( January 15, 2026, 9:33 AM EST) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland partly granted a motion to dismiss claims filed by two state residents in a citizen suit brought under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) alleging that Perdue Farms Inc. and its affiliates contaminated groundwater with per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) and caused “imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment” but denied dismissal of claims related to open dumping prohibitions and pollution of surface water....