Complaint says Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie Dark Waters continues to pollute West Virginia river.
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 Washington Works has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the Ohio River in Parkersburg, a town of about 50,000 people in Appalachia.
