the perception that the community has been divided between the DuPonters and everyone else. DuPont to pay $670 million to settle C8 lawsuits. A broken EPA pesticide office stands at a crossroads. By Cory Watson Attorneys | September 23rd, 2015. He and his wife, Darlene, joined the class-action suit that was settled in 2004. Deitzler was the architect of the decision to use the $70 million to conduct the study. But a lot of those same people decided "that Harry Deitzler is a horrible person" for his role in exposing DuPont. 6771 South Silver Hill Drive, Finland MN 55603, This material, provided for educational and informational purposes, constitutes a "fair use" of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Three years later, at 27, he was appointed as prosecuting attorney. "I certainly hope it didn't. But I don't believe we can blame the everyday worker." "Without question, DuPont was the place to work in the Mid-Ohio Valley for a lot of years." But there's a film that opened Dec. 5 at the Regal Cinemas at Grand Central Mall that's attracting a lot of attention in his community. He remembers DuPont's participation in his school's Partners in Education program and riding in parades on DuPont-sponsored floats. Such neglect leaves consumers at higher risk for chronic diseases. Chemical giant DuPont currently faces thousands of lawsuits from persons injured as a result of drinking water the company contaminated with its proprietary chemical C8, a chemical that is common in Teflon and non-stick goods.. "I think it's terrible, absolutely horrendous what happened because of decisions made for monetary gain. DuPont C8 Lawsuit Information . DuPont technologies enable the majority of the world’s smart devices to function, and also provide crucial components for smart cities as well as electric and autonomous vehicles. Joe, a physical education teacher, is now quite well known in the community for having raised awareness of the dangers of C8 — called "the devil's piss" by some — in local water supplies. '", "Most people thought I was a recovering alcoholic because I never drank a beer, because I couldn't afford to buy one." De aandoeningen waaraan blootstelling aan C8 wordt gerelateerd zijn echter zeer ernstig. Her mom's response was, "'Oh, Beth.' "We're a community and we all need each other," Jones said. Danzey was a competitive swimmer growing up. "What's next? They allow her "to sit in this truth regardless of how it affects them." Sure, he paddles in it, but "I try not to get it on me" and never swims in it. Beginning in the early 1950s, DuPont used a chemical compound known as ammonium perfluorooctanoate in its manufacturing of Teflon at its Washington Works plant in Wood County, West Virginia. They don't know what to say." He'd come for a summer internship in the prosecuting attorney's office. 1962: De DuPont fabriek in Dordrecht opent haar deuren. Higgs graduated from Parkersburg High a year after Joyce, and Joyce's mother, Barbara, taught him Sunday school. "I'd rather watch squirrels run in the woods" than sit through most of what appears on the big screen, he said. C8/PFOA “affects these communities and these workers, and we’re the only national union presence” in the chemical industry, explained USW spokeswoman Lynn Baker. Teflon wordt veel gebruikt in de ruimtevaart, maar ook voor de antiaanbaklaag in koekenpannen. He's seen both sides. But Radmanesh said her mom is a proponent of bringing another controversial industry to the valley: fracking for natural gas. But she wants better for West Virginians. The jury found that Guysville, Ohio resident Carla Marie Bartlett contracted kidney cancer as a result of being exposed to DuPont's C8 chemical in her water. Her stepfather wonders if one day his pension check will no longer arrive as a result of all the financial fallout. "I love West Virginia," she said. The chemical was used in DuPont's production of Teflon and other household products at its Washington Works facility just outside Parkersburg, along the Ohio River. In 2009, DuPont began replacing the chemical PFOA – better known as C8 – with a new concoction known as “GenX” after the company was given the go-ahead by the Environmental Protection Agency. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, PFOA — also known as C8 by DuPont — is a man-made chemical used in the production of stain-resistant carpets and … (Credit: Lexi Browning/100 Days in Appalachia), Tommy Joyce, the mayor of Parkersburg, is bullish on West Virginia: "We've got enough coal to light the world, gas to heat the world and brains to run the world. "It's like, they don't want that frying pan anymore," she said, "but they don't want anything negative, and they're very resentful of the people that stirred up the trouble. An investigation finds the federal agency is not accounting for the cumulative health effect of chemicals as required by law. Evidence introduced during the Bartlett trial shows that, beginning no later than 1979, DuPont knew C-8 was biopersistent. In February 2017, DuPont and its spinoff company agreed to pay nearly $671 million to thousands of Mid-Ohio Valley residents affected by C8, a man-made chemical used to make Teflon that has been linked to cancer and other serious side effects. Here's hoping the new year brings the climate change coverage we need. The Kigers have spent the last two decades working to uncover the impacts and effects of C8 exposure in the region. The "PFOA" acronym is used to indicate not only perfluorooctanoic acid itself, but also its principal salts. What if they had the opportunity to extend that same loyalty to a company that's equally invested in the economic, physical and emotional health of the community? Earlier this year, Chemours was cited by the EPA for the unregulated release of new chemical compounds from its West Virginia and North Carolina facilities. A science panel, comprised of public health scientists appointed by DuPont and lawyers representing the community, was convened to examine the immense database. And I said, 'That'll be great. "Yes, it is complicated," her mother, Carolyn Tracewell, said. To support our work, please send a tax-deductible donation to: OCA, 6771 South Silver Hill Dr., Finland, MN 55603, Petition for Scientists, Lawyers, and Policy Experts, Back to the Future with Tom ''Mr. