#ohioriver — Public Fediverse posts
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The Day I Destroyed a Naughty Popper Lobster Roll
I rolled into the Wheeling Food Truck Festival with my camera in one hand and absolutely zero self-control in the other. Downtown Wheeling was packed with food trucks, people everywhere, music bouncing off the buildings, and that perfect mix of chaos and small-town energy that somehow makes everything feel alive again. It was one of those afternoons where you just walk around with no real plan except to eat something ridiculous and take photos of whatever catches your eye. Honestly, that’s […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/05/09/the-day-i-destroyed-a-naughty-popper-lobster-roll/
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The Day I Destroyed a Naughty Popper Lobster Roll
I rolled into the Wheeling Food Truck Festival with my camera in one hand and absolutely zero self-control in the other. Downtown Wheeling was packed with food trucks, people everywhere, music bouncing off the buildings, and that perfect mix of chaos and small-town energy that somehow makes everything feel alive again. It was one of those afternoons where you just walk around with no real plan except to eat something ridiculous and take photos of whatever catches your eye. Honestly, that’s […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/05/09/the-day-i-destroyed-a-naughty-popper-lobster-roll/
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The Day I Destroyed a Naughty Popper Lobster Roll
I rolled into the Wheeling Food Truck Festival with my camera in one hand and absolutely zero self-control in the other. Downtown Wheeling was packed with food trucks, people everywhere, music bouncing off the buildings, and that perfect mix of chaos and small-town energy that somehow makes everything feel alive again. It was one of those afternoons where you just walk around with no real plan except to eat something ridiculous and take photos of whatever catches your eye. Honestly, that’s […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/05/09/the-day-i-destroyed-a-naughty-popper-lobster-roll/
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The Day I Destroyed a Naughty Popper Lobster Roll
I rolled into the Wheeling Food Truck Festival with my camera in one hand and absolutely zero self-control in the other. Downtown Wheeling was packed with food trucks, people everywhere, music bouncing off the buildings, and that perfect mix of chaos and small-town energy that somehow makes everything feel alive again. It was one of those afternoons where you just walk around with no real plan except to eat something ridiculous and take photos of whatever catches your eye. Honestly, that’s […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/05/09/the-day-i-destroyed-a-naughty-popper-lobster-roll/
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Hype for the Future 153G: Gallatin County, Kentucky
Overview Within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the communities of Gallatin County are most notable for containing historical significance along the Ohio River to the north and Eagle Creek to the south. The county seat is the small City of Warsaw along Route 42, with nearby communities including Sparta along Routes 35 and 467 and Glencoe along Routes 127, 16, 455, and 467. The Kentucky Speedway is located within county limits, representing the most significant establishment within the county […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/hype-for-the-future-153g-gallatin-county-kentucky/
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Hype for the Future 153E: Livingston County, Kentucky
Overview Livingston County is a rural county in the within Western Kentucky, associated with the mouth of the Cumberland River upstream from the Tennessee River. Today, the communities of Smithland and Salem are the principal communities of the area, with Smithland serving as the county seat and the entire area predominantly rural throughout.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/hype-for-the-future-153e-livingston-county-kentucky/
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Hype for the Future 152I: City of Jeffersonville, Indiana
Overview The City of Jeffersonville is a city located within and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River opposite the Falls of the Ohio from Louisville, Kentucky. Today, the river community is associated with the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition as well as the NoCo Arts and Cultural District, the Clark County Museum, the Vintage Fire Museum and Education Safety Center, the Market Street Inn Bed and Breakfast, the William Marrion Branham Graveyard, and the Howard […] -
2,080 acre hyperscale data center zoning map application submitted in Maysville-Mason County #Kentucky near the #OhioRiver in rural #Appalachia for “Cloud computing technologies.”
The site is in the Ohio River Watershed, along the boundary between the Lee Creek and Lawrence Creek
sub-watersheds.The project, west of downtown Maysville, is near Slack Pike Road, Germantown Road and Valley Pike near 'D's Thirsty Beaver' which is located at 3538 Germantown Rd, Maysville, KY 41056.
