DuPont used to buy C8 from the 3M Co. in Minnesota, process it at the Fayetteville Works plant, and then ship it to the Washington Works plant in West Virginia for final production of Teflon.

Bartlett’s lawyers also revealed documents showing that DuPont did in fact follow 3M’s directive in its facilities in Japan, China, and the Netherlands, where it burned C8 waste. In ...

FOR DECADES, 3M was the primary producer of C8, or PFOA, and was the sole producer of a related chemical known as PFOS.But while DuPont was caught up in a massive class-action suit over C8, 3M has ...

Once DuPont understood C8's effects, ... By the 1980s, a 3M study discovered C8 caused birth defects in rats. 3M shared the study with DuPont, and began to phase out the use of C8 by 2002.

Manufacturers DuPont and 3M kept their knowledge secret, ... But they added, “a possible increase in prostate cancers” had been reported at a different 3M plant manufacturing C8.

There was also a memo that revealed that C8, ... DuPont and 3M also discovered in 1980 that two of eight pregnant employees who worked in C8 manufacturing gave birth to babies with defects.

The C8 Science Study (named for DuPont’s internal code for PFOA) found a “probable link” between the chemical and certain diseases in humans, some of which 3M and DuPont had found in animals ...

Manufacturers should be held accountable for contaminating the state’s drinking water and land with toxic forever chemicals, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Wednesday.

3M (MMM), DuPont (DD), and other companies were delivered a win in the ongoing legal battles over PFAS, which are commonly known as "forever chemicals." The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected ...

Lead class counsel who reached a nearly $1.2 billion settlement with DuPont and a $10.5 billion deal with 3M are asking for nearly $1 billion in legal fees.

3M, DuPont PFAS settlements called inadequate by cities, other objectors. By Clark Mindock. November 13, 2023 11:57 PM UTC Updated November 13, 2023 Item 1 of 2 A logo is ...

3M agreed in June to pay $10.3 billion to settle hundreds of claims the company polluted public drinking water with the chemicals, while Chemours Co , opens new tab, DuPont de Nemours Inc , opens ...