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Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia is the Epicenter of a Global Health Crisis If you live in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, you are at the center of what may be the most significant toxic tort in American history. The news of a $450 million settlement between the Chemours Company and the federal government may sound like a victory, but if you are sitting at your kitchen table at 2 a.m. with a stack of medical bills or a diagnosis of kidney or testicular cancer, that money feels very far away. We know the moment you are in. You’ve been told for decades that the water was fine, even as internal documents from the Washington Works facility suggested the people in charge knew differently. You’ve watched neighbors get sick. You’ve seen the “forever chemicals”—PFAS and PFOA—become a household name in the Mid-Ohio Valley. This $450 million settlement is primarily about infrastructure and clean water systems. It does not automatically pay you for your personal injury, your cancer diagnosis, or the loss of a loved one. However, what it does provide is a forensic roadmap for accountability. As a toxic tort claim lawyer, we see this settlement for what it is:…