For years, Perdue Agribusiness has been embroiled lawsuits over claims it polluted local groundwater with PFAS, the cancer-causing "forever chemical." So neighbors were skeptical when Perdue asked to increase the treated wastewater it pours in a local stream.

North Carolina has secured $455 million in payments from Chemours, DuPont and Corteva over PFAS pollution, along with a separate $135 million reserve intended to protect future drinking water and cleanup work.

Chemours , DuPont, and Corteva on Thursday reached a $455 million settlement with North Carolina and 11 local entities over PFAS contamination claims tied to Chemours' Fayetteville Works plant and other historical discharges.

An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industries spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it.

The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases by up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in the U.S. Congress.