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has filed suit against chemical company DuPont, alleging it released toxic perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or C8… DuPont agreed to casually phase out C8 by 2015. Parkersburg, said Doug Higgs, is the kind of town where everybody knows everybody. The chemical seeped into the water supplies of the communities of Lubeck and Little Hocking, immediately west of Parkersburg, and the city of Belpre, Ohio, just across the river; and three other water systems. Organic Consumers Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Published in The Columbus Dispatch - C8 $670 Million Settlement Her brother has lupus and had colon cancer, and her sister-in-law has also been diagnosed with lupus. Unfortunately, the new chemicals that have replaced C8 are also raising concerns. "DuPont has been in the Ohio Valley for 70-plus years, and has been a tremendous employer," he said. ", "It's time for something new in West Virginia," she said. ", But Danzey is unwilling. "Parkersburg adopted me in 1975," Deitzler said of his arrival in town. This area will be like most other towns in West Virginia; it'll collapse." A stream in Williamstown, Ohio tested positive on Jan. 12 for C8, a DuPont chemical used to make Teflon.DuPont has a plant in Washington, WV, about 18 miles north of Williamstown. ", Fellow Parkersburg High grad Brian Flinn, an engineer, worked for DuPont for eight and a half years; he worked with the raw materials of Teflon. Longtime resident Nancy Roettger characterizes the community's reaction to the revelation of what DuPont had done as a "weird mix.". 1951: DuPont koopt C8 van het bedrijf 3M omdat ze het willen gebruiken in specifieke fluoropolymeren, onder andere Teflon. "What would it look like if we packed up?". Particulate matter pollution in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh could be behind hundreds of thousands of stillbirths and miscarriages annually, according to a new study. "You grew up with the fear of DuPont leaving town," said Ben Hawkins. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the chemical can now be found in trace amounts in the blood of roughly 98 percent of Americans. Many of his classmates grew up in DuPont families.Though Chemours, a spinoff company of DuPont, now operates the Washington Works plant, DuPont maintains a presence in the community. The first test case that could help resolve more than 3,500 personal injury and 37 wrongful death claims against the DuPont Chemical Company began last week in federal court in Columbus, Ohio. I was always in the water.". (Credit: Lexi Browning/100 Days in Appalachia). Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have an interest in using the included information for research and educational purposes. When not competing, "we were on the river … we were playing in the creeks. The last movie he saw in a theater was the remake of "True Grit" nearly a decade ago. He died Jan. 28, 2017, at the age of 41, a father of three. Darlene said that when she and Joe are out around town, "there are a lot of whispers behind your back. They need it and they deserve it.". Hawkins, who now lives in the Washington, D.C., area, views his Partners in Education experiences somewhat differently today: "It wasn't a partnership; it was a page from a public relations playbook. ", Tracy Danzey was raised in the quiet of Vienna, there with the Rays, the Joneses, the Higgs family. Though they all had different conditions, Wamsley, Darling and Boylen all believe they were harmed by the same chemical: C8. (Credit: Seth Freeman Photography), SUBSCRIBE TO EHN'S MUST-READ DAILY NEWSLETTER: ABOVE THE FOLD, DuPont had been aware since at least the 1960s that C8 was toxic, nearly 70,000 of the 80,000 plaintiffs stopped into one of six clinics, Chemours was cited by the EPA for the unregulated release of new chemical compounds from its West Virginia and North Carolina facilities, Dirty air and lost pregnancies in South Asia, Op-ed: The reckless embrace of banned pesticides in the US, Op-ed: How the FDA ignores the law when approving new chemical additives to food, Unplugged: Abandoned oil and gas wells leave the ocean floor spewing methane. The head gro… She was diagnosed with an atypical form of bone cancer in her right hip. And in that letter, it stated the fact that there was a chemical in our water, and it was called C8, but according to DuPont standards, it wasn’t harmful. That's it. Higgs, now an emergency room physician living in Richmond, Virginia, recalls returning from road trips with his family asleep in the back seat, awakened as they approached home by the familiar waft of chemicals. Her father-in-law worked in the Teflon division. He's also aware of the inherent dangers in living within the shadow of the chemical industry. '", Joe Kiger and his wife Darlene Kiger are photographed at their residence in Washington, West Virginia, on Dec. 4, 2019. Fitzsimmons Law Firm recently filed four individual lawsuits against Dupont on behalf of the Firm’s clients who allegedly developed cancer as a result of consuming and drinking water that was contaminated with the chemical C-8 (also known as perfluorooctoanoic acid (PFOA) or ammonium perfluorooctanoate (APFO)), discharged from DuPont’s Washington Works Plant near Parkersburg, … (Credit: Lexi Browning/100 Days in Appalachia). DuPont used PFOA, also known as C8, in the manufacture of Teflon at its Washington Works site in Wood County until 2015. Because that's what will happen.'" But "my heart hurts," Tracewell said, to