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3M faces class action over Teflon water contamination

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama refused to dismiss a utilities board’s class action accusing 3M of contaminating its drinking water with PFAS from Teflon pans and other toxic chemical-containing products. It will face negligence, wantonness and public nuisance claims, but not trespass or private nuisance ones.

Read the ruling here.

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