{"id":2015900,"date":"2023-08-29T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3m-forever-chemicals-settlement-advances-but-some-ags-unhappy-with-payout\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:58:22","slug":"3m-forever-chemicals-settlement-advances-but-some-ags-unhappy-with-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3m-forever-chemicals-settlement-advances-but-some-ags-unhappy-with-payout\/","title":{"rendered":"3M&#8217;s settlement for &#8216;forever chemicals&#8217; progresses, but some AGs dissatisfied with payout."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F3m-forever-chemicals-settlement-advances-but-some-ags-unhappy-with-payout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A $10-12 Billion Public Water Contamination Settlement\u200b Advances as State\u200c Attorneys General Drop Objections<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3m-forever-chemicals-settlement-advances-but-some-ags-unhappy-with-payout\/\" title=\"3M's settlement for 'forever chemicals' progresses, but some AGs dissatisfied with payout.\">long-awaited -12 billion public\u2063 water \u2062contamination settlement<\/a> with manufacturing giant 3M has\u2062 taken a significant step \u2064forward after\u200c objections from 22 state attorneys general \u2063were dropped. This landmark deal, which still requires approval from\u2062 a U.S. district court, follows a lawsuit against 3M for its role in\u200c water contamination caused by\u200d &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221; known as PFAS, which have been linked\u200c to various illnesses.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of PFAS<\/h3>\n<p>PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are synthetic chemicals that are resistant to\u200b oil and water, as well as heat. They \u2064are commonly used \u200din nonstick surfaces and as linings in food packaging. However, their\u200d presence in water sources has raised concerns due to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californians-receiving-unemployment-must-start-looking-for-work-next-month-to-remain-eligible\/\" title=\"Californians Receiving Unemployment Must Start Looking For Work Next Month To Remain Eligible\">potential health risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u2063 Bipartisan Intervention<\/h3>\n<p>A\u2064 bipartisan group of attorneys general, led by Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta, intervened in 3M&#8217;s initial \u200bsettlement proposal.\u200c They raised concerns about liability and payout issues. Democratic Minnesota Attorney General\u2064 Keith Ellison specifically highlighted a clause that shifted PFAS liability\u2064 from 3M to public\u200b water utilities, as well as the lack of clarity regarding settlement funding for those utilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Corporate \u2064polluters like\u200c 3M should not be able to evade \u2063responsibility for contaminating our waters with toxic &#8216;forever chemicals&#8217; that \u2062have caused devastating health problems,&#8221; \u2063stated Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was involved \u2062in the\u2064 negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Republican attorneys general, including Jonathan Skrmetti of\u200b Tennessee, Dave Yost of Ohio, John Formella of New Hampshire, and Texas provisional \u2063Attorney \u2062General Angela Colmenero, were also \u2062part of the\u2063 action.<\/p>\n<h3>Objections Withdrawn, but Concerns Remain<\/h3>\n<p>3M&#8217;s chief legal affairs officer, Kevin Rhodes, announced that the \u200cattorneys general had withdrawn their objections after the company\u200c addressed their concerns. He stated, &#8220;We&#8217;re now in a position where\u200b the \u2062parties \u200cbelieve the \u2064settlement is fair for\u2062 the class members, and the overall agreement is\u2064 now before the court for\u200c preliminary approval.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, despite \u2064the progress, five attorneys general, led by Bonta, filed a brief with the\u2064 court expressing \u2063concerns\u200b about the amount of money 3M would pay. \u2062They argued that the $10-12 billion figure was insufficient to cover the \u2064extensive damage\u200c caused by PFAS pollution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;3M declined\u2063 to pay \u2062an amount \u200bthat accurately reflects the extraordinary damage \u2062it has caused to public drinking water \u200dsystems, and it \u2062declined to provide water \u2062suppliers the\u2062 money to remediate \u2063that damage\u2062 more quickly,&#8221; stated Bonta in a press\u2064 release.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Bonta in \u200cthis effort were four \u2063Democratic colleagues: Kristin Mayes of Arizona, Brian\u2062 Schwalb of the District \u200dof Columbia, Michelle\u2062 Henry of Pennsylvania, and Josh Kaul of\u200c Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<h3>Regulatory \u200dActions and Future Implications<\/h3>\n<p>These \u200clegal actions coincide\u2062 with ongoing efforts by \u200cstate and federal regulators to implement stricter monitoring and filtration requirements for PFAS chemicals in public water \u2064supplies. Additionally, there are proposals to ban products containing these\u2062 harmful substances.<\/p>\n<p>As the settlement progresses through the \u200bcourt system, the outcome will have significant implications for holding corporations accountable for environmental\u2062 damage and ensuring the safety \u200bof \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-west-coast-wildfire-damage-promotes-spending-plan\/\" title=\"Biden Surveys West Coast Wildfire Damage, Promotes Spending Plan\">public water sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u200dhere<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>caused health risks. The settlement, ranging from $10 billion to $12 billion, has progressed as 22 state attorneys general withdrew their objections. Pending approval from a U.S. district court, the agreement resolves the lawsuit against 3M for its involvement in water contamination caused by PFAS, also known as &#8220;forever chemicals,&#8221; that posed health hazards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2015901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}