3M chairman Mike Roman said the deal was “an important step forward” that builds on the company’s decision in 2020 to phase out PFOA and PFOS and its investments in “state-of-the-art water filtration technology in our chemical manufacturing operations.” The company, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, will halt all PFAS production by the end of 2025, he said.
“The result is that millions of Americans will have healthier lives without PFAS in their drinking water,” Summy said.Photo by PFAS Project Lab Most of the lawsuits have stemmed from firefighter training exercises at airports, military bases and other sites around the U.S. that repeatedly used foams laced with high concentrations of PFAS, Summy said.3M’s website says the company helped the U.S. Navy develop foams containing PFAS chemicals in the 1960s.