The chemical and manufacturing giant 3M reached a $10.3 billion settlement on Thursday with U.S. cities and towns over their claims that the company contaminated drinking water with so-called forever […]
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Back to news homeThree ‘Forever Chemicals’ Makers Settle Public Water Lawsuits
Three major chemical companies on Friday said they would pay more than $1 billion to settle the first in a wave of claims that they and other companies contaminated drinking […]
Johnson & Johnson Reaches Deal for $8.9 Billion Talc Settlement
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that it had agreed to pay $8.9 billion to tens of thousands of people who claimed the company’s talcum powder products caused cancer, a […]
Norfolk Southern’s Push for Profits Compromised Safety, Workers Say
Norfolk Southern once had so few accidents and injuries that it won the rail industry’s prestigious E.H. Harriman safety award for 23 years in a row until it was retired […]
Ohio Derailment Highlights Gap in Rail Safety Regulations
The company wanted to “use your community’s safety as their bargaining chip to further pursue their record profits,” the official, Jonathon Long, wrote. He is the general chairman of the […]
Norfolk Southern’s Profits and Accident Rates Rose Before Ohio Derailment
Last month, as Norfolk Southern, one of the largest railroads in North America, reported record operating profits, Alan H. Shaw, its chief executive, told shareholders that the company’s service was […]
How Chemours and DuPont Avoid Paying for PFAS Pollution
A Blame-Shifting ExerciseThe transactions that created Chemours and reinvented DuPont laid the groundwork for a blame-shifting exercise that has made it difficult for regulators and others to hold anyone accountable […]
E.P.A. Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show
A class of man-made chemicals that are toxic even in minuscule concentrations, for decades PFAS were used to make products like nonstick pans, stain-resistant carpeting and firefighting foam. The substances […]
Annie’s Pledges to Purge a Class of Chemicals From Its Mac and Cheese
Nearly four years after traces of chemicals believed to cause health problems in children and reproductive issues in adults were found in mass-market macaroni and cheese packets, Annie’s Homegrown has […]