Massachusetts Firefighters With Cancer Sue Companies Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ February 18, 2022 Fifteen retired and active-duty firefighters from Massachusetts say in a federal lawsuit filed against two dozen companies that so-called forever...
Maine Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Wells in Kittery Homes January 28, 2022 Testing wells in a Maine town contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) and the chemicals may have traveled through well systems...
Judge Gives Preliminary OK to Firm’s $34M ‘Forever Chemical’ Settlement in Vermont January 12, 2022 A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $34 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against a chemical company...
Vermont Company to Pay $34M in Chemical Contamination Lawsuit November 15, 2021 A chemical company has agreed to pay $34 million to compensate residents of a Vermont town for chemical contamination in...
Judge Dismisses Chemours Shareholder Suit Over DuPont Spinoff Liabilities November 3, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Michael Leonard A Delaware judge dismissed a suit by Chemours Co. shareholders alleging directors misled them about the company’s financial health and...
3M Offers $98M to Settle Tennessee River ‘Forever’ Chemicals Claims October 20, 2021 By Sebastien Malo Industrial conglomerate 3M Co on Tuesday said it had agreed to pay about $98.4 million to settle claims that it...
Maine to Seek ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination at Many Sites October 15, 2021 Environmental regulators in Maine will soon undertake a statewide investigation to find concentrations of long-lasting environmental pollutants. The investigation stems...
Airports Urged to Avoid Using Firefighting Foam With PFAS October 5, 2021 By David Shepardson The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it had urged U.S. airports to limit the use of firefighting foam with the...
Toxic PFAS Found in Groundwater Near Military Bases in Great Lakes Region September 1, 2021 By John Flesher High levels of toxic, widely used “forever chemicals” contaminate groundwater around at least six military sites in the Great Lakes...
Maine Enacts Law That Will Ban Use of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in All Products by 2030 August 20, 2021 By Elizabeth Blosfield Maine last month enacted a law that makes it the first U.S. state to ban the use of PFAS, or...