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NEW LAWSUIT - South Carolina attorney general files lawsuit against companies over toxic ‘forever chemicals’

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a lawsuit against several companies, including 3M and DuPont, over toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

According to a press release from Wilson’s office, PFAS are unnatural, synthetic chemical compounds used in a wide range of products to include food packaging and non-stick cookware, and also for industrial uses such as textile, electronic and automotive manufacturing.

The lawsuit claimed the defendants knew for decades PFAS chemicals are toxic and they misled the public and government regulators, and “caused widespread contamination and injuries to State natural resources” to include drinking water, groundwater, surface water, wildlife, soil and sediment.

“I’m a firm believer in the free market, but when companies knowingly violate the law and harm South Carolinians in the process, there deserves to be consequences,” Wilson said. “By filing this suit, we’re fighting to protect our valuable natural resources and keep South Carolinians safe.”

https://www.wistv.com/2023/08/07/south-carolina-attorney-general-files-lawsuit-against-companies-over-toxic-forever-chemicals/

by Anonymous
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They're bringing in the big g-n now:

Joe Rice has been asked to join the group of lawyers leading lawsuits targeting per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, according to court filings in South Carolina this week. He is being called in to help resolve tens of thousands of personal-injury and property damage claims.

Rice is best known as the architect of the $264 billion tobacco settlement more than two decades ago that resolved states’ and cities’ suits seeking to recoup the health costs of treating illnesses tied to smoking. More recently, Rice led the effort to wring more than $50 billion out of makers, distributors and sellers of opi--ds — highly addictive painkillers that led to the overdose deaths of hundreds of thousands of users and the addictions of millions more.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @gnlx+1o0vDh0y

There are many many more lawsuits coming.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @ains+1o0vDh0y

Maybe offer South Carolina some Everyday Wins points. Could they use a golf umbrella or a flashlight?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2gko+1o0vDh0y

Flimflams on vaca. These petty matters need to wait till he returns from his cruise. We could give it to ms litigation but not sure whether they are sober enough to handle it.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1mfb+1o0vDh0y

BTW the “settlement” is being challenged.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1seh+1o0vDh0y

Yet another reminder that the recent 11 billion dollar settlement, even assuming it holds, is just the first of many still to come. The litigation crows will continue to feast on delicious RemainCo carrion until only its insolvent bones remain.

I propose that 3M respond to the latest South Carolina complaint solely with a copy of their 2023 “World’s Most Ethical Company Award” that they purchased from Ethisphere (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethisphere_Institute).

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1rbt+1o0vDh0y

As evidenced by court cases lost decades ago, 3M knew then and knows now that PFAS is lethal to human beings, animals, et al. Greed motivated 3M to continue manufacturing variants which all led to the same place.

Programming Note: The sycophants will arrive shortly to defend the aforementioned 3M PFAS contamination we see throughout the world.

by Syrav
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The list of states that have not filed a PFAS lawsuit against 3M is shorter than the list of states that have. The rest better get in line before 3M runs out of money.

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