The settlement means that the company must pay up to 12.5 billion dollars, corresponding to almost 134 billion kroner, AFP reports with reference to legal documents entered in the diary.
Under the proposed settlement, which must be approved by a federal court, 3M will pay to clean up public water systems that have tested positive for PFAS chemicals.
PFAS are a group of substances often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down completely in nature. It is about thousands of substances that are found in water, the soil, the air and in the food we eat, and which are stored in the bodies of both animals and humans.