Minnesota is taking 3M back to court, saying the company’s Cottage Grove plant is still releasing “forever chemicals” into waters connected to the Mississippi River.
The new lawsuit comes years after a major settlement, with the state arguing the pollution never stopped.
What happened?
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency filed a new lawsuit in Washington County District Court, accusing 3M of violating permits as well as state and federal law through PFAS contamination tied to its Cottage Grove manufacturing facility.
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are often called “forever chemicals” because they can remain in the environment for extremely long periods of time. According to the state, those chemicals are harming both groundwater and surface water in Minnesota…