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                  E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.

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(DUPONT SHAREHOLDERS FOR FAIR VALUE LOGO)

DUPONT SHAREHOLDERS TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO ACCELERATE PHASE-OUT
OF PFOA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2006        Sanford Lewis, DSFV, 413-549-7333
                              Julie Gozan, Amalgamated Bank,
                              315-477-7507

At the upcoming DuPont Company (NYSE: DD) annual meeting on
April 26, shareholders will be asked to vote as to whether the
board of directors should report on options to accelerate the
elimination of the controversial chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA). The resolution was filed by Amalgamated Bank's LongView
Fund.

Julie Gozan of Amalgamated Bank stated, "We are concerned that
DuPont's phase out of these chemicals is not expeditious enough
to mitigate risk to shareholder value. To our awareness, the
company plans to continue using PFOA for the foreseeable future.
As shareholders, we urge management to act more decisively to
eliminate PFOA."

DuPont recently entered into a voluntary agreement with EPA to
reduce environmental emissions and product residues of PFOA over
the next ten years.   Attorney Sanford Lewis, a representative
of the group DuPont Shareholders for Fair Value (DSFV), noted
that "nowhere in its letter of commitment to EPA does DuPont
management agree to eliminate the use or production of PFOA on
any timeline."

PFOA is a substance that is linked with signature DuPont
products such as Teflon cookware as well as stain and grease
repellants used in food packaging, textiles and carpets. PFOA
poses an array of concerns due to persistence in the environment
and potential health impacts. DuPont is the only current US
producer of PFOA.

Major market actors such as McDonalds have already announced
their intentions to reduce their sale of PFOA-containing
products.  Said Amalgamated Bank's Gozan, "If DuPont does not
provide the alternatives, competitors may fill the breach. In
addition, we believe the continued use and production of PFOA
poses enormous potential for environmental and product
liabilities."

DSFV is an informal group of DuPont shareholders that includes
Amalgamated Bank's LongView Collective Investment Fund, the
United Steelworkers union ("USW"), Green Century Capital
Management and the Sisters of Mercy, Merion Regional Community,
Merion, PA.

Additional background information including audio webcasts of
discussions with financial, legal and scientific experts is
available at dupontshareholdersalert.org



This communication is not a proxy solicitation, and neither DSFV
nor Amalgamated Bank will accept any proxies. DSFV urges
shareholders to vote "FOR" this stockholder proposal, Agenda
Item 6 on DuPont management's proxy.

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