MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — 3M has announced it’s phasing out a family of harmful chemicals, but they’re not going away. The “forever chemicals” — known collectively as per- and polyfluorinated substances, or ...

3M has already been engaged in PFAS cleanup efforts in connection with legal cases and environmental enforcement. It paid the state of Minnesota $850 million to settle a lawsuit over natural resource ...

Sharon Lerner has been reporting on “forever chemicals” for the better part of a decade. These manmade compounds — known as PFAS for short — resist oil, water and heat, take an incredibly long time to ...

This article is a collaboration between The New Yorker and ProPublica. Kris Hansen had worked as a chemist at the 3M Corporation for about a year when her boss, an affable senior scientist named Jim ...

3M's Q3 earnings beat expectations with $1.98/share, driven by margin expansion from restructuring, despite lackluster 1.5% organic revenue growth. The company repurchased $700 million in stock, ...