Guardian Pollution

New York Sues 3M, DuPont Over PFAS Contamination in Consumer Products

State says companies hid environmental and health risks of Pfas for decades even as they began phasing them out Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email New ⁠York sued 3M, DuPont and other companies ⁠on Thursday ⁠for ​causing a public nuisance by selling “forever ⁠chemicals” that they knew were toxic for use ⁠in consumer products. The ​state’s attorney ‌general, ‌Letitia James, accused the companies ‌of hiding the chemicals’ environmental and health risks from consumers for decades, eve