Yakima County, Washington residents blame their health conditions, including cancers, on aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) products that were used at the 330,000 acre Yakima Training Center. These AFFF products, a type of PFAS known as the ‘forever chemicals’, were used during firefighting exercises for decades at the facility, contaminating the drinking water supply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Fire training centers and the use of PFAS-containing foam at these locations have become epicenters for contamination of water supplies nationwide,” Hunter Shkolnik of Napoli Shkolnik, representing the residents, told Law360 in an email. “This case is just one more example of the dangers these chemicals pose to our communities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selon le proc\u00e8s, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 3M et d'autres fabricants ont conspir\u00e9 pendant des d\u00e9cennies pour dissimuler les risques pour l'environnement et la sant\u00e9 publique des PFAS, fabriquant et vendant la mousse anti-incendie et ses composants \u00e0 l'arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine pour une utilisation lors d'exercices d'extinction d'incendie au centre de formation depuis le La mousse a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e dans les ann\u00e9es 1960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s the latest legal action against 3M and other industrial manufacturers over PFAS groundwater contamination<\/p>\n\n\n\n