This is the third hype-scale data center within 31 miles to be built. # 2, in the last image, at the former Stuart Coal power plant in Adams County, Manchester, Ohio, has already received federal approval. Another one is planned for the shuttered Killen Station in Rome, Ohio, just east of Manchester, Ohio, all on the Ohio River, in Adams County, also.
The Maysville-Mason County Joint Planning Commission will host two days of public hearings on Wednesday, March 25, and Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Maysville Community and Technical College Fields Auditorium.
Data Center portal, City of Maysville-Mason County Joint Planning Commission:
https://www.cityofmaysvilleky.gov/departments/codes_department/data_center.php #Ohio #AppalachianOhioData Center zoning application: https://cms5.revize.com/revize/maysville/Document%20Center/Forms/New%20node/Planning%20&%20Zoning/Rezoning%20Application%20-%20Proposed%20Data%20Center%20in%20Mason%20County.pdf?t=202603121435580&t=202603121435580
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@stinerman It got in the low 30s after 88F yesterday.
Our weekly #weather forecast here in South Central #Ohio in #AppalachianOhio on the #OhioRiver is
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Light east wind.Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Calm wind.Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning.Wednesday Night
A slight chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 20%.Thursday
A chance of rain between 8am and 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 30%.Thursday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 70%.Friday
Rain likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 70%.Friday
Night A chance of rain before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 30%.Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 54.Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 31.Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. -
Hype for the Future 133H: City of Huntington, West Virginia
Introduction The City of Huntington is situated largely within Cabell County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River, though the western end of the community may also extend over the line into Wayne County. In any case, however, the Cabell County communities are notable for containing notable urban features, though the city limits are on the relatively smaller side in terms of both area covered and population counts. Notable Attractions Perhaps the most significant tourist destinations for […] -
Hype for the Future 113T: Village of New Richmond, Ohio
Overview The Village of New Richmond is located along the Ohio River in the southwestern portion of Clermont County, Ohio, along Route 52 at the southern end of Route 132. Today, the community is most notable for the annual cardboard boat regatta at the Cardboard Boat Museum as well as the Ross-Gowdy House Museum and the River Roots Plant Shop and Gallery.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/hype-for-the-future-113t-village-of-new-richmond-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 100V: Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Overview Breckinridge County, Kentucky, is located within the central portion of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, along the Ohio River largely opposite Crawford County, Indiana, and the Hoosier National Forest. While the City of Hardinsburg is the county seat of Breckinridge County, the Judge Joseph Holt House, located nearer the Ohio River in the community of Addison, is perhaps the most iconic attraction for tourists happening to stumble upon the county via the local Route 144.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/hype-for-the-future-100v-breckinridge-county-kentucky/
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Hype for the Future 100N: Meade County, Kentucky
Introduction Meade County is located directly along the Ohio River and south of the City of Corydon and Harrison County, Indiana. The Meade County Fairgrounds are located on the western side of the City of Brandenburg, the county seat of Meade County, and are accessible from near Route 73, the only Ohio River crossing associated with the county on the Kentucky side. Communities Just a few communities exist within Meade County, the westernmost Kentucky county along the Ohio River to observe […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/hype-for-the-future-100n-meade-county-kentucky/
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The #OhioRiver in Maysville, Kentucky is frozen over, except center barge traffic "lane"
The view going over The Simon Kenton Memorial Suspension Bridge:
#Ohio #Kentucky #WX
Image one, center of the River
Image two, Ohio side of the river
Image three: exiting Kentucky side of the bridge
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Drought, cold disrupts river freight
The blast of wintry weather across the Midwest has frozen parts of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, exacerbating drought-caused low water levels and impeding traffic along a key transportation lane for commodities such as soft red winter wheat.
As a result of the low water levels, draft capacity aboard barges has been greatly reduced.
#OhioRiver #MississippiRiver #drought #weather
https://www.bakingbusiness.com/articles/65567-drought-cold-disrupts-river-freight
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Rules governing large-scale Maysville, #Kentucky #Appalachia data center zoning move toward final vote
"They want to ram it through as hard as possible with as little protection as possible"
They didn't allow public comment
This is the same community that is against solar farms. They are ok with Big Data farms, just not solar. WTH
#DataCenter #OhioRiver .
