Georgia Republicans seek to shield carpet industry, cities from costly toxic PFAS lawsuits

By Dylan Jackson | AJC | February 19, 2025

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"As northwest Georgia’s carpet manufacturing industry faces a barrage of potentially costly lawsuits, a new proposal introduced in the state legislature would grant broad immunity to carpet companies and municipalities accused of tainting the public water supply with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

House Bill 211, introduced recently by several northwest Georgia Republicans, comes as the area’s carpet industry faces at least half a dozen lawsuits accusing them of contaminating local drinking water with PFAS — compounds connected to a host of negative health effects, including fertility problems and certain cancers."

 

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