2026年6月24日 / 美国东部时间上午11:55 / 《财经观察》栏目
杜邦华佳（Chemours）将支付4.5亿美元，以解决针对其生产“永久化学品”的联邦与州级指控。这类有害物质广泛存在于各类产品中。
此次和解是首例针对聚氟烷基物质（PFAS）生产企业的联邦执法索赔和解案。总部位于特拉华州威尔明顿的杜邦华佳是杜邦（DuPont）的分拆公司，为工业和军事用途生产PFAS。
美国环保局执法与合规保障办公室助理管理员杰弗里·A·霍尔在一份声明中表示：“这起针对大型PFAS生产商的首个综合性联邦和解案，兑现了特朗普政府让污染者付出代价、从源头遏制PFAS污染的承诺。通过合理运用现有全部法定权限，我们可以大幅降低水、土壤和空气中的PFAS污染，甚至开始弥补过往造成的损害。”
根据这项多州协议，杜邦华佳将为所指控的违规行为支付2250万美元民事罚款，并在15年内斥资9000万美元，用于缓解新泽西州、北卡罗来纳州和西弗吉尼亚州的PFAS排放问题。
杜邦华佳还同意实施管控措施，防止其西弗吉尼亚州工厂排放PFAS，并为该州以及新泽西州工厂附近社区提供清洁饮用水，相关举措预计耗资2.8亿美元。该公司将安装减排装置，减少北卡罗来纳州工厂的PFAS排放以及其他有毒化学物质的释放。
该和解协议允许杜邦华佳继续为商业和军事用途生产PFAS。
该公司在一份声明中表示，此次和解认可了其已在工厂采取措施停止PFAS排放的事实。
2025年，一名联邦法官下令杜邦华佳停止从其位于西弗吉尼亚州的华盛顿工厂向俄亥俄河排放包括PFAS在内的超标有毒化学品。
去年，杜邦、杜邦华佳以及另一家公司科迪瓦（Corteva）同意向新泽西州支付至多20亿美元，以了结因PFAS引发的环境索赔。此次联邦和解并不影响该州诉讼。
美国联邦政府与各州指控杜邦华佳的三家工厂向俄亥俄河、开普菲尔河和特拉华河排放PFAS，违反了《清洁水法》及当地规定。
PFAS暴露与多种严重健康状况相关，包括癌症、肝肾损伤、发育问题以及免疫系统疾病。这类耐热、防水、防油防脂的化学品被用于生产不粘锅等日常用品。
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Chemours to pay $450 million in first federal settlement over PFAS “forever chemicals”
June 24, 2026 / 11:55 AM EDT / MoneyWatch
Chemours will pay $450 million to settle federal and state charges over its production of “forever chemicals,” harmful substances found in a range of products.
The settlement is the first to resolve federal enforcement claims against a company that manufactures polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals. Wilmingon, Delaware-based Chemours, a spinoff of DuPont, makes PFAS for industrial and military applications.
“This first comprehensive federal settlement against a major PFAS manufacturer delivers on the Trump Administration’s promise to make polluters pay and stop PFAS contamination at the source,” Jeffrey A. Hall, assistant administrator for the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, said in a statement. “By appropriately employing the full suite of existing legal authorities, we can greatly reduce PFAS contamination of water, land and air and even begin to mitigate past harm.”
Under the multi-state agreement, Chemours will pay a civil penalty of $22.5 million for alleged violations and spend $90 million over 15 years to mitigate PFAS discharges in New Jersey, North Carolina and West Virginia.
Chemours also agreed to implement controls to prevent PFAS releases at its West Virginia facility and to provide clean drinking water to communities near its sites in the state and in New Jersey, efforts that will cost an estimated $280 million. The company will install controls to reduce PFAS discharges and the release of other toxic chemicals at a North Carolina facility.
The agreement will allow Chemours to continue producing PFAS for commercial and military uses.
In a statement, the company said the settlement recognizes that it has already started taking steps at its plants to halt PFAS emissions.
In 2025, a federal judge ordered Chemours to stop discharging illegal levels of toxic chemicals, including PFAS, into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West Virginia.
DuPont, Chemours and another company, Corteva, agreed to pay New Jersey up to $2 billion last year to settle environmental claims stemming from PFAS. The federal settlement does not affect the state case.
The U.S. and states alleged that three Chemours plants released PFAS into the Ohio River, Cape Fear River and Delaware River, violating the Clean Water Act and local rules.
Exposure to PFAS has been linked to serious health conditions, including cancer, liver and kidney damage, developmental problems and immune system disorders. Such chemicals, which resist heat, water, oil and grease, are used to produce everyday items, including nonstick pots and pans.
Edited by Aimee Picchi
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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