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“Having already paid tens of millions of dollars to settle other lawsuits, a carpet manufacturer in Northwest Georgia is now suing several large companies that created products containing so-called ‘forever chemicals.’
Mohawk Industries filed a lawsuit Nov. 8 in Whitfield County Superior Court against 3M Company, the Chemours Company, Daikin American and E.I du Pont de Nemours and Company (referred to as ‘DuPont’ in the lawsuit). The complaint lists Mohawk Industries, Mohawk Carpet LLC and Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation as the plaintiffs.
Mohawk alleges the corporations concealed the risks of PFAS, an acronym for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and made false or misleading assurances about their safety.”…