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Bill to make PFAS polluters pay for clean-up moves to NC Senate after passing House
Policy
20 Jun 2025
A bill that would make manufacturers of “forever chemicals” pay for the cost of public water systems to filter PFAS pollution is being considered by the state Senate after passing the NC House of Representatives last month.
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EPA takes 'milestone' action against PFAS company 3M Australia
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29 May 2025 | ABC West
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (NSW EPA) has issued a clean-up notice to 3M Australia after the forever chemicals were found in soil and water across 100 hectares of Brogans Creek Quarry, south-east of Mudgee.
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3M to pay New Jersey up to $450M in landmark ‘forever chemical’ settlement
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14 May 2025 | The Hill
3M will pay the state of New Jersey up to $450 million over the next 25 years, resolving claims regarding widespread contamination from “forever chemicals.”
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[Video] How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet
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14 May 2025 | Veritasium
The biggest chemical cover up in history. PFAS has polluted the entire global water system.
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Chemical makers knew the harms. It didn’t matter.
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2 May 2025 | The Washington Post
In “They Poisoned the World,” investigative journalist Mariah Blake writes about the campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals.
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Supreme Court sends PFAS rules case between state, 3M back to lower court
Policy
7 Mar 2025
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ordered a lower court to reconsider a case governing the future of Michigan regulations that seek to crack down on so-called "forever chemicals" in water supplies.
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Water provider Aqua sues chemical company, alleging PFAS contamination in West Chester
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6 Mar 2025 | WHYY
The lawsuit alleges French company Arkema negligently discharged PFAS into the Goose Creek watershed in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
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$20 million from 3M settlement to fund outdoor projects in east metro
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27 Jan 2025 | MPR News
Money from Minnesota’s settlement with 3M over “forever chemicals” will soon be available for natural resources projects in the east Twin Cities metro.
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3M knew firefighting foams containing PFAS were toxic, documents show
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15 Jan 2025 | The Guardian
Newly uncovered documents reveal chemicals giant was aware ‘environmentally neutral’ products did not biodegrade.
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3M PFAS lawsuits cost billions. Insurance giant AIG doesn't want to pay
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13 Jan 2025 | Fox 9
Insurance company AIG filed a lawsuit against Minnesota-based manufacturer 3M to avoid paying for thousands of lawsuits related to 3M’s production and dumping of PFAS chemicals.
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The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago
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2 Jan 2025 | The New York Times
The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”
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Texas sues DuPont, 3M over ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer products
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13 Dec 2024 | The Hill
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicals.
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Whistleblowing scientist accuses 3M of PFAS contamination cover-up in Minnesota
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22 Nov 2024 | CBS News
A former 3M scientist says she now believes executives knew PFAS were potentially harmful long before they shared that information.
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3M video depositions shed light on PFAS litigation, company’s research
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4 Nov 2024 | Fox 9
Hundreds of recorded depositions obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators show 3M executives and scientists were aware of potential environmental and health risks associated with PFAS chemicals decades before the company began phasing out the manufacturing of some chemicals.
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3M, Chemours Face PFAS Carpet Coating Deception Class Suit
Policy
30 Aug 2024
3M Co., EIDP Inc., and The Chemours Co. were accused in a proposed class action of covering up the harms of PFAS chemicals they sold as carpet stain repellents.