Because all the oversight officials are Wall St stockholders, CEOs and oligarchs themselves. BOTH parties. They pander saying they are going after corruption to keep us pitted against each other as to who's responsible. Their days are numbered.
Well, if you're talking about 1960s-era boardrooms, they're all likely deceased now anyway. The current era boards are different people. They're testifying and they've already paid out a massive settlement and say they're making changes. What more do you want? Summary executions? People's instincts here are sometimes very frightening. Show them a 10 minute video and they're primed to do some of the most extreme things and, worse, to think they're virtuous for doing it. No one thinks anymore. No one discusses was "justice" actually means. Remember, those PFAS were in all sorts of products that people eagerly purchased and used specifically because they were chemically unreactive and very stable. Teflon comes to mind, though I don't think it's technically a PFAS. No one even knew what a "forever chemical" was until just a few years ago when some Harvard scientist coined the term - and yet, here we are trying to revise history and claim some deep rooted conspiracy.
Not quite on the same scale, but the same could be said about Hyundai and KIA with their massive vehicle recalls due to engines catching fire and critical security flaws leading to tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of vehicles being stolen. Good ol' America. Rigged for the rich.
Local news outlets in practically all counties in the United States, in 2020, recited the exact line regarding “misinformation”, word-for -word, down to the intonation. Do you understand how it works?
My local news is biased BS and lack of real news reporting like this. Most of them are complete biased BS. If you don’t know this already, you are part of the problem.
Exactly. They do nothing, especially in rural farm areas where farmers are always dumping all types of crap like Atrazine on the crops and it goes right into everyone's well water. Where's the EPA? Nowhere to be found because when you call the county and ask, they say they only provide test kits for bacteria! If you mention something like Atrazine, they say "I don't know what that is." Sure you don't.
I lived in oakdale 25 years in a cul de sac with 8 houses. Two neighbors died of cancer, another is cancer survivor, and my child has a tumor on her pituitary gland.
I work in HVAC and have worked on their recently sold properties. 3M puts chain link fences up on the wetlands surrounding their properties. I wonder why that is necessary?
The amount of the fine should be given to the 170,000 + residents and 3m employees (Minnesotans) who were unknowingly ingesting these toxins! Free medical checkups/care & free access to an attorney in this field for the remainder of their life. All of the payment shouldn'tt always go to the govt agency, unless for cleanup costs. Then the company gets shut down & those responsible go to prison. This madness has to stop.
Judges did not refuse to hear the case...they were simply former military lawyers that could not hear at all, given the lies about the earplugs 3M sold to the military.
State? Hahah do not be funny, who runs the "STATE" or "STATES"... It is about the PROFIT, common Welcome to the UNITED STATES OF AMERIKA and the "DEMOCRACY" and the "CAPITALISM"...
These chemicals are widely use at all dealership. That's what they try to sell to the consumers. Accessory Package deals such as Scotchgard "fabric protector", paint protection, windshield treatment and etc. Comes in like 5gal size. Without a proper way to dispense these chemicals it often spills over the funnel and onto the floor into the drain. All dealership plays a big part into this too.
As a Washington county resident I realized the dangers in 2004. Even Minnesota pollution agency didn't support their employees when they raised concerns. Always profit before safety.....3m...boeing...etc...different dog...same fleas
Our greatest enemies have always been those who live among us. This is chemical warfare. The only difference between this instance, and other instances of chemical warfare in history, is that this was motivated by a desire to save a modest amount of money, rather than a desire to take enemy territory.
And frankly, both lead to unnecessary death. Everytime its handled by these old men. These greedy money driven people that turn to hate just for some money.
