Chemical Giant Chemours, formerly DuPont, Faces Class Action Charges Over Environmental Harm

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - AUGUST 31: Posed portrait taken of criminal lawyer Bénédicte Ficq at her office before filing class action charges against chemical giant Chemours, a spin-off from DuPont, on behalf of over 2.400 plaintiffs on August 31, 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The declarants accuse Chemours of deliberately and unlawfully releasing the substances PFOA and GenX into the soil, air or surface water in the period 1962-present, causing danger to public health or danger to life. In addition, the science and knowledge that had existed within DuPont/Chemours since the 1970s about the harmful effects of PFOA emissions, while this information was not shared with the government, are what the plaintiffs want to have investigated. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)