BASF settlement overview:
- Who: BASF agreed to a $316.5 million settlement with a nationwide class of public water systems.
- Why: The water systems claimed that BASF contaminated public drinking water systems with “forever chemicals.”
- Where: The BASF settlement comes in a multi-district litigation in federal court in South Carolina.
Chemical company BASF has agreed to a $316.5 million settlement with a nationwide class of public water systems over claims that BASF contaminated public drinking water systems with “forever chemicals.”
The settlement includes $314.5 million to the settlement class of public water systems that found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals in their water before May 15. BASF did not admit to any wrongdoing in the settlement.
The BASF settlement is in connection with a multi-district litigation (MDL) in federal court in South Carolina but does not resolve all claims in the case.
“Like the ones before it, this settlement will serve the interests of the communi!es affected by providing funds that will be invested into the health and safety of the nation’s water supply. Conversations with other defendants continue,” attorneys for the BASF settlement class said in a statement.
Communities the find PFAS in drinking water after May 15 can file new claims
Any municipality that finds PFAS in drinking water after May 15 will be permitted to file a new claim.
BASF plans to pay the $4 million on or about July 15, 2024, and $312.5 million on March 1, 2025.
The same South Carolina federal court that approved the BASF settlement also preliminarily approved a $1.2 billion settlement between DuPont, Chemours, Corteva and over 300 drinking water suppliers over the release of PFAS into drinking water in August 2023. The court additionally approved a $12.5 billion reworked settlement between 3M and public water systems nationwide in September 2023.
Has your community found PFAS in its drinking water? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by Scott J. Ferrell of Pacific Trial Attorneys APC.
The plaintiffs are represented by Michael A. London of Douglas & London PC, Scott Summy of Baron & Budd PC, Paul J. Napoli of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC and Joe Rice of Motley Rice LLC.
BASF is represented by Matthew A. Holian and Jessica Wilson of DLA Piper LLP US.
The BASF settlement was reached in Re: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 2:18-mn-02873, in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
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THERE’S BEEN SOME MULTIPLE FINDINGS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE WESTSIDE AND SOUTHSIDE AND EASTSIDE OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS AND I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH MATTERS ON THE BODY BECAUSE OF THIS AND HAS LED TO BUYING MULTIPLE CASES OF WATER AND OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRY JUICE MIXED AND ORANGIAL CRANBERRY JUICE ARIZONA JUICE MIXTURES PLUS I’VE HAD MY PHONE ANDROID AND GOOGLE EMAILS HACKED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE 2016 AND HADN’T NOTHING BEEN DONE SO PLEASE ASSIST ME AND NOTE THE HEALTH MATTERS FROM THE WATER FOUND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONLY GETTING WORSER
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I’m suffering different type ailments to include prostate cancer, sexual impotense, headaches, lower back pains. heart surgery, high blood pressure caused in my opinion from PFAS CONTAMIBATED WATER.
My stomach was hurting for years, in fact my doctor had me on meds that depleted my calcium and broke my ankle and lower leg. After 13 years on Prilosec, at a double dose, I have recently found that using a 5 5 step water filter alleviates the pain, however, who knows about the collateral damage done to my bones, and what is in the water in Hoquiam WA has in it that makes a person so ill? I would like to be be included in any class action suit associated with my remarks please.
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