Texas Sues Chemical Manufacturers For Deceptive Pfas Marketing

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton revenge a suit connected Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting nan wellness risks of products made pinch everlastingly chemicals

The suit alleges nan companies for decades manufactured, marketed, and sold an array of user products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), besides known arsenic everlastingly chemicals. PFAS-containing materials were sold to Texas consumers nether marque names including Teflon. and Scotchgard.

PFAS are known arsenic everlastingly chemicals because astir don’t break down people successful nan quality body. Once introduced into nan environment, PFAS tin contaminate drinking h2o and different earthy resources, and accumulate successful nan humor of humans.

PFAS have been linked to causing crab and different wellness concerns.

“These companies knew for decades that PFAS chemicals could origin superior harm to quality wellness yet continued to advertise them arsenic safe for family usage astir families and children,” Paxton said successful a property release. “Texas is taking action to penalize these companies and clasp them accountable for deceiving Texans into buying user products without captious information.”

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Texas is seeking civilian penalties of up to $10,000.00 per usurpation of nan state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act arsenic good arsenic pre-judgment and post-judgment liking connected each awards of restitution, damages, aliases civilian penalties.

Texas is nan latest authorities to bring PFAS-related litigation against elephantine chemic manufacturers.

In 2023 Ohio settled a lawsuit pinch DuPont and two-spin firms for $110 cardinal complete nan biology threats from toxic chemicals utilized astatine a erstwhile DuPont installation successful neighboring West Virginia.

Solvay Specialty Polymers USA agreed to a $330 settlement pinch New Jersey officials past twelvemonth complete cleanup and compensation for nan discharge of alleged “forever chemicals” and different pollutants astatine a works adjacent West Deptford.

3M precocious began making payments connected a multi-billion dollar colony complete claims that nan institution made aliases sold firefighting foams containing PFAS. The institution is expected to salary successful nan scope of $10.5 cardinal to $12.5 cardinal complete nan adjacent twelve years.

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