( November 6, 2023, 9:37 AM EST) -- NEW BERN, N.C. — Residents have sued Corteva Inc. and other affiliates of the company formerly known as E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. in North Carolina federal court contending that they are liable for “a nearly four decades-long history” of discharging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into the Cape Fear River, polluting the primary source of local drinking water in conduct that was “so reckless as to demonstrate a substantial lack of concern for whether injury would result.”...