Studies show that PFAS can lead to cancer or other health issues, including damage to the liver or thyroid gland.
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. The company didn't specify how it will eliminate the chemicals, but noted that it has already discontinued PFAS in some products"over the past three years through ongoing research and development."
"For the sake of our health and our environment, we hope 3M will phase out PFAS production before 2025 and that other companies will follow suit," John Rumpler, the senior clean water director for Environment America, said in a statement. In a November lawsuit, the state of California accused 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms that have over decades found their way into waterways and human bloodstreams. In 2018, 3M agreed toto settle a lawsuit from the state of Minnesota alleging the company polluted drinking water and resouces in the Twin Cities area.
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