The FNV is the company behind the DuPont plant in Dordrecht liable for the health problems that former employees have suffered through their work. ,, These people are entitled to recognition and compensation, '' says director Marian Schaapman of the Office of Occupational FNV.
The union has spoken with dozens of employees and former employees who worked for years with the controversial substance C8. It is now clear that high concentrations of the substance serious disorders can cause. Dupont had been years evidence there, but gave it not known to the authorities.
,, We see that many of these people have serious health problems that may be related to exposure to hazardous substances, '' said Schaapman. ,, And they want to be compensated for. We take this matter seriously. We are not out to endless litigation and American states, but want to come to the company to rapid and proper claims handling. "" Chem Ours, the company's chemical activities of DuPont since 2015 in, did not respond.
testicular Cancer
In America, where all longer faces a similar case, Dupont sentenced yesterday to pay $ 5.1 million to a victim. It involves David Freeman (56), which would have been given testicle cancer by high-C8 concentrations in his blood. In the town of Parkersburg is like in Dordrecht a Teflon factory of the company. Since fighting 3,500 former workers and neighbors for years for compensation.
The case of Freeman is only the fourth of all those things that has been treated. The first was that of Carla Bartlett, a woman who had kidney cancer. She was awarded $ 1.6 million. The two cases subsequently ended in a settlement and an acquittal.
Read here all about the use of the dangerous substance at Dupont.
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