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Hype for the Future 78B: Village of Ripley, Ohio
Introduction The Village of Ripley is located directly along the Ohio River in Brown County, Ohio, along the concurrency of United States Routes 52, 62, and 68. The three-way highway concurrency provides access to a number of communities, including Cincinnati to the west, Xenia to the north, and Columbus to the east along 52, 68, and 62, respectively. Attractions Located within the village are the John Parker House and the Ripley Museum, without a significant amount of historical […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/hype-for-the-future-78b-village-of-ripley-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 78B: Village of Ripley, Ohio
Introduction The Village of Ripley is located directly along the Ohio River in Brown County, Ohio, along the concurrency of United States Routes 52, 62, and 68. The three-way highway concurrency provides access to a number of communities, including Cincinnati to the west, Xenia to the north, and Columbus to the east along 52, 68, and 62, respectively. Attractions Located within the village are the John Parker House and the Ripley Museum, without a significant amount of historical […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/hype-for-the-future-78b-village-of-ripley-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 78B: Village of Ripley, Ohio
Introduction The Village of Ripley is located directly along the Ohio River in Brown County, Ohio, along the concurrency of United States Routes 52, 62, and 68. The three-way highway concurrency provides access to a number of communities, including Cincinnati to the west, Xenia to the north, and Columbus to the east along 52, 68, and 62, respectively. Attractions Located within the village are the John Parker House and the Ripley Museum, without a significant amount of historical […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/hype-for-the-future-78b-village-of-ripley-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 78B: Village of Ripley, Ohio
Introduction The Village of Ripley is located directly along the Ohio River in Brown County, Ohio, along the concurrency of United States Routes 52, 62, and 68. The three-way highway concurrency provides access to a number of communities, including Cincinnati to the west, Xenia to the north, and Columbus to the east along 52, 68, and 62, respectively. Attractions Located within the village are the John Parker House and the Ripley Museum, without a significant amount of historical […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/hype-for-the-future-78b-village-of-ripley-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 78B: Village of Ripley, Ohio
Introduction The Village of Ripley is located directly along the Ohio River in Brown County, Ohio, along the concurrency of United States Routes 52, 62, and 68. The three-way highway concurrency provides access to a number of communities, including Cincinnati to the west, Xenia to the north, and Columbus to the east along 52, 68, and 62, respectively. Attractions Located within the village are the John Parker House and the Ripley Museum, without a significant amount of historical […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/hype-for-the-future-78b-village-of-ripley-ohio/
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I thought all hell was breaking loose in my little #AppalachianOhio village on the #OhioRiver due to all the sirens.
Turns out, it's a New Year Day parade. I wouldn't know that because they only post info on Facebook now.
They sure love the parades here. I've posted about the parades before.
The staging line is twice as long as the actual parade route. 😂
I'm honestly thinking about raising hell about them posting only on Facebook. They shouldn't be able to get away with posting public information on a closed network. They used to have a bulletin board where you pay the water bill and they put out a newsletter, and added items on the utility bills. Now everything's behind Facebook. If you call them they tell you to look on Facebook.
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@TheEddieShow It's 68F right now. By morning, the wind chill is going to be in the teens here. Wind is going to be bonkers, also.
Look at tonight's temp swings #OHwx #wx #Ohio #AppalachianOhio #OhioRiver
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@ai6yr Can you please CW warm weather? <joke> #OHwx #AppalachianOhio #OhioRiver
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Weather is all down from here... We've reached our high, now we go lowwwww with snowwwww. #AppalachianOhio #Ohio #OhioRiver #OHwx #Weather
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U.S. Capitol Police were called about an American flag altered to include a swastika and displayed inside the office of Rep Dave Taylor, the #GOP #Republican representative from #Ohio 's District 2
#OH02 covers southern Ohio including the eastern #Cincinnati burbs and southern rural counties along the #OhioRiver and southern #AppalachianOhio
The district includes all of Adams, Brown, Pike, Clermont, Highland, Clinton, Ross, Pickaway, Hocking, Vinton, Jackson, Gallia, Meigs, Lawrence, and Scioto counties, as well as parts of Fayette county #USPol
Dave Taylor replaced Brad Wenstrup in January 2025. He is from Amelia, Ohio. He owns, with his family, and operated Sardinia Ready Mix, in Brown County, a large concrete company services southwestern #Ohio.
