A current $400 million settlement in between an international chemical business and New Jersey might imply more lawsuits, pursued much more strongly over so-called “permanently chemicals” contaminating drinking water and the environment, lawyers stated.
Specialists see a wave of lawsuits on the horizon following the settlement reached in between Solvay Specialized Polymers and the state over per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds contamination. In June, New Jersey revealed a proposed $393 million settlement reached with Solvay to money and execute removal in the location of its West Deptford center, to offer upgrades to the general public water supply, to eliminate PFAS from consuming water administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Management, and to attend to specific effects of PFAS on public drinking water supply and personal drinkable drinking water wells in the area.