杜邦and its spinoff companies Corteva and The Chemours Co., have set up a $4-billion escrow account for 20 years to support future legacy PFAS chemicals liabilities from manufacturiing and disposal activity occurring before July 1, 2015 and another $1 billion to address future liabilities with a possibility of replenishment in 2028.

总部位于波士顿的律师事务所CMBG3的律师约翰·加德拉（John Gardella）告诉ENR，1月22日的PACT很重要，因为新利luck它向市政当局或水处理设施发出了信号，可提供资金，以覆盖饮用水系统的治疗和补救。一个group in Californiafiled suit late last yearagainst Dupont and other manufacturers seeking $1 billion to cover surface water and groundwater cleanups ongoing.

他说：“我希望通过市政当局对公司的主张再次提高。”

The settlement also establishes a cost sharing agreement between the three companies and resolves disputes among them rising from the 2015 spin-off of Chemours from DuPont.

The companies also added $83 million to resolve personal injury and wrongful death claims in a multidistrict lawsuit in Ohio stemming from lawsuits filed as a result of PFAS contamination of drinking water from DuPont’s Washington Works near Parkersburg, W.Va.

The suit has more than 3,500 cases pending, according to the Ohio circuit court. About 80,000 persons who consumed water from certain drinking water sources, including six water districts allegedly contaminated by discharges from the Washington Works plant were part of a class action, the court said.

The Ohio agreement resolves about 95% of pending cases and unfiled matters, DuPont says.

Gardella说，它增加了受伤定居点的日益增长的趋势，这可能会引发对化学制造商以外的公司的下游主张，例如那些使用化学品生产包括建筑物的商品的公司。