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“Maryland is suing W.L. Gore & Associates, the manufacturing giant known for its waterproof GORE-TEX lining for clothes, over claims that it knowingly polluting the air and waters around its Cecil County facilities for decades with toxic forever chemicals.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, calls on the Delaware-based company to pay for the state’s investigation and cleanup of widespread contamination of hazardous perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, around 13 Elkton-area manufacturing facilities.
According to the state’s complaint, Gore released toxic forever chemicals into the air and water around these Cecil County facilities for decades, profiting off its products while failing to take precautionary steps to protect residents and natural areas — despite mounting and overwhelming evidence about the damaging consequences of these compounds to human health and the environment.”…