Dave Taylor responded to it and called called the display “vile and deeply inappropriate.”
https://www.wlwt.com/article/ohio-republican-congressman-flag-office-dave-taylor/69048415
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Ongoing drought impacting Mississippi, Ohio river levels
Low levels on the Lower Mississippi River jeopardize the movement of fertilizer up the river and the shipment of grain down the river. The Ohio River is also critically low in some areas.
#drought #MississippiRiver #OhioRiver #transportation
https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/ongoing-drought-impacting-river-levels/
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The end of Summer sniffles are trying to sneak in the house, which means my creative brain is looking forward to some nap time! Spent some time wandering this week getting a few "signier signs," & some interesting shots of bridges over water. #photography #ohioriver #blackandwhitephotography #signs
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Looks like #fall has arrived in #AppalachianOhio on the #OhioRiver.
The Great Raccoon War of 2025-2026 now begins. Looks like we have to worry about bears, too, this year. Deer already ate every hostas we had down to the dirt. Penny had been developing a hostas bed for 6 years. They love their hostas. lol.
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Dam Removal on the Little Sewickley Creek - A homecoming for freshwater fish in Allegheny County, PA
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-stunned-discoveries-river-where-100000851.html <-- shared media article
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https://environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania/articles/little-sewickley-creek/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.lscwatershed.org/ <-- Little Sewickley Creek Watershed Association
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#water #hydrology #fish #migration #fisheries #LittleSewickleyCreek #Pennsylvania #Allegheny #waterquality #Pittsburgh #suburb #restoration #dam #removal #reconnecting #dams #species #aquatic #WoodlandDam #water #hydrology #PDEP #Environment #protection #waterquality #highquality #forested #watershed #recreation #education #trout #bass #wildlife #OhioRiver #biodiversity #barrier #species #mobility -
@SallyStrange UGH. I just posted about a controversy in Appalachian Kentucky near the Ohio River in Maysville about an unnamed company is trying to buy up land across the river #OhioRiver from us in #AppalachianOhio
This is the same county that recently attacked solar projects but some of the anti-solar company people are welcoming the data overlords.
🔗 An in #Kentucky for a $1 billion data center
https://oldfriends.live/@paul/115027646010953811🔗 #Maysville, Mason County, #Kentucky is taking up the issue of banning new solar farms using pure #propaganda. (From 2023)
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An unnamed company is trying to buy up land across the river #OhioRiver from us in #AppalachianOhio in #Kentucky for a $1 billion data center and some people on both sides of the Ohio River have already increased the prices of their homes....
The project expected to bring 400 permanent jobs with six-figure salaries, but residents worry about losing their homes and the character of their peaceful countryside
I worry about the electrical strain and water and environmental damage
🔗 Potential for $1 billion data center sparks debate in rural Mason County
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JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels#jdvance #corruption #exploitingoffice #ohio #ohioriver #boating #vance #armycorpsofengineers #armycorpofengineers
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"JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip"
#AreYouFuckingKiddingMe #OhioRiver #JDVance #Kayaking
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels
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@purplepadma In the age of the internet where you can easily find out... to text something like that when you know the people are sleeping... Nah, you have a right to be grumpy.
We're at 98% humidity right now in #AppalachianOhio on the #OhioRiver USA. Sticky sticky sticky.
Supposed to get storms and a quarter inch of rain with it the 90Fs.
Hope you have a good run and day.
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#Journalists among at least 13 arrested during #immigration-related protest in #CincinnatiOH
Police in #CovingtonKY, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse.
By John Seewer | The Associated Press
"Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the #immigration #detention of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the #OhioRiver.
"A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for #CityBeat, a Cincinnati news and entertainment outlet, were among those arraigned Friday morning in a Kentucky court.
"Other journalists reporting on protests around the U.S. have been have arrested and injured this year. More than two dozen were hurt or roughed up while covering protests against #ImmigrationRaids in #LosAngeles.
