Belgium-based Solvay to pay $393M to clean up and compensate for PFAS contamination in New Jersey

A Belgium-based chemical company will spend nearly $393 million under a settlement to clean up contamination from its so-called forever chemicals in New Jersey’s drinking water and soil and to compensate for the environmental damage they caused. Solvay Specialty Polymers USA reached a deal Wednesday with New Jersey officials on contamination at and near its West Deptford plant in southwestern New Jersey across from Philadelphia International Airport. The state had been suing Solvay and numerous other companies to force them to clean up substances collectively known as PFAS chemicals. They're commonly called forever chemicals because they never break down and are difficult to remove from water and soil.