( September 14, 2026, 10:54 AM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — The Chemours Co. and several affiliates agreed to pay $590 million, with $455 million in direct payments, to settle long-running litigation brought by North Carolina, several counties and local governments and a water and sewer authority over alleged contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances XE "per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances" (PFAS) at the Fayetteville Works manufacturing facility in Bladen County....