"A Spanish-language journalist was arrested in June while covering a #NoKings protest near #AtlantaGA. Police initially charged Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, with #UnlawfulAssembly, #obstruction of police and being a pedestrian on or along the roadway.
"A prosecutor dropped the charges, but Guevara had already been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in a south Georgia immigration #DetentionCenter. His lawyers say he has been authorized to work and remain in the country, but #ICE is trying to deport him.
"Video from the demonstration in Cincinnati Thursday night shows several tense moments, including when an officer punches a protester several times as police wrestle him to the ground.
"Earlier, a black SUV drove slowly onto the Roebling Bridge while protesters walked along the roadway that connects Cincinnati with Kentucky. Another video shows a person in a neon-colored vest pushing against the SUV.
"Police in Covington, Kentucky, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse. The department said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest's organizer were threatened and met with hostility.
"Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
"Reporter Madeline Fening and photo intern Lucas Griffith were charged with felony rioting and several other charges, said Ashley Moor, the editor in chief of CityBeat.
"A judge on Friday set a $2,500 bond for each of those arrested.
"The arrests happened during a protest in support of #AymanSoliman, an Egyptian immigrant who worked as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He was detained last week after he showed up for a routine check-in with ICE officials at their office near Cincinnati.
"Protesters met in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday in support of Soliman, then walked across the bridge carrying a banner that read '#BuildBridgesNotWalls.'
"Covington police said that 'while the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking #CriticalInfrastructure, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved.' "
#ResistICE #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingJournalism #SilencingFreeSpeech #ProtestLawsKentucky #FirstAmendment #Authoritarianism #Fascism #ACAB #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws
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Excellent!
Not a great recording, but found this performance of Eva Kelley...
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PBS, Cincinnati, Ohio #cincy #cincinnati #nfl #bengals #ohio #whodey #ohioriver #nky #photography #eastcoastkin
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Notorious US #ChemicalPlant polluting water with toxic #PFAS, lawsuit claims
Complaint says #Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie #DarkWaters continues to pollute #WestVirginia river
by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025
"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges.
"It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.
The new federal complaint claims #WashingtonWorks has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the #OhioRiver in #ParkersburgWestVirginia, a town of about 50,000 people in #Appalachia.
"The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont.
The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist."An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost #DuPont about $700m.
"Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001.
"'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said.
"The new lawsuit, filed by the #WestVirginiaRiversCoalition, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are #PFOA, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) has found. It also includes #GenX, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems.
"The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation.
"In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'.
"'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote.
"The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing.
"Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'.
"'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits.
"'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'
"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said.
"'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'
"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment.
"A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of #cancer, #KidneyDisease, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region.
"Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution.
"The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, #ThyroidDisease, persistently #HighCholesterol, pregnancy-induced #hypertension and #autoimmune problems.
"Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – #BirthDefects, #neurotoxicity, kidney disease and #LiverDisease – that residents in the area suffered.
"DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of #Ohio for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works.
"The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.
'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'
"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the #CleanWaterAct. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act.
"The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution.
"The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuitArchived:
https://archive.ph/p3wA6
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Notorious US #ChemicalPlant polluting water with toxic #PFAS, lawsuit claims
Complaint says #Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie #DarkWaters continues to pollute #WestVirginia river
by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025
"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges.
"It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.
The new federal complaint claims #WashingtonWorks has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the #OhioRiver in #ParkersburgWestVirginia, a town of about 50,000 people in #Appalachia.
"The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont.
The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist."An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost #DuPont about $700m.
"Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001.
"'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said.
"The new lawsuit, filed by the #WestVirginiaRiversCoalition, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are #PFOA, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) has found. It also includes #GenX, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems.
"The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation.
"In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'.
"'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote.
"The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing.
"Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'.
"'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits.
"'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'
"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said.
"'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'
"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment.
"A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of #cancer, #KidneyDisease, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region.
"Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution.
"The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, #ThyroidDisease, persistently #HighCholesterol, pregnancy-induced #hypertension and #autoimmune problems.
"Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – #BirthDefects, #neurotoxicity, kidney disease and #LiverDisease – that residents in the area suffered.
"DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of #Ohio for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works.
