Gore accused of contaminating communities with PFAS. A lawsuit says the company has known of the dangers since the 1990s

By Zoë Read | WHYY | February 10, 2023

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"Gore, best known for Gore-Tex fabric, is the latest company to be sued for allegedly polluting communities with the toxic class of chemicals PFAS.

Six Maryland residents accuse Gore, headquartered in nearby Newark, Del., of contaminating their private wells with the PFAS chemical PFOA. The chemicals are linked to serious health effects, and were used at the company’s Cherry Hill plant in Elkton, Md.

The federal class action lawsuit, which claims the company knew of the dangers since at least the early 1990s, was filed by the law firms Motley Rice and Baird Mandalas Brockstedt Federico & Cardea, LLC."

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