New York Attorney General Letitia James today sued some of the nation’s largest chemical and agricultural companies – 3M Company (3M), EIDP, Inc. (EIDP), The Chemours Company, Inc. (Chemours), Corteva, Inc. (Corteva), and DuPont De Nemours, Inc. (DuPont) – for contributing to decades of toxic polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution in New York through their use in consumer products. PFAS are known as “forever chemicals” because of their ability to persist in the environment without breaking down. Some PFAS are associated with an increased risk of cancer, birth defects, pregnancy complications, high cholesterol, hormone issues, and a wide range of other health problems.

“Big companies like 3M and DuPont knowingly sold toxic products that threatened New Yorkers’ health and polluted our environment for decades. It’s time for them to pay for the damage they caused. For far too long, our communities have unfairly shouldered the costs of protecting people from these toxic forever chemicals and cleaning up their contamination. I look forward to ensuring the companies responsible for PFAS pollution are held accountable.” – AG James