The A$2bn case, which centres on contamination at defence sites, is the largest ever brought by the government.

Firefighters were first called for an automatic alarm before finding heavy smoke at the Willenbrock Road facility.

A new study gives officials a starting point for future exposure tracking, but not a clean measure of how much impact 2020 ...

After much litigation, 3M agreed to pay $10.3 billion to settle with scores of U.S. municipalities over its toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 2023. It paid the state of New Jersey ...

In response, 3M said it has never manufactured PFAS in Australia and ceased sales of the AFFF products in Australia in 2005. ...

The Australian government said on Thursday it had launched legal action against 3M over contamination from ⁠firefighting foam ...

Residents in Katherine have welcomed a $2 billion lawsuit over PFAS contamination in the town, saying "it's about time we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A firefighter sprays a mixture of water and foam during a demonstration of a soy-based firefighting foam on Sept. 10, 2024, in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A bill advancing through the Iowa Senate would require fire districts and city councils in the state to consider switching to a soybean-based firefighting ...

Perdue AgriBusiness has announced legal actions against companies connected to PFAS-containing firefighting foam, or aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), previously used in the fire suppression system at ...