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Moody’s trims outlook for Chemours﻿

The credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded its outlook for Chemours’s debt to negative from stable. The change reflects heightened litigation risks in multiple states associated with the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that the chemical maker and its former parent company, DuPont, used for years to process fluoropolymers such as Teflon for nonstick cookware. Chemours “has ample resources to handle near-term litigation and remediation costs,” says Joseph Princiotta, a Moody’s senior vice president. But in the long term, liabilities associated with natural resource damage suits could be very costly and ultimately make it difficult for Chemours to operate, the Moody’s analyst suggests. For instance, Chemours faces suits from attorneys general in four states—New Jersey, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Vermont—alleging environmental damage, Princiotta notes. It also faces lawsuits from public-water suppliers in North Carolina, where emissions from Chemours’s plant outside Fayettevill...