The grassroots environmental movement ignited by Silent Spring led to the creation of the EPA in 1970 and, six years later, the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act, which gave the agency power to regulate chemicals. A spokesperson for DuPont, which in 2015 spun off the division that made PFAS as part of a major restructuring, told me that he was “not in a position to speak to products that were or are a part of businesses that are owned by other independent, publicly traded companies.” A spokesperson for 3M said, “Over the decades, 3M has shared significant information about PFAS, including by publishing many of its findings regarding PFAS in publicly available journals dating back to the 1970s,” and added that 3M is on target to remove PFAS from its manufacturing globally by the end of 2025. Researchers tracking the spread of PFAS have found that they suffuse the blood of polar bears in the Arctic, eagles in the American wilderness, and fish in the depths of the ocean.
Author: Mariah Blake
Published at: 2025-05-05 21:56:00
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