Dupont - Chemours Corporation which is located off hwy 87 in Fayetteville, NC did the same, contaminated water, air with these PFAS chemicals. I moved just six miles from this facility in 1999 unknowing these chemicals were in my water. By 2003 I'm having serious digestive issues, by 2006 diagnosed with hormonal problems, thyroid, testosterone, 2012 neurological problems started, 2015 diagnosed as having a brain lesion, cancer by 2016 I'm having problems with a rash on face, body. Skin issues began to take a must worse turn, started developing extremely bad sores which requires me to be under the care of doctors for weeks on end. I didn't find out until 2021 that I have over 7 different PFAS chemicals in my blood. I can't begin to elaborate on how I feel, knowing Dupont purposely dumped these cancer causing chemicals in our water, the health problems I've endured over the last 20 years, the financial problems it's caused. Be forewarned, Don't move to eastern North Carolina, practically all the water is contaminated from Fayetteville, NC all the way down some 92 miles to Wilmington, NC, Jacksonville, NC. Moving to this area is the absolute worst decision I've ever made, it's surly cost me my health, I honestly don't see myself living to 65. If any of you reading this and you haven't watched the movie " Dark Waters " I encourage you to do so .
@@nixonhoover2Obamas Somalis, planted on purpose to be their own voting bloc and elect the evil Omar who stated publicly, her allegiance to the government of Somalia. Yet somehow she's not been indicted for Treason.
Ask Tim and every other Minnesota Democrat politician who have destroyed the state, and MPLS in thr name of a lifetime career criminal and drug addict with a heart condition and other comorbidities.
General Electric did the same thing in our area. I used to work for a Chemical back in the early 80’s and they were pouring chemicals down the drain. I reported them to OSHA. Something’s changed but not a lot and I took a lot of crap until the plant manager left the company. I was a young person and could afford to take chances with my job. The older workers thanked me and supported me. Chemicals are imported but to be honest companies don’t have our safety in mind, it’s all about the money. Now I am older and afraid to say on line the name of the chemical company I worked for. Big corporations have lots of power. As the song goes “ what would Karen Silkwood say if she was still alive, that when it comes to people’s safety money wins out every time”.
This "profit above people" mentality is a perfect example of why sensible government regulation is necessary when danger to public health is involved. Corporations like 3M cannot be trusted to self-regulate. This is disgusting, and it's not just a USA problem - 3M knew about the pollution from its plant in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, amongst others, and this is an on-going news story across Europe too.
They used to tell electrical apprentices to wrap our cuts in phase type to build an immunity. I had swollen hands a few times. One worker said it meant I didn't have the genetics for it hahahaha... They didn't hold back with the insults and the hazing in those days... Awful stories I found out later when I ended up nearly cancer treatments. Electrical work can be the best and the worst job depending on the project... I started my apprenticeship catching PCB ballasts from workers up on scissor lifts. Now that I think about it, that was the job one worker replaced the first guy I was with and told me those PCB's should not of been there. He said to me 'If I knew the truth of that job I would run screaming'. What a way to start an electrical apprenticeship. I hope this comment was substantive.
So, I apologize for not doing research before posting this question/statement, but…😮 I live in NW Austin, TX right near Lake Travis. There was a 3M plant right next to me not even a mile away. It was mega secretive, security guards always on point (I know because the best shortcut to a traffic heavy road was to try and sneak through but they ALWAYS caught up and made us turn around). They had tons of trees in front so that when you passed by on this busy road, you’d never know they were there. Well, as this area began to grow a few years ago with California transplants, they packed up and left. Now there is a new company in their old spot. SO…should I be worried??? I think I may have answered my own question and that’s a firm, yes.
Do you know the name of the new company? There is a website called Violation Tracker listing companies sued/fined & by which gov agency, their location (state) & the laws they violated. You might be able to find something out. Good luck ☘️
As long as shareholders are immune from having to accept some responsibility themselves, they will continue to press and compensate corporate executives for only one thing! PROFITS! It is apparently too difficult to effectively pursue criminal charges against those responsible for this massive environmental catastrophe. That needs to change! Criminal corporations are held above the law.
