Posted on 07.20.23
D.C. sues more than 25 companies it says polluted city with toxic chemicals
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/, July 19, 2023
By: Keith L. Alexander
D.C.’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against more than 25 chemical companies, alleging they manufactured and sold products that contained dangerous chemicals that have polluted the city since the 1950s.
In a complaint filed Tuesday, attorneys for the attorney general’s office alleged that companies including 3M and DuPont made products that contained dangerous chemicals known by the abbreviation PFAS — short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — and hid potential health and environmental risks from the public and government regulators. Read more.
