Posted on 03.14.22

DOJ files suit against Tyco Fire Products, alleging company failed to keep Marinette, Peshtigo residents safe from PFAS

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, March 14, 2022
By: Laura Schulte

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Monday morning filed a lawsuit against a prominent producer of firefighting foam containing “forever chemicals,” saying the company violated state laws by releasing the chemicals into the environment in Marinette and Peshtigo.

Tyco Fire Products knowingly violated the state spills law when it failed for years to notify the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources about the discharges of toxic PFAS, and failed to take action to clean up the contamination, Attorney General Josh Kaul said in announcing the lawsuit in Green Bay.  Read more.

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