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- 2. Agricultural Chemicals company. It was split from DuPont in 2019 to dissociate from DuPont's problematic past.
- 4. Were paid to distributors by Corteva, encouraging them to forego cheaper pesticide alternatives.
- 6. _________________ acid, also known as C8, a toxic chemical onced used for Teflon production. DuPont's Washington Works Plant produced this cancer-causing chemical in the surrounding area.
- 8. Suffocation, cause of death for the victims of the 2014 La Porte Chemical Leak.
- 9. ___ Chemicals, company that merged with DuPont in 2015. The two companies later split into 3 new companies in 2019.
- 11. Carl, veteran operator, killed during the Dupont Belle accident in 2010.
- 12. A way for DuPont to avoid publicly taking responsibility and protect the corporate image.
- 13. Filed by the FTC in 2022 highlighted the anti-competitive nature of Corteva's "pay-to-block" incentive scheme.
- 15. _______ lawsuits point to the continued harm that DuPont causes nationwide.
- 21. Kidney ______, diseases strongly linked to C8 exposure.
- 22. _______ Decrees, legal agreements without and admission of guilt. DuPont is “innocent.”
- 24. Joe, lead plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit against DuPont regarding the C8 chemical leak at Washington Works Plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
- 25. Forced ________; information only became public after court orders.
- 26. Wade, the supervisor killed by the 2014 La Porte Chemical Leak.
- 27. Crystle Rae, one of the operators killed by the 2014 La Porte Chemical Leak.
- 29. Film about Rob Bilott's decade-long legal battles against DuPont.
- 30. Notorious Chemicals company first established in 1802. It was the most influential producer of polymer materials in the 20th century.
- 32. Roy J, chemist who discovered Teflon in 1936.
- 33. Chemical used in insecticide manufacturing, released in the 2014 La Porte Chemical Leak.
- 35. What needs to be achieved regardless of the consequences.
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- 1. City near the Washington Works Plant that was contaminated with high levels of C8.
- 3. Scapegoat. A company that split off from DuPont. It was created in 2015, right when DuPont was beginning to lose the C8 chemical pollution class action lawsuit. Chemours took over the Washington Works Plant.
- 5. Robert, attorney who represented over 70000 residents in the lawsuit against DuPont, winning over $753 million in compensation.
- 7. We see teflon’s “benefits” in our everyday life
- 10. __________ Works, DuPont's chemical plant that has poisoned the surrounding area with C8. The plant is open to this day and continues to produce PFAS.
- 14. DuPont plant in Texas; a 2014 chemical leak here killed 4 people and injured 1 more.
- 16. Chemical replacement of PFOA used in the production of Teflon. Animal testings show negative health effects and association with cancer.
- 17. Lying by omission. DuPont had known about C8's toxicity since the 1960s, yet it hid this information from authority and the public at the time.
- 18. The DuPont facility that had a chemical leak in 2010, killing 1 operator.
- 19. Bucky, born with deformations due to his mother's exposure to C8 during her time at DuPont's Washington Works Plant.
- 20. _______ chemicals, those within the PFAS family; resistant to heat, water, and degradation. _______ pollution, the impact of these chemicals are indefinite.
- 23. Robert and Gilbert, brothers killed by the 2014 La Porte Chemical Leak.
- 28. DuPont's _______ to implement safety management systems had caused the leak in 2010 and 2014. OSHA later discovered numerous violations at the same facilities.
- 31. The thing that DuPont still seeks to hide from the public to this day.
- 34. Wilbur, farmer whose cattle's mysterious deaths exposed Washington Works' chemical contamination.