Teflon, you might have heard, may cause cancer. The culprit was a toxic, now retired compound called PFOA. Also known as C8, the chemical became the subject of a major lawsuit accusing DuPont ...

Paxton, in his lawsuit, alleged that DuPont’s Teflon and 3M’s Scotchgard were among products that the companies sold to Texans while concealing “substantial risks from consumers and the ...

Dark Waters explores the real-life 1990s case where a major corporation was suspected of dumping chemical waste ...

In this series, Sharon Lerner exposes DuPont’s multi-decade cover-up of the severe harms to health associated with a chemical known as PFOA, or C8, and associated compounds such as PFOS and GenX.

DuPont uses a chemical known as PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) in the production of Teflon, commonly used to coat non-stick pans. Robert suspects that DuPont has been irresponsibly disposing of ...