Minnesota may tap 3M settlement to help meet EPA limits on forever chemicals in drinking water • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota Reformer

Left

High Factuality

Minnesota may tap 3M settlement to help meet EPA limits on forever chemicals in drinking water • Minnesota Reformer

Photo by Hannah Black/Minnesota Reformer.Minnesota’s 2018 settlement with Maplewood-based 3M over chemical contamination of east metro drinking water was the third largest natural resource settlement in U.S. history — behind the Deepwater Horizon and Exxon Valdez oil spills.  In the ensuing years, however, scientists and public officials have learned more about the prevalence and persistence of the 3M-manufactured chemicals both nearby and aroun…