3M accused of contaminating Hastings' public wells with toxic chemical
A lawsuit accuses the global manufacturing company 3M of contaminating public drinking water wells in Hastings, Minnesota, with the toxic chemical perfluorooctanoic acid.
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A lawsuit accuses the global manufacturing company 3M of contaminating public drinking water wells in Hastings, Minnesota, with the toxic chemical perfluorooctanoic acid.
The city of Hastings, Minnesota, is suing 3M over alleged contamination of five public wells with a forever chemical, plus more of the day’s top stories.
Arika Kundu, 13, is a top 10 finalist for the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a nationwide competition that gives middle schoolers the chance to change their world for the better.
Winning the Minnesota PGA Player of the Year Award in back-to-back years means Thomas Campbell is gearing up for his second straight appearance in the 3M Open.
Australia is suing 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called "forever chemical" contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases, the government says.
Australia says Maplewood-based 3M withheld information about the environmental risks of PFAS.
The top 10 finalists from across the country of the 3M Young Scientists Challenge presented their projects on Monday at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The top ten finalists from across the country presented their projects in the 3M Young Scientists Challenge in St. Paul on Monday. WCCO’s Lisa Meadows shares some of the innovations developed by young, brilliant minds.
It's not the bird, but you know the name. Carson Herron comes from great Minnesota golf genes.
Efforts are underway in Lake Elmo to remove dangerous PFAS chemicals from the environment.
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.
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.
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.
Walking into The Lab next to the 18th hole at TPC Twin Cities, you'll forget you're even on a golf course.
In a news release Wednesday, 3M said 249,000 claimants have registered for the settlement. There were 293,000 total claims before the settlement, and courts dismissed 41,000 of them, 3M said.
St. Paul-based 3M has named its next leader.
St. Paul-based 3M has named its next leader.
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.
The 3M Skills Development Center is dedicated to educating and upskilling technicians across all experience levels on the most updated automotive collision repair and refinishing processes through intensive, hands-on training.
3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing company supplied faulty combat earplugs to the military that resulted in significant injuries, such as hearing loss.
3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing company supplied faulty combat earplugs to the military that resulted in significant injuries, such as hearing loss.
Twenty-two attorneys general want a federal court to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with PFAS chemicals.
For the last 20 years, Minnesota has been battling PFAS - toxic, synthetic chemicals that can invade the environment and have proved difficult to remove.
