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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Tom Perkins

UN human rights experts express alarm over PFAS pollution in North Carolina

The Fayetteville Works plant, operated by DuPont spin-off Chemours, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on 15 June 2018.
The Fayetteville Works plant, operated by DuPont spin-off Chemours, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 2018. Photograph: Gerry Broome/AP

A new investigation by human rights experts appointed by the United Nations has expressed alarm at evidence of pollution from a North Carolina PFAS manufacturing plant, describing it as “alleged human rights violations and abuses against residents”.

The ongoing PFAS crisis in North Carolina has been linked to a Fayetteville Works plant operated by Chemours, a chemical giant that was spun off from DuPont in 2015.

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