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PFAS Litigation Begins ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ Turn Toward Insurers
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8 Mar 2023 | Bloomberg Law
Insurance companies say they fear that PFAS is on the cusp of becoming a major issue for the industry, with the specter of health and environmental damage claims dragging them into court battles that, until now, they’ve managed to avoid.
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Pittsboro sues 20 companies, including 3M, Chemours, DuPont over PFAS contamination in town drinking water
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27 Jan 2023 | The Pulse
The Town of Pittsboro has sued more than 20 companies, including Chemours, DuPont and 3M, BASF and several other manufacturers of PFAS, for allegedly polluting its water supply with the toxic compounds.
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Investors pressure top firms to halt production of toxic ‘forever chemicals’
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6 Jan 2023 | The Guardian
Investors from some of the world’s largest firms are pressuring chemical companies to end production of toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, which shareholders say represent an enormous and growing threat to manufacturers’ bottom lines.
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Facing Litigation And Years-Long Push For Increased Regulation, Conglomerate Ends Production Of PFAS Chemicals
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28 Dec 2022 | Forbes
This decision by 3M follows efforts by state lawmakers to enact broad bans or other regulations restricting the use of PFAS in recent years.
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3M sees “writing on the wall,” says it will stop making PFAS
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21 Dec 2022 | The New Lede
The company 3M, which makes over 60,000 products, said Tuesday it will stop manufacturing toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” and work to discontinue use of PFAS in its products by the end of 2025.
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3M will stop making 'forever chemicals.' What to know about their link to cancer, health risks
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20 Dec 2022 | USA Today
3M announced this week that it will stop making chemicals commonly known as “forever chemicals” and stop using them in its products in the coming years.
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Toxic: 3M knew its chemicals were harmful decades ago, but didn’t tell the public, government
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16 Dec 2022 | Minnesota Reformer
Internal documents show the Minnesota company hid the dangers for decades.
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Potential harms of Biden’s microchip boom
Policy
15 Dec 2022
With proper safeguards, the CHIPS and Science Act could add jobs and opportunities to communities around the country, as well as make the world a healthier place.
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[Press Release] Investors with $8 trillion call for phase-out of dangerous “forever chemicals”
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29 Nov 2022 | ChemSec
The world’s biggest chemical companies are turning a blind eye to the emerging global crisis.
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PFAS Rule to Cost Many Millions More, EPA Analysis Finds
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23 Nov 2022 | Bloomberg Law
Companies would pay hundreds of millions of dollars more to report their production of PFAS and importation of goods made with the chemicals than the EPA originally estimated, according to a revised economic analysis the agency will publish Friday.
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More than 110 experts raise alarm over WHO’s ‘weak’ PFAS limits for drinking water
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19 Nov 2022 | The Guardian
Independent scientists raise concerns about apparent industry influence and distortions of the science in WHO guidelines.
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Michigan judge sides with 3M, invalidates PFAS cleanup rules
Policy
17 Nov 2022
he state of Michigan did not follow proper administrative procedure when setting groundwater cleanup standards for PFAS chemicals, according to a judicial order which invalidated those rules this week but did not immediately prohibit their continued usage.
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California sues over PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ that taint water
Policy
14 Nov 2022
A lawsuit filed Thursday by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms that have over decades found their way into waterways and human bloodstreams.
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California Sues 3M and DuPont Over PFAS Chemicals
Policy
10 Nov 2022
California is suing 3M Co. and DuPont de Nemours Inc. along with other manufacturers of PFAS, a collection of chemicals that have been linked to health issues including cancer and are commonly found in consumer products such as fabrics, food packaging and cookware.
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Legacy and emerging airborne per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) collected on PM2.5 filters in close proximity to a fluoropolymer manufacturing facility
Science
9 Nov 2022 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Twelve emerging and ten legacy PFAS compounds were detected in aerosol samples around a fluoropolymer manufacturing facility at concentrations higher than at regional background sites, suggesting the manufacturing facility as the local source for these compounds.