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“New York is suing several large chemical companies it says polluted the environment with PFAS, commonly known as forever chemicals.
In a suit filed Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses major chemical companies, including DuPont De Nemours and 3M, of knowingly polluting the state’s environment with forever chemicals linked to health issues such as cancer and birth defects. The suit alleges that the manufacturers deceived the public by producing the consumer products with PFAS and not warning the public about the risks.
The state is seeking a court order to end the sale of products containing PFAS without warning labels to consumers as well as hold companies liable for environmental and public health effects of exposure from their products. The Chemours Company and Corteva are also named as defendants in the suit.
‘Big companies like 3M and DuPont knowingly sold toxic products that threatened New Yorkers’ health and polluted our environment for decades. It’s time for them to pay for the damage they caused,’ James said.”…