Dupont Controversy

In 1948, the Washington Works plant was established by DuPont in an effort to bring plastic materials to American homes. Some of these items included vinyl, saran wrap and Teflon, which was later discovered to contain toxic chemicals known as C8. Despite the many side effects that C8 had on lab animals during the testing phase, DuPont continued to manufacturer its products using the chemical. In spite of all the concerns raised by both its workers and inhabitants regarding the safety of the chemical, the company took no action to prevent these harmful substances from its customers or employees. Many individuals began to become affected both health wise and even economically. Women who were directly exposed to the chemical also stood a risk …show more content…
Imagine a scenario where DuPont used these scientists to identify the root cause of the poison and come up with solutions, this is an approach that would have been taken under Pentad. This could have saved many lives, time and money. After experiments were performed on rats that proved that the chemical C8 was indeed the cause of children being born without an eye, DuPont went further to say that all those results were fabricated. This undermined the work of the very dedicated group of scientists whom I believe were demotivated from the very …show more content…
This land was to act as a dumping site for all its chemical waste. They lied to the owners of the land that the waste would not become harmful to them since it did not consist of chemicals. Later after they started to dump waste the effects became more visible. The villagers were affected both socially and economically. Livestock, which were exposed to this chemical, started dying abruptly. People including children started to develop breathing complications that eventually led to asthma. When the root cause of this entire problem was identified to be the chemicals dumped by the DuPont Company they neglected to compensate those affected.
At this point water was also contaminated. Some tests were carried out and this was found to be true, DuPont on the other hand sent its scientists with the intention of fabricating the results. At this point most people in the community were not happy since now they came to the realization that indeed they have been poisoned by the company they trusted the most. The support from the community was withdrawn since the company had created more harm than good to the