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The United Steelworkers Union has joined with other communities and groups to back a lawsuit against DuPont Co. over its handling of a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other products. 
 
The chemical, PFOA, has been found in the water supplies of areas near DuPont factories, such as DuPont's Chambers Works in New Jersey. 
 
At dispute is whether the amount of PFOA found in the water poses a hazard to health. 
 
A class action lawsuit was filed against DuPont in April, asking for damages, costs, and medical monitoring programs for those affected.

USW backs suit against DuPont over chemical

Today's Sunbeam - 5/29/2006 4:43 AM

PITTSBURGH -- United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo W. Gerard has announced his 850,000-member union is backing the lawsuit to clean up water supplies potentially contaminated by the synthetic chemical perfluorooctanoic acid used at DuPont's Chambers Works in Deepwater.
 
"We have joined in the past year with communities in New Jersey and other states to hold DuPont Co. accountable for any contamination of water supplies from its plants and any adverse effects on workers and nearby residents," Gerard said in a news release issued late last week.
 
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