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One, fruit of the loom bought that company after this event happened (were not owners during the event), they became liable by buying them. Two, that has nothing to do with a coronocupia being in the logo, there is no good evidence of a cornucopia ever being in the logo, that was just a tik toker driving up views by trying to link it to the more popular mandela effect thing. Removing a small section of a logo to cover up a chemical spill? That makes absolutely zero sense (not to mention it's not exactly covered up, it's on the epa website). But good on them for spreading awareness of chemical contamination by companies. Bad on them for doing it by making up nonsense about the logo to drum up views.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fruit-of-the-loom-cornucopia/
And yet, it's an EPA superfund
https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/case-summary-aislic-settlement-agreement-fruit-loom-environmental-insurance-claims
TLDR: They bought seven contaminated properties. went bankrupt. $42 mill cleanup bill.
Yes that's all true, I agree with you. And I hate how big companies pass on the cost of their waste to the public in this and so many other instances.
The linking it to a supposed coronocupia logo was the clickbait nonsense to drum up views though.