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DC Attorney General, 21 other AGs oppose 3M settlement over water systems contamination with 'forever chemicals'
Jul 27, 2023
https://wjla.com/news/local/attorney-generals-oppose-3m-103-billion-settlement-public-drinking-water-contamination-forever-chemicals-pfas-health-problems-brian-schwalb-dc-environmental-protection-agency-epa
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily.
The deal announced in June doesn't give individual water suppliers enough time to determine how much money they would get and whether it would cover their costs of removing the compounds known collectively as PFAS, said the officials with 19 states, Washington, D.C., and two territories. In some cases the agreement could shift liability from the company to providers, they said.