A federal judge has denied a motion to fully dismiss or stay a lawsuit against Perdue Farms Inc. over alleged PFAS contamination in Wicomico County, allowing the suit to continue. The judge dismissed two of the four counts originally brought against Perdue, however. 

WBOC has learned a United States District Court judge has denied Perdue Farms’ request to fully dismiss or stay a class action lawsuit against the company over PFAS, or “forever chemical,” contamination detected near their Perdue AgriBusiness plant in Salisbury.

WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. - Perdue Agribusiness is now facing a new lawsuit, this one in federal court, over alleged PFAS (per and poly-fluoroalkyl…

Researchers and environmental officials are keeping track of PFAS, or forever chemicals, turning up in the bodies of local fish - and they’re advising neighbors and seafood lovers on how to stay safe.

WBOC has obtained a third-party report on PFAS contamination at Perdue’s AgriBusiness identifying possible sources of the “forever chemicals.”

Perdue Farms has formally requested that the U.S. District Court of Maryland dismiss a lawsuit against them over alleged PFAS, or “forever chemical”, contamination in groundwater at properties near their Salisbury plant.

Perdue AgriBusiness has expanded the area they are conducting testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” in groundwater at properties near their Salisbury facility.

PerdueAgribusiness has released an update on their investigation into PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” detected in the groundwater at their facility in Salisbury and have confirmed the chemicals have been detected at some nearby properties. 

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has released the findings of a comprehensive study of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), or “forever chemicals,” throughout Delaware’s surface waters.