Mealey's ( August 13, 2025, 8:34 AM EDT) -- FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina state judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the North Carolina attorney general against E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. for contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ruling that the attorney general has the authority to bring the case even though the state statute that granted that authority has been repealed in the years following the initiation of the lawsuit....