think that her daughter's illnesses might be a consequence of all that. I don't want to be anywhere else." He worked for BorgWarner, a manufacturing company on the river. Weathered signage on the Point Park floodwall greets passersby in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, on Nov. 20, 2019. "Dark Waters" — a legal thriller starring Mark Ruffalo, with a script inspired by a 2016 New York Times article — tells the epic story of the DuPont corporation's failure to inform residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley of the considerable health risks of a perfluoroalkyl substance [PFAS] called perfluorooctanoic acid, or C8, for its chain of eight carbons. In 2017, DuPont and Chemours agreed to pay $671 million to settle some 3,500 pending lawsuits. "We all have stories of friends and family, neighbors, dying too young or being diagnosed with various medical problems". However, the failure of DuPont to comply has led to the new lawsuit on the behalf of Ohio and West Virginia residents who have been poisoned for many years by DuPont’s chemical C8 plant. 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Harry Deitzler served as a lead attorney, among others, in representing the Kigers and tens of thousands of others in the class-action suit. There likewise appears to be a generational divide in willingness to drink the water, despite the filtration installed as a result of the settlement. The chemical seeped into the water supplies of the communities of Lubeck and Little Hocking, immediately west of Parkersburg, and the city of Belpre, Ohio, just across the river; and three other water systems. Joe and Darlene Kiger live just a few miles from where Radmanesh grew up. Post-diagnosis, Cox had begun performing stand-up comedy routines that incorporated flute solos. Hawkins asks this: Think about how loyal the people of the Parkersburg community have been to DuPont. Industries come into their communities, do well for a while, "screw up the environment and then leave. Many lawsuits are still pending to this day. At age 20, her thyroid began malfunctioning. DuPont and its spinoff company Chemours will pay $670 million to settle a decades-old battle over C8, a chemical it used to make Teflon, and which has been linked to a host of health problems including cancer. In 2015, DuPont spun off its chemical division into a new company called Chemours, which now occupies the Washington Works facility on the Ohio. "It's hard to look back at that time now and see it as idyllic," Danzey said. "They know what happened." "I said to her, 'We've already had our water contaminated once. PFOA is considered a surfactant, or fluorosurfactant, due to its chemical structure consisting of a perfluorinated, n-octyl "tail group" and a carboxylate"head group". Well-paying jobs, great benefits, Little League sponsorships, investments in the arts — but at a cost. (Credit: Lexi Browning/100 Days in Appalachia). "It's time for us to expect more. "I really do. None of them argue with Tracy about the source of her illnesses. Cox was a big Ozzy Osbourne fan, and after a grueling regimen of chemo, Hawkins helped arrange backstage passes to a concert, where Osbourne pulled Cox near and shared his own family's experience with cancer. Research has indicated to Danzey, who's a nurse, that pathologically unusual cancers are not uncommonly associated with industrial poisonings. The chemical, also known as PFOA and another variant PFOS, is believed to be present in the blood of over 98% of Americans. He now serves as mayor of the city of Parkersburg — population: 30,000. Taylor Sisk, a Nashville-based healthcare reporter, authored this story for 100 Days in Appalachia. In this series, Sharon Lerner exposes DuPont’s multi-decade cover-up of the severe harms to health associated with a chemical known as PFOA, or C8… Higgs' father has ulcerative colitis, and his brother received treatment for polycystic kidney disease in high school. In 2017, DuPont and Chemours, a company created by DuPont, agreed to pay $671 million to settle thousands of lawsuits. "Why would you leave the fight?" I love this state. "I asked the prosecutor if he'd hire me as an assistant the next year, and he said, 'Sure; you'll get $6,000 a year.' In 2004, DuPont paid $70 million in a class-action lawsuit and agreed to install filtration plants in the affected water districts. Danzey was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer that led to the amputation of her leg. That means a lot. Perfluoroctaanzuur of decapentafluoroctaanzuur, vaak afgekort als C8 of PFOA (van het Engelse perfluorooctanoic acid) is een hulpstof in de bereiding van teflon.In zuivere toestand is het een kleurloze vaste stof.. Het belangrijkste gebruik van de stof is voor de productie van fluorhoudende polymeren zoals polytetrafluorethyleen (PTFE, beter bekend onder de merknaam teflon). Joyce said he's heard more about his community's long struggle with corporate environmental malfeasance in the past few weeks than in his previous two and a half years in office. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (conjugate base perfluorooctanoate)—also known colloquially as C8—is a perfluorinated carboxylic acid produced and used worldwide as an industrial surfactant in chemical processes and as a material feedstock, and is a health concern and subject to regulatory action and voluntary industrial phase-outs. There are about a dozen houses along Ray's street in Vienna, a Parkersburg suburb, "and I think just about every house during the time I've lived on the street has been affected by cancer. Joyce graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1992, went off and earned three degrees and came home. DuPont and Chemours Co have agreed to pay $671 million in cash to settle thousands of lawsuits involving a leak of a toxic chemical used to make Teflon, the companies said on Monday. 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