Australia’s huge ‘forever chemical’ lawsuit focuses on the cleanup – not human health. Why?

Australia’s huge ‘forever chemical’ lawsuit focuses on the cleanup – not human health. Why?

CRC CARE, CC BY-NC-NDThe Australian government has launched its largest-ever lawsuit, suing American chemical giant 3M and its local subsidiary. The government is seeking A$2 billion in damages for the past and future cost of investigating and managing “forever chemicals” contamination from firefighting foams on almost 30 Defence sites. The government alleges the company withheld internal testing that showed these foams did significant environme…