
Debate growing over lawsuit challenging Minnesota PFAS ban
A lawsuit and social media posts have some concerned about an effort to dismantle Minnesota's PFAS ban.
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A lawsuit and social media posts have some concerned about an effort to dismantle Minnesota's PFAS ban.
Last year, Minnesota lawmakers passed new protections after a young woman testified about contamination in her community just before she died. Her sister is now carrying on the fight to protect other families.
A former 3M scientist says she now believes executives knew PFAS were potentially harmful long before they shared that information.
PFAS are forever chemicals used in everyday items like nonstick pans, dental floss and food packaging that can build up in our bodies and harm our health.
There are expensive efforts in the east metro to filter out PFAS from drinking and wastewater. The forever chemicals are used in everyday items like nonstick pans, dental floss and food packaging. PFAS can build up in our bodies and harm our health. 3M settlement dollars are paying for $140 million dollar treatment facilities in Cottage Grove. But as our Erin Hassanzadeh shows us, other communities will have to foot some of the bill on their own.
Cottage Grove has a plan to filter PFAS out of its drinking water, and a way to pay for it.
Communities across Minnesota have drinking water that's contaminated with PFAS. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says PFAS don't break down in the environment. They do build up in the body and can lead to some serious health issues. That means more communities, like Cottage Grove will have to start filtering it out, but it's not cheap or easy.
Nineteen Minnesota cities and towns have levels of PFAS that exceed new federal guidelines for drinking water, and three of those communities are seeking support from the legislature this year to assist with their clean-up efforts.
Nineteen communities in Minnesota have elevated levels of PFAS, or "forever chemicals,” in their water.
Three years. That's how long the city of Hastings has to get their water in compliance with the new EPA PFAS guidelines.
The City of Hastings issued a notice on Wednesday morning informing its residents that some of its municipal wells are now above the allowable drinking standards for PFAS.
The Biden Administration is directing funding to help Minnesota get rid of forever chemicals in our water.
The Biden Administration announced Wednesday morning it's allocating $1 billion to help states fund PFAS detection and treatment systems.
The EPA will require that public water utilities test for six different types of PFAS chemicals to reduce exposure in drinking water.
"I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but it is bad news that there just isn't enough dollars available from manufacturers of these compounds to cover the need that we now have as a society to deal with the PFAS problem that exists," said Special Assistant Attorney General Peter Surdo.
You can find PFAS in cookware, cosmetics, and cleaning supplies to name a few. Their presence in our environment and our drinking water, sparking legal action.
Beginning in 2020, U.S. food manufacturers committed to phasing out PFAS in wrappers, boxes and bags with coating to prevent grease, water and other liquids from soaking through.
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Inside an unassuming lab in a corner of Minneapolis, scientists are working heads down to destroy a set of "forever chemicals" that are seeping into our drinking water with the potential to hurt our health, and to bolster public awareness.
For the last 20 years, Minnesota has been battling PFAS - toxic, synthetic chemicals that can invade the environment and have proved difficult to remove.
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