The government alleges 3M, the American-based manufacturing giant, and its subsidiary, 3M Australia, withheld and misrepresented information about the effects of aqueous film-forming foam, did not disclose what it knew about environmental risks and gave assurances about disposal and environmental safety that were inconsistent with what the company knew.

“The government is committed to holding 3M to account for the economic and environmental harms associated with Pfas contamination,”

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[–] 17 points 5 months ago

Good. They have permanently poisoned many groundwater systems around Australia with PFAs from fire-fighting foam at training bases, fire stations, airports, army/navy locations etc... All 'because money' selling propietary chemicals they knew were a) highly toxic, b) eco accumulative, C) very long-lived, and hid it for years. Their actions have caused detriment to many lives and ecosystems permanently.

I'd personally like to see the people who made these company decisions jailed, and the businesses fined to nonexistence. But this is something.

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