$20 million from 3M settlement to fund outdoor projects in east metro

By Kirsti Marohn | MPR News | January 27, 2025

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"Money from Minnesota’s settlement with 3M over “forever chemicals” will soon be available for natural resources projects in the east Twin Cities metro.

Under the 2018 settlement, Maplewood-based 3M agreed to pay the state $850 million for contamination from PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

3M produced the chemicals at its Cottage Grove facility and disposed of them in landfills, where they leached into the groundwater. Two types of PFAS, which 3M phased out of production in the early 2000s, have been linked to negative health impacts including liver and thyroid disease and cancer."