Michigan Property Owners, 3M Settle PFAS Case for $54 Million September 23, 2022 A judge has given tentative approval to a $54 million settlement involving 3M Co., a shoe manufacturer and property owners...
3M Belgian Settlement Signals Increased Risk of ‘Toxic Torts’ in Europe September 16, 2022 By Adam Grossman and Sheryll Mangahas “Toxic torts,” which are lawsuits alleging damage to human health or the environment caused by specific substances, are increasingly common...
‘Forever Chemicals’ Pose Risk Even at Very Low Levels: EPA June 20, 2022 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than...
Pressure Growing to Remove PFAS from Fast Food Wrappers June 8, 2022 By Michael Casey Brenda Hampton first came across the toxic industrial compound PFAS after finding it was part of the cocktail of contaminants...
Massachusetts Joins States Suing Makers, Marketers of ‘Forever Chemicals’ May 27, 2022 By Mark Pratt Massachusetts has sued more than a dozen companies involved in the manufacture or marketing of so-called forever chemicals, alleging they...
Maine Farmers Want Ban on ‘Forever Chemical’ Sludge in Fields March 3, 2022 Maine farmers want lawmakers to pass a bill banning fertilizer and compost containing wastewater sludge that’s been linked to toxic...
Delaware Residents Near Guard Base Report High Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’ February 23, 2022 By Randall Chase Residents living near an Air National Guard base in northern Delaware have average blood levels of certain toxic manmade chemicals...
Maine Eyes Additional Funding to Fight ‘Forever Chemicals’ February 22, 2022 Maine lawmakers are going to consider more funding to fight “forever chemicals” as more farms discover contamination. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl...
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...