3M has reached an agreement to pay $7.35 billion over nine years to resolve more than 100,000 personal injury claims tied to its PFAS-based firefighting foam.
This is the second major settlement for the company in litigation over firefighting foams known as aqueous film-forming foam. The foam contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, which do not break down naturally and have been associated with cancer and liver damage.
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