Dutch to hold US firm 3M liable for 'forever chemicals'
The Hague (AFP) May 23, 2023
The Dutch government said Tuesday that it would hold US multinational 3M, the maker of Post-it and Scotch tape, responsible for damages caused by "forever chemicals" in the Western Scheldt river. The company had already agreed last year to a settlement of 571 million euros ($582 million) with the Belgian region of Flanders over the PFAS chemical discharges around its Zwijndrecht plant, near