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“Chemours Chemical Company must immediately stop discharging dangerous forever chemicals from its facility near Parkersburg, West Virginia into the Ohio River, according to a federal court order released Thursday.
The order and opinion was issued by U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin in response to a lawsuit filed by the West Virginia Rivers Coalition last year over continued and excessive pollution from Chemours’ Washington Works plant.
‘This case is simple and all too familiar. For years, Defendant Chemours Company has discharged pollutants into the Ohio River. The level of discharge far exceeds the legal limits that bind Chemours,’ Goodwin wrote in his opinion and order. ‘Those pollutants endanger the environment, aquatic life and human health. Today, that unlawful, unpermitted discharge stops.'” …