Press Releases : dangerous chemicals

AG Platkin and DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Historic Settlement of Up to $450 Million with 3M for Statewide PFAS Contamination

May 13, 2025 | “forever chemicals” | $450 million | 2019 lawsuits | 3M | AFFF products | Agreement | carcinogens | Contamination | corporate polluters | damage to the State’s water and other natural resources | dangerous chemicals | Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) | developmental issues with fetuses | drinking water | Gloucester County | kidney liver testicular cancer | landmark settlement | New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act | PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) | PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) | PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) | preganancy | soil | Solvay Specialty Polymers USA | Statewide Directive | Statewide PFAS Directive | West Deptford | DD-EnvironmentalJustice | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced a landmark settlement of up to $450 million with 3M to resolve the State’s 2019 lawsuits and a Statewide Directive to address damage to the State’s water and other natural resources from dangerous chemicals known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.”