3M Contaminates US Public Drinking Water with Toxic PFAS Chemicals, Pays 10B for Cleanup

3M announced that it had reached an agreement to settle lawsuits over their use of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” that contaminated water supplies in the United States. The settlement is a result of thousands of lawsuits 3M faced for the last two decades over its manufacturing of products containing PFAS.

PFAS Lawsuits Trigger Bankruptcy for Fire Protection Company

Kidde-Fenwal Inc, a subsidiary of Carrier Global Corp that specializes in fire control systems, filed for bankruptcy on May 14, 2023, due to the weight of lawsuits alleging that PFAS “forever chemicals” in its firefighting foam products have contaminated water sources around U.S. airports and military bases.

3M Knew its PFAS Chemicals were Toxic Decades Ago but Kept it Secret

Here is an investigative report revealing how 3M knew for decades that PFOS, one of the many PFAS chemicals, used in their products like Scotchgard stain repellent and Teflon cookware, were likely highly toxic to their customers and everything else around them, but kept silent and said nothing to the public or the U.S. government…