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Senator Gillibrand announces PFAS contamination legislation
Policy
1 Feb 2024
The PFAS Accountability Act seeks to make it easier for contaminated victims to sue manufacturers.
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Connecticut suing 28 companies for PFAS in products
News
25 Jan 2024 | wtnh
Attorney General William Tong (D-Conn.) is suing companies for knowingly contaminating the state’s waters and natural resources.
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‘Forever chemicals’ remain in Minnesota, but Pentagon says PFAS are crucial to national security
News
13 Dec 2023 | KSTP
3M recently announced it will stop manufacturing PFAS by 2025, and a new Minnesota law bans all non-essential uses of the chemicals, but now the effort to expand reforms is being called a threat to national security.
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Delaware AG Files PFAS Suit Against Numerous Companies
Policy
2 Nov 2023
On October 26, Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings filed a lawsuit against fourteen chemical companies for allegedly contaminating the state’s natural resources with PFAS traceable to the use and disposal of AFFF, a specialized firefighting foam product widely used at airports and military bases.
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3M evaluating options for PFAS manufacturing in Belgium
News
25 Sep 2023
3M said on Monday it was looking at options to further accelerate the stoppage of manufacturing of PFAS chemicals at its Zwijndrecht facility in Belgium and warned of a likely hit due to the continued idling of the plant.
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Addressing America’s PFAS issue cannot wait forever
News
12 Sep 2023 | Roll Call
'Polluter pays' should guide addressing PFAS contamination.
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3M’s Revised PFAS Settlement Includes Atypical Liability Terms
News
5 Sep 2023 | Bloomberg Law
An unusual provision states and the 3M Co. negotiated in a revised multibillion-dollar PFAS settlement limits some future liability that water utilities and the company could face, a notable change with more litigation over the chemicals likely, attorneys say.
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3M faces further legal battles after earplugs, PFAS settlements
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5 Sep 2023 | Yahoo!Finance
3M Company settled a lawsuit over faulty earplugs sold to the U.S. military for $6 billion, but that still may not be the end of the company's legal troubles.
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3M's $10.3 billion PFAS settlement gets preliminary approval
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30 Aug 2023 | Reuters
3M on Tuesday secured preliminary approval for a $10.3 billion deal resolving claims by U.S. public water providers that the company polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals, less than a day after a group of 22 U.S. states and territories dropped their objections to the deal.
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Investigation into water near 3M plant led to discovery of old and new chemicals in fish
News
11 Aug 2023 | Minnesota Reformer
Average PFOS concentration in Lake Rebecca fish was almost 10 times the national average.
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Jersey residents affected by PFAS consider legal action
News
4 Aug 2023 | BBC News
Jersey residents who think their health was impacted by chemicals that leaked into their water supply 30 years ago are considering a group legal action.
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Chemical companies’ PFAS payouts are huge – but the problem is even bigger
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3 Aug 2023 | The Guardian
3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have agreed settlement in the billions for polluting drinking water with ‘forever chemicals.'
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Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a health hazard: Current state of knowledge and strategies in environmental settings across Asia and future perspectives
Science
29 Jul 2023 | J. Chem. Eng.
This review discussed the current knowledge of PFAS in Asian countries and how the lack of a regulatory framework has exposed millions of people to the potential negative health impacts of PFAS.
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Fond du Lac Band sues 3M and other companies over PFAS pollution
News
28 Jul 2023 | MPR News
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a lawsuit against 3M and 23 other companies over contamination of its water and fish with PFAS, so-called ‘forever chemicals.’
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Maine among 22 states to oppose $10.3 billion deal over PFAS in drinking water
News
27 Jul 2023 | Portland Press Herald
In a court filing, the attorneys general said it would force nearly all public water providers nationwide to participate unless they withdraw individually – even those that haven't filed suits or tested for PFAS.