3M sued by Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe over PFAS contamination

By Joe Augustine and Mike Manzoni | Fox 9 | October 14, 2025

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"3M’s potential legal exposure related to PFAS continues to grow after the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe filed a federal lawsuit this week accusing the Minnesota-based company of contaminating its water supplies, jeopardizing the reservation’s natural resources and public health.

3M faces another lawsuit over PFAS contamination

What we know:

In a lawsuit filed this week, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe said several years of testing for PFAS contamination on its reservation produced "alarming" results.

The Band revealed it has stopped using the public water system that supplies two schools and is instead using bottled water."