Wow, the amount of willful ignorance in some comments here is astonishing. It's so strange to see people argue for the continuance of something harmful to mankind as a whole. It really feels like seeing an argument on behalf of leaded water. What's the next leap? Trying to justify 3M/DuPont/Chemours/Corteva not paying for destroying the environment, even though they're profiting tens of billions a year from doing this? Let's try to stay grounded in factual reality; lawsuits don't happen randomly, and a $1,185,000,000 in damages should be taken VERY seriously!
They knew it was toxic for 73 BLEEDING YEARS[0], yet none of the studies come out publicly. They do it for profit, never any other reason[1]. Stock prices won't drop if people think it's safe[2]. They took a page right out of the big tobacco playbook there. It's as ingeniously profitable as it is evil.
[0] https://www.ewg.org/research/decades-polluters-knew-pfas-che... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/pfas-3m-... [2] https://static.ewg.org/reports/2019/pfa-timeline/3M-DuPont-T...
Lawsuit sources: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/dupont-p... https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/dupont-chemou... https://apnews.com/article/pfas-forever-chemicals-dupont-dri...