Clean Water Action Alliance of Minnesota

PFC Contamination in Seven States Nationwide

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State Contamination Source Water affected Population Impact Chemical Remediation
New Jersey Chemical Plant Thorofare, NJ drinking water supplies Up to 0.004 ppb
Approx population 5, 000		 PFOA PFOA water guidance levels lowered to 0.04ppb
DuPont Chamber Works Plant Elementary school in Penns Grove 0.112 ppb PFOA
Myers Property, Clariant Corp 18 of 23 water systems Up to 0.039 ppb PFOA
Solvay, 3M, PCM, 13 of 23 water systems Up to 0.019 ppb
Plant workers blood level: 1,000 ppb		 PFOS
Virginia DuPont Spruance Plant up to 0.019ppb in James River
up to 7.5ppb in ground water
up to 7.1ppb in surface water
up to 0.007 ppb in local drinking water		 Chesterfield County population 296,000
plant workers’ blood levels: up to 800 ppb		 PFOA Virginia Department Environmental Quality planned second monitoring study
West Virginia DuPont Washington Works Plant Lubeck Public Service District 70,000 residents in W.Virginia & Ohio PFOA

Out of court settlement agreement with DuPont:

  • Provide bottled water
  • Designing treatment systems for all affected public water supplies
  • Installed carbon filtration systems on private wells & water systems
  • Community health evaluations
  • Medical monitoring of individuals if necessary
Mason County Public Service District Residents blood level: 298-369 ppb
Ohio River surface water  
North Carolina DuPont Plant in Fayetteville Ground water
  • wells at plant detect up to 765ppb
Cape Fear River		 Plant workers’ blood levels: 422 – 1,870 ppb PFOA  
Ohio DuPont Washington Works Plant in West Virginia Little Hocking Water Association
City of Belpre
Tuppers Plains Water District of Ohio
Village of Pomeroy Ohio		 1-7 ppb 12,000 residents PFOA Out of court settlement agreement with DuPont: see West Virginia
private water systems 30 of 78 water systems tested have levels above 0.5ppb
Alabama 3M plant 500 acres of 3M property up to 2 ppb PFOA/PFOS 3M conducting studies on contaminated company property
Tennessee River   PFOA  
soil and groundwater     3M paid $1.5 million fine to the EPA
New York FiberMark factory Mill Creek, Black River .085 ppb
Approx population 3,500		 PFOA Negotiations in progress between Lowville township and FiberMark for additional filtration

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