"Dane County is suing the makers of firefighting foams containing toxic “forever chemicals” in an effort to recover the costs of cleaning up pollution around the Madison airport.

A lawsuit filed last week in Dane County Circuit Court seeks unspecified damages from dozens of companies — including DuPont, 3M and Johnson Controls as well as unknown manufacturers — that the county says sold products for decades despite knowing the contents were toxic and do not break down once released to the environment.

Assistant Corporation Counsel Amy Tutwiler said the county is prepared to pursue the case individually in state court, though the defendants may try to move the case to the federal courts and consolidate it with about 500 similar cases — including one filed last year by the city of La Crosse — in pending multijurisdictional litigation."

Chris Hubbuch reports for the Wisconsin State Journal May 3, 2022. [2]