U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   WASHINGTON, D.C.   20549

                  NOTICE OF EXEMPT SOLICITATION

1.  Name of the Registrant:
    E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.

2.  Name of person relying on exemption:
    DUPONT SHAREHOLDERS FOR FAIR VALUE

3.  Address of person relying on exemption:
    P.O. Box 231, Amherst, Mass.   01004

            (DuPont Shareholders for Fair Value logo)

      Research Identifies Market Risks To Dupont Investors
For Immediate Release           For Information Contact
Thursday April 20, 2006         Sanford Lewis 413 549-7333

A research report commissioned by DuPont investors concludes
that DuPont (NYSE:DD)remains at financial risk due to the
company's continued use of the chemical perfluorooctanoic
acid (PFOA).  The report documents efforts by DuPont competitors
to bring PFOA-free products to market, and momentum away from
PFOA-based products by retailers such as McDonalds.  PFOA is a
used in production of Teflon cookware and grease and stain
repellent coatings for carpets, textiles and fast-food wrappers,
and is of concern due to persistence in the environment
and potential health effects such as cancer, liver damage,  and
birth defects.

The report on behalf of DuPont Shareholders for Fair Value (DSFV)
states that despite publicity regarding EPA's PFOA Stewardship
program, DuPont has only agreed with EPA to put a "cap"
on the amount of PFOA in consumer products and emissions and to
work toward new non-PFOA products over time.  In the meantime,
DuPont faces new consumer and regulatory risks.  Last month, EPA
proposed a new rule to require any company that makes certain new
substances related to PFOA to file a premanufacture notice, based
on the agency's assessment that it can no longer presume safety.
In California, a petition seeks to have PFOA listed as a
carcinogen under Proposition 65, which could require companies
warn consumers before exposure to PFOA.

The report, titled "Despite Recent Concessions to EPA,
Shareholder Value Remains at Risk at DuPont," also includes an
eyewitness account from carpet mills  where Stainmaster is
applied, potentially causing major worker or environmental
exposures. The report highlights potential liabilities, noting
last year's DuPont lawsuit settlement in West Virginia related to
PFOA exposures in drinking water for over $100 million. (A
similar suit, on contamination of drinking water near DuPont's
Chambers Works plant in New Jersey was filed this week.)

Attorney Sanford Lewis, the report's author,  said that he
believes DuPont is "prolonging the agony and the danger to its
shareholders"  by gradually capping product content, instead of
expeditiously phasing out PFOA.   In response to the emerging
information, a group of investors issued an open letter today
asking DuPont to quickly phase out PFOA and to disclose risks
from "consumer concerns, reputational damage or market
fluctuations related to PFOA."

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.  The report, the letter from investors, and audio
interviews with financial, legal and scientific experts
are available at DupontShareholdersAlert.org.  A resolution
requesting a report on options for an expedited phase-out will be
voted on by DuPont shareholders at the upcoming  April 26th
shareholder meeting.  (Legal Note: This communication is not a
proxy solicitation, and DSFV will not accept any proxies.)
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          AN OPEN LETTER TO DUPONT MANAGEMENT REGARDING
          THE THREAT TO SHAREHOLDER VALUE POSED BY PFOA

April 20, 2006

TO: DuPont Board of Directors and Management

The undersigned are DuPont shareholders and other members of the
investment community concerned that DuPont's continued production
and use of PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) may undermine
shareholder value. In particular, we are troubled that to the
extent that DuPont?s strategy involves the continued use and
production of PFOA and its precursors, there may be significant
impacts on earnings or shareholder value resulting from
reputational damage,  liability, or marketplace
abandonment of PFOA-related products.

DuPont is the only US producer of PFOA, which is used in the
production of stain repellent coatings such as food packaging,
textiles and carpets, and is also used as a processing aid in
the manufacture of fluoropolymers for use in non-stick
surfaces such as Teflon coated cookware.

Animal and human studies have found a likely association of PFOA
with a wide array of health harms, ranging from elevated
cholesterol, to liver damage, birth defects, and cancer. As a
result of these studies, most involving animal testing, PFOA has
come under increasing scrutiny in regulatory, consumer and
judicial forums.

DuPont has paid a record $16.5 million civil settlement to the
EPA recently for alleged failures to disclose hazards related to
the chemical. The ongoing Department of Justice grand jury
probe could yet result in separate criminal charges being brought
against DuPont or its officers.

In a development that has received much publicity, DuPont
management has agreed under the EPA?s "PFOA Stewardship" program
to reduce environmental emissions of PFOA and to "cap" product
content.

Although the EPA PFOA Stewardship program requires companies to
commit to "working toward" the elimination of PFOA and PFOA
precursors in products, the DuPont management's commitment to
that ultimate goal appears to be ambivalent. Nowhere in its
letter of "commitment" to EPA does DuPont management agree to
eliminate the use or production of PFOA on any timeline.
Instead, the management targets PFOA emissions and states its
plans for "caps" on residues in products.  In other words, as
things stand now the company may be planning to continue to
produce and use PFOA not just over the next ten years, but
indefinitely, and may even allow some "capped" amounts of PFOA
or PFOA precursors in DuPont products.

Despite the recent DuPont concessions to EPA, we believe that
shareholder value remains at risk.  The following issues
represent threats to shareholder value that
may have imminent or long term impact on the company:

-Manufacturer, retailer and consumer migrations from DuPont's
PFOA products. Major retailers, such as Wal-Mart and McDonalds,
have recently indicated intentions to reduce PFOA in products
sold. Though DuPont may be "capping" PFOA content in products,
there is little reason to expect that consumers or retailers
will necessarily accept PFOA content in any amount, especially
as competitors develop PFOA free alternatives.  DuPont's Teflon
non-stick cookware products continue to receive media scrutiny.

- Entry of competitors into DuPont markets. The search for
alternatives is driving DuPont's competitors, who are bringing
PFOA-free products to market.

- Possible expedited US, state or foreign regulatory action. On
March 7, the USEPA published a Federal Register notice asserting
that it can no longer presume that long chain polymers similar
to PFOA 'will not present an unreasonable risk to human health
or the environment.'  The agency proposed withdrawing a
longstanding exemption to premanufacture notices under the
Toxic Substance Control Act for those seeking to manufacture or
import new substances of this kind.

- Potential liability related to consumer and environmental
exposures to PFOA at DuPont and other companies. Consumer
liability suits have been filed against DuPont over the alleged
toxicity of Teflon, and numerous issues of
potential environmental contamination have been raised at several
sites.

Based on the company's disclosures, the product lines involved
represent at least a billion dollars in annual revenues.  Yet,
to date, DuPont has failed to detail any impacts on shareholder
value or company earnings resulting from the elevated consumer
concerns, reputational damage or market shifts related to PFOA
impacts.

In conclusion, we believe shareholder value remains at risk as
long as PFOA is used in manufacture, or can be a breakdown
byproduct, of DuPont products.  We urge DuPont management to move
toward a genuine and phase-out of the use of PFOA and of any
substances that can break down to PFOA, and to provide better
disclosure of the financial impacts the controversy is having
and of the options for expediting DuPont's movement out of PFOA
chemistry.

Sincerely,

Adam Kanzer
Domini Social Funds

Andrew Shalit
Green Century Capital Management

John Harrington
Harrington Investments

Julie Gozan
Amalgamated Bank Longview Funds

Pat Zerega,
Director Corporate Social Responsibility,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Lauren Compere
Boston Common Asset Management

Neil Stallings
Sierra Club Funds

Valerie Heinonen
Mercy Investments

Michael Passoff
As You Sow Foundation