U.S. industrial conglomerate 3M Co and the city of Stuart, Florida are making 'significant' progress to settle a water pollution suit tied to toxic 'forever chemicals' and sought to delay a trial, according to a court filing on Sunday.
The 3M Global Headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. is photographed on March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas PfosiJune 4 - U.S. industrial conglomerate 3M Co
and the city of Stuart, Florida are making "significant" progress to settle a water pollution suit tied to toxic "forever chemicals" and sought to delay a trial, according to a court filing on Sunday. 3M was scheduled to face trial in South Carolina federal court on Monday in a lawsuit brought by the Florida city accusing the company of manufacturing PFAS, or per- and polyflouroalkyl substances, despite knowing for decades that the chemicals can cause cancer and other ailments.
"The parties are making material and significant progress toward a resolution and believe that their time would be more productively spent attempting to resolve the matter," lawyers said in the filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina Charleston Division.
Set to have been a test case, the lawsuit is one of more than 4,000 filed against 3M and other chemical companies by U.S. municipalities, state governments and individuals that have been consolidated in federal court in South Carolina.
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