3M's Cordova chemical plant on the Mississippi River upstream from the Quad Cities on Dec. 7, 2022. The company dumps highly toxic PFAS chemicals into the river and has contaminated hundreds of acres near the plant by spreading the plant's sewage sludge on land owned by 3M. 3M announced Tuesday it will stop making PFAS chemicals within the next two years.
Faced with an avalanche of lawsuits and more intense scrutiny from government regulators in the United States and Europe, 3M announced Tuesday it will stop making forever chemicals within the next two years. Minnesota-based 3M pioneered the chemicals after World War II. During the past two decades, trial lawyers obtained once-secret company documents revealing that by the 1950s 3M executives knew about the dangers of their Scotchgard stain repellent and other self-promoted miracle products containing the chemicals.Also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS — forever chemicals are highly toxic and almost indestructible. They are in the blood of nearly every American.
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