"The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.
'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'
"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the #CleanWaterAct. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act.
"The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution.
"The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuitArchived:
https://archive.ph/p3wA6
#Environment #PFASPollution #PollutionRunoff #WaterIsLife #DevilsPiss -
Notorious US #ChemicalPlant polluting water with toxic #PFAS, lawsuit claims
Complaint says #Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie #DarkWaters continues to pollute #WestVirginia river
by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025
"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges.
"It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.
The new federal complaint claims #WashingtonWorks has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the #OhioRiver in #ParkersburgWestVirginia, a town of about 50,000 people in #Appalachia.
"The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont.
The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist."An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost #DuPont about $700m.
"Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001.
"'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said.
"The new lawsuit, filed by the #WestVirginiaRiversCoalition, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are #PFOA, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) has found. It also includes #GenX, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems.
"The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation.
"In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'.
"'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote.
"The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing.
"Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'.
"'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits.
"'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'
"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said.
"'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'
"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment.
"A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of #cancer, #KidneyDisease, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region.
"Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution.
"The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, #ThyroidDisease, persistently #HighCholesterol, pregnancy-induced #hypertension and #autoimmune problems.
"Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – #BirthDefects, #neurotoxicity, kidney disease and #LiverDisease – that residents in the area suffered.
"DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of #Ohio for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works.
"The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.
'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'
"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the #CleanWaterAct. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act.
"The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution.
"The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuitArchived:
https://archive.ph/p3wA6
#Environment #PFASPollution #PollutionRunoff #WaterIsLife #DevilsPiss -
Notorious US #ChemicalPlant polluting water with toxic #PFAS, lawsuit claims
Complaint says #Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie #DarkWaters continues to pollute #WestVirginia river
by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025
"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges.
"It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.
The new federal complaint claims #WashingtonWorks has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the #OhioRiver in #ParkersburgWestVirginia, a town of about 50,000 people in #Appalachia.
"The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont.
The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist."An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost #DuPont about $700m.
"Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001.
"'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said.
"The new lawsuit, filed by the #WestVirginiaRiversCoalition, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are #PFOA, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) has found. It also includes #GenX, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems.
"The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation.
"In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'.
"'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote.
"The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing.
"Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'.
"'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits.
"'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'
"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said.
"'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'
"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment.
"A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of #cancer, #KidneyDisease, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region.
"Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution.
"The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, #ThyroidDisease, persistently #HighCholesterol, pregnancy-induced #hypertension and #autoimmune problems.
"Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – #BirthDefects, #neurotoxicity, kidney disease and #LiverDisease – that residents in the area suffered.
"DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of #Ohio for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works.
"The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.
'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'
"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the #CleanWaterAct. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act.
"The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution.
"The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuitArchived:
https://archive.ph/p3wA6
#Environment #PFASPollution #PollutionRunoff #WaterIsLife #DevilsPiss -
Notorious US #ChemicalPlant polluting water with toxic #PFAS, lawsuit claims
Complaint says #Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie #DarkWaters continues to pollute #WestVirginia river
by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025
"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges.
"It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.
The new federal complaint claims #WashingtonWorks has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the #OhioRiver in #ParkersburgWestVirginia, a town of about 50,000 people in #Appalachia.
"The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont.
The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist."An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost #DuPont about $700m.
"Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001.
"'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said.
"The new lawsuit, filed by the #WestVirginiaRiversCoalition, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are #PFOA, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) has found. It also includes #GenX, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems.
"The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation.
"In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'.
"'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote.
"The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing.
"Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'.
"'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits.
"'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'
"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said.
"'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'
"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment.
"A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of #cancer, #KidneyDisease, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region.
"Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution.
"The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, #ThyroidDisease, persistently #HighCholesterol, pregnancy-induced #hypertension and #autoimmune problems.
"Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – #BirthDefects, #neurotoxicity, kidney disease and #LiverDisease – that residents in the area suffered.
"DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of #Ohio for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works.
"The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.
'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'
"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the #CleanWaterAct. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act.
"The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution.
"The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuitArchived:
https://archive.ph/p3wA6
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