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"3M, DuPont, Chemours Hit With Long Island PFAS Claims"

"3M Co., E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., and Chemours Co. were hit with suits by two water authorities in Nassau County, N.Y., alleging the companies contaminated their water supplies with toxic substances.

The Water Authority of Great Neck North and Garden City Park Fire and Water District filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York—joining a growing mass of litigation from utilities, local governments, and individuals concerned about the impacts of a class of chemicals known as PFAS.

The new complaints seek to recover costs to restore damaged drinking water supply wells, allegedly contaminated with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and/or perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) from the companies’ products."

Peter Hayes and Ellen M. Gilmer report for Bloomberg Environment November 25, 2019.

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/26/2019