NJ Residents to Receive $4.9M Settlement for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water

NJ SEED
Nov 11, 2025
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November 5 2025 | njspotlightnews.org

Some 60,000 residential water customers in New Jersey will share $4.9 million in the settlement of a lawsuit that charged a water company and a chemical maker with violating a state health limit on the presence of PFOA, a toxic “forever chemical,” in drinking water.

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NJ SEED: Industries who used PFAS chemicals in their processes with or without knowledge of their potential for - maybe, could perhaps, might – be a cause of harmful health effects will ultimately have to pay the price.

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