"Individuals, utilities, and states seek monetary compensation for chemical pollution of water supplies."
"Potentially billions of dollars in damages are at stake in more than a hundred lawsuits against chemical companies, manufacturers, the U.S. military, and others for contaminating water supplies with toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a class of more than 4,000 man-made chemicals known collectively as PFASs.
The cases include class-action lawsuits in Colorado, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania, as well as a nationwide claim, that seek compensation for individuals exposed to the chemicals. Also in the docket are more than a dozen state government and utility lawsuits from Arizona to Florida that are pursuing reimbursement for the cost of environmental cleanup and removing PFAS chemicals from drinking water.
Though the lawsuits target a number of defendants and contamination sources, one is prominent: companies such as 3M, Tyco Fire Products, and Chemguard that manufactured firefighting foams and other products that use PFAS chemicals."
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