Chemical manufacturer 3M Co. will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds used in ...

Consumer products giant 3M announced Tuesday that it will stop making and using a ubiquitous class of long-lasting, hazardous chemicals that can pose health risks to millions of Americans. The ...

3M’s role in pioneering and selling PFAS chemicals has resulted in mounting legal costs as more pollution is found. Documents released to the public through lawsuits show 3M executives knew that ...

3M will phase out the manufacturing of so-called “forever chemicals” and try to get them out of all their products within two years, the chemical and consumer products maker said Tuesday.

3M found that many of its products, including Scotchgard and Scotchban, leached toxic chemicals called PFAS. Sharon Lerner reports on why the company kept making them.

3M, based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, said it will exit all PFAS manufacturing and “work to discontinue use of PFAS” in all its products by the end of 2025.

Industrial giant 3M will stop manufacturing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and discontinue the use of these so-called forever chemicals by the end of 2025, the company announced Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has delivered a victory for environmentalists in the battle over the regulation of “forever ...

Although PFOS is no longer used in the United States, the class of compounds known as PFAS includes thousands of chemicals that are literally everywhere — in cars, cell phones, paint, coatings, ...

3M will pay New Jersey up to $450 million over the next 25 years, resolving claims regarding widespread contamination from “forever chemicals. ... These cancer-linked compounds are present in ...

PFAS may be lurking in your water and food supply 04:31. Traverse City, Mich. — Chemical manufacturer 3M Co. will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S ...