U.N.-appointed human rights experts express concerns about Chemours’ ‘blatant disregard for human rights and environmental protections’

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A group of independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council sent a letter to Chemours in September saying it was alarmed by “the company’s blatant disregard for human rights and environmental protections.”

Chemours has admitted to dumping forever chemicals, also known as PFAS, into the Cape Fear River for years, which contaminated the drinking water supply for hundreds of thousands of people.

In April, Clean Cape Fear and U.C. Berkeley Environmental Law Clinic submitted a document to the U.N. Human Rights Commission requesting the following:

(a) Special Procedures communications to DuPont and Chemours, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in the form of letters of allegation;