A recent $400 million settlement between a multinational chemical company and New Jersey could mean more litigation, pursued even more aggressively over so-called “forever chemicals” polluting drinking water and the environment, attorneys said.

Experts see a wave of litigation on the horizon following the settlement reached between Solvay Specialty Polymers and the state over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination. In June, New Jersey announced a proposed $393 million settlement reached with Solvay to fund and implement remediation in the area of its West Deptford facility, to provide upgrades to the public water system, to remove PFAS from drinking water administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and to address certain impacts of PFAS on public drinking water systems and private potable drinking water wells in the vicinity.