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"Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia" [1]

The story of how a DuPont chemical called C8, or PFOA, harmed the health of people around Parkersburg, WV, is an epic one that resulted in a huge class-action settlement. "DuPont deceived as many people as they could deceive as for as long as they could," one resident said. Under the current regulatory system, the same thing could happen again.

Mariah Blake reports for the Huffington Post August 27, 2015. [2]
 

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Source: Huffington Post [2], 08/28/2015
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