EU Plans Ban on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Consumer Products January 20, 2025 By Kate Abnett The European Commission intends to propose a ban on the use of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in consumer products, with...
Trick or Treat? Lawsuit Alleges Some Hershey Candy Wrappers Contain PFAS October 31, 2024 Just two days before Halloween, The Hershey Co. was hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that the packaging of...
Connecticut Residents Sue Kimberly-Clark Over PFAS Use That Firm Denies March 6, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Some of manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s neighbors in New Milford, Connecticut believe the paper goods manufacturer has contaminated their soil and...
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...
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...
Wisconsin Attorney General Sues 18 Companies over PFAS Contamination July 21, 2022 Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force nearly 20 companies that he alleges contaminated the...