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Chemours (NYSE:CC) and authorized predecessor E.I. du Pont de Nemours will face a Dutch prison investigation for the potential dangerous results of emitting “ceaselessly chemical compounds” within the Netherlands, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
The investigation considerations the deliberate launch of polyfluoroalkyl substances, identified as PFAS, from the corporate’s manufacturing facility in Dordrecht ranging from 1967 to the current.
The probe additionally will contemplate whether or not firm executives might be held criminally liable, the Dutch public prosecutor’s workplace stated.
The authorized complexity of the probe means the prosecution will want at the least a 12 months to hold out its investigations, the workplace stated.
A separate prison probe relating to attainable publicity of Chemours (CC) workers to extreme concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, is within the remaining levels.
