Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study
Paper outlines different legal theories that could help governments pursue accountability for harms
August 2023
Chemical companies’ PFAS payouts are huge – but the problem is even bigger
3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have agreed settlement in the billions for polluting drinking water with ‘forever chemicals’
June 2023
Chemical industry used big tobacco’s tactics to conceal evidence of PFAS risks
DuPont or 3M scientists discovered PFAS toxicity internally, but did not publish findings or report them to the EPA, study says
April 2023
Brief letters
Coronation party or chlorination party?
Brief letters: King Charles III’s coronation | The chance of a coincidence | DuPont’s invention of Lycra
February 2023
Cancer town
US justice department sues two companies over pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Japanese company Denka, along with US chemicals giant DuPont, have operated the plant that produces cancer-causing chloroprene
October 2021
Lethal ‘forever chemicals’ taint our food, water and even blood. The EPA is stalling
David Bond
There is no longer any population or place on earth untouched by PFAS contamination. We are living through a toxic experiment with no control group
February 2020
Dark Waters review – Todd Haynes plumbs the depths of a poisoning scandal
Todd Haynes: 'People who say Trump is bound to win are letting it happen'
December 2019
Toxic America
Why a corporate lawyer is sounding the alarm about these common chemicals
Carey Gillam
The inspiration for Mark Ruffalo’s character in the film Dark Waters, Rob Bilott believes the battle to protect polluted communities is far from over
November 2019
Can a movie bring about major corporate change?
Dark Waters review – Mark Ruffalo v big business in enraging drama
March 2017
EU greenlights Dow-DuPont mega-merger raising food security fears
Green groups say $130bn merger signals lack of choice for farmers who need more seed diversity to adapt to changing climate
November 2016
The new bottom line
What businesses want Trump to know about climate change
Nearly 400 companies and nonprofits signed a letter to express support for the Paris climate agreement. We asked a handful to tell us why
October 2016
Food in season
Agrichemicals and ever more intensive farming will not feed the world
Felicity Lawrence
Our food production system is broken, with steep losses in biodiversity. The answer is not more chemicals from a few increasingly dominant companies
May 2016
Sustainable food
Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta: rush for mega-mergers puts food security at risk
Jennifer Clapp
Recent deals in the global agrochemical and seed industry, driven by financial motivations, are a threat to farmers, prices and the environment
December 2015
Chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont announce $130bn merger
Dow Chemical and DuPont in talks for $120bn merger
January 2015
DuPont plant has been leaking poisonous gas for years, report finds
The Houston area pesticide plant where four workers were killed by poisonous gas in November has had exhaust and ventilation malfunctions for years, according to a new report
November 2014
Four die in Texas chemical leak
DuPont workers exposed to methyl mercaptan in accident at plant near Houston that makes agricultural pest control products
June 2014
Stephanie Kwolek obituary
Chemist who developed the polymer fibre Kevlar, used in bulletproof vests and body armour
