$7.35 billion PFAS settlement: 3M to pay people who blame health problems on ‘forever chemicals’ phased out of firefighting foam for more than 20 years

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   $7.35 billion PFAS settlement: 3M to pay people who blame health problems on ‘forever chemicals’ phased out of firefighting foam for more than 20 years

   3M will pay up to $7.35 billion to settle lawsuits from as many as 120,000 people who say groundwater tainted by its “forever chemicals” made them sick, as Rebecca Boone reports for the Associated Press. The St. Paul, Minnesota-based manufacturer announced the deal on November 6, 2026, and will pay…

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