DuPont has agreed to pay $10.25 million in fines and $6.25 million for environmental projects to settle allegations by the Environmental Protection Agency that the company hid information about a toxic chemical used to make the nonstick coating Teflon and found in the blood of most Americans. The settlement announced Wednesday represents the largest civil administrative penalty obtained by the EPA under any federal environmental statute.
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