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[–] tldrbot 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tl;dr:

3M on Thursday reached a $10.3 million agreement to settle lawsuits filed against it over water contamination linked to its products. June 23 - U.S. chemical and manufacturing behemoth 3M has reached a $10.3 million settlement with public water suppliers nationwide that accused it of contaminating drinking water with so-called forever chemicals. The settlement, pending court approval, was announced by the company in a statement Thursday that said the agreement resolves current and future drinking water claims by public water suppliers concerning drinking water contamination. The settlement amount is payable over 13 years and will go toward treatment, testing and clean up of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are known as PFAS. These so-called forever chemicals are long lasting and ingredients found in everyday products from cookware to firefighting foam, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health and Sciences. Among the allegations the settlement resolves is a lawsuit that was filed against 3M and other companies, such as DuPont, by the city of Stuart, Fla., in 2018 after it learned its water supply was contaminated with PFAS, which are associated with elevated health risks, including for cancers.


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[–] wit 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh.. nice bot! I like how the community is starting to do its thing!

Though I find that the TLDR is still too long...

[–] QuarterSwede 7 points 1 year ago

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[–] toxic_cloud 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's it? The company is worth $55 billion

Edit: Source says $10.3b now

[–] QuarterSwede 4 points 1 year ago

That’s what I was thinking. This is garbage!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ahhh, just the price of doing business right?

[–] dan1101 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linked article says 10.3B now, suggest update. We can edit headlines on Lemmy.

[–] WorldNews 2 points 1 year ago
[–] dan1101 2 points 1 year ago

Somewhat encouraging, $10.3 billion dollars has to be one of the highest penalties ever. Of course I'm sure 3M will appeal and that will take years.