Source: https://www.manufacturingdive.com/, February 10, 2025
By: Sara Samora

Catoosa County’s filing stated that Georgia-based Mohawk and its subsidiaries used chemical-laced brands such as Stainmaster, 3M’s Scotchgard and Teflon to coat their carpets in the manufacturing processes. EIDP used to produce Teflon as E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. before it broke into three companies in 2015. The Chemours Co. now produces the PFAS-laden brand.

The county said Mohawk would boil the carpets to apply PFAS and other chemicals, which helps make the carpets stain-resistant. After the company completed the boiling process, it would allegedly dispose of the forever chemical waste in one of Catoosa’s landfills located near the carpet maker’s manufacturing facilities. Read more.