Firefighters Fear Toxic Chemicals in Gear Contributing to Rising Cancer Cases September 19, 2023 By Michael Casey Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered a large tumor...
3M Is in at Least $10 Billion Forever-Chemicals Pollution Settlement June 2, 2023 By Jef Feeley Update: 3M Granted Delay in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Trial to Negotiate Settlement 3M Co. struck a tentative settlement of at least...
3M, DuPont to Pay $100 Million to End Georgia Lawsuit Over Polluted Drinking Water June 2, 2023 By Jef Feeley and David Voreacos 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other makers of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have agreed to pay more...
Chemical Makers to Set Aside $1.19B to Settle PFAS-Related Claims in U.S. June 2, 2023 By Clark Mindock Chemours Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc and Corteva Inc. on Friday said they had reached an agreement in principle to...
Maryland AG Sues 3M, DuPont, Other Manufacturers Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ May 31, 2023 Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed two lawsuits seeking to hold multiple chemical manufacturers accountable for contamination of...
Firefighting Foam Contaminates Public Water for About 9,000 in Maine May 25, 2023 WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) – Firefighting foam used in battling a fatal fire in an apartment building entered the public water...
Maine Proposal Would Buy Out Farms Contaminated by PFAS Chemicals February 16, 2023 A Maine lawmaker has proposed a bill to require the state to offer to buy out farmers whose land was...
Michigan Sues Paper Company Over PFAS-Contaminated Waste December 22, 2022 PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) _ The state of Michigan is accusing a former paper mill owner of sending contaminated waste...
3M Will Stop Producing ‘Forever Chemical’ PFAS by End of 2025 December 20, 2022 By Tiffany Kary and Ryan Beene 3M Co., confronting regulatory pressure and lawsuits that threaten billions of dollars in damages, will stop making so-called forever chemicals...
3M Faces Claim in Netherlands Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution December 14, 2022 The Netherlands’s government is exploring its legal options against chemical giant 3M over pollution in the Dutch part of the...