"DuPont and Chemours have produced, marketed and profited from PFAS for decades, contributing to a global toxic contamination problem," the UN panel said in a public statement released Wednesday. "DuPont and Chemours appear to have impermissibly captured the US Environmental Protection Agency and delayed (their) efforts to properly regulate PFAS chemicals." "Having the United Nations elevate PFAS, using North Carolina's story, amplifies a global concern that we need to talk about."