The government needs to arrest every single one of these people to show how these type of events are not acceptable and will be prosecuted. Judges will send a message to poor people for committing crimes, why not these CEOs? They spent 7 years actively denying it to the government....
I remember the cleanup in Oakdale, I was living just a few block away from the site. I remember The area was fenced off and cleanup workers were walking around in white contamination suites. They removed thousands of cubic yards of contaminated dirt. I wonder where all that dirt was dumped and was it decontaminated, or did they just pollute another area ?
Oh I'm glad that the company just had to pay a fine. Nevermind the cancer, life-long checmicals, and outright negligence in protecting public health. Definitely no link to increasing cancer rates.
Like all corporations, they know the profits will far outweigh the punishment. They make $10b and get fined $10m. It’s just like paying taxes for them.
Good job DA, you really handled the problem well by fining them and not holding anyone accountable. Aren't corporations people now thanks to Citizen's United? Lock the company up.
They're guilty as all heii BUT they have 500 divisions! You have no idea how many everyday 3M products the world uses. Many of which there's no substitute for. Carefulwhat you wish for
Dutch investigators found documents proving there were internal warning in the beginning of the '70s. I think their company doctor warned workers were dying faster than normal. So what does a good company do? You continue production and make sure the shareholders are happy.
Dupont is another one. My wife's family home in Michigan got flooded in the 80s with Dupont chem releases upstream. Now her dad and several neighbors have all had the same "rare" cancer.
My family lived in the sun ray apartments from 75 to 79. Looking out my bedroom window, i could see smoke billowing out of the multiple smoke stacks of the 3m complex. It sickens me to think that companies would knowingly jeopardize human health for money.
Wow, we were going to use massive quantities of 3M adhesive on a new modern construction project. I’m going to shift back to old style fasteners. Who knows what they’re hiding with other products. Too bad. I used to love this company.
I used to work in the Global Corporate Investment Bank (GCIB) of a major US super bank. The bank had been banking 3M since the company was originally founded. Around 2001 the bank finally decided not to bank them anymore and threw them out of the bank. They had the highest and most pristine credit rating AAA back then. The bank exited the entire relationship because they were never able to make any money on them.
I was born in 1975 and got tons of exposure through scotchguard and Teflon, among so many other methods. I have so many health issues today. 3M hasn't paid an appropriate price for the damage they have done.
All those involved need to be held accountable & dealt with!! This is strategically being orchestrated! WAKEUP FOLKS and take action! Get involved! They need dealt with! They need stripped of all their power and influence!!
3M seems to be the only company that produced PFOS that is even being held accountable. Imagine all the other companies that are flying under the radar that also produced PFOS.
in Oakdale there is a fenced off parcel of land across the street from the Menards, through the 50's, 60's & 70's they dump all kinds of crap into the swamps and did late night burning.
Just like Chemours here in eastern NC. Big commercial ads telling us they are our neighbors. I said if a neighbor poisoned my well he would be in jail. Lock them up!
When i was growing up my uncle who lived in Oklahoma got a job at the 3m building as a pipe fitter during construction. He came and lived with me and my mom for a couple months in Fridley. Awesome guy. Phenomenal cook. Sucks knowing he was helping poison me
This company should be shut down IMMEDIATELY! Everyone who knew & was complicit should be fined & jailed! 0 tolerance for these people who put money above We, The People’s health & well being!
The government should take control and dismantle 3m. There is absolutely no excuse for this behavior. They knowingly knew of the dangers of pfas to residents. No fine will change the health outcomes for the residents. It's time to make corporations accountable for their actions. And jail all the board members
We all know. We just need to have them all in prison. And the politicians who refuse to do it. And the lawyers defending them. And the judges not convicting them. Prison, prison, prison.
Hey you remember when the Supreme Court ruled that companies have a mandate to secure profits for their share holders Above All Else. Maybe they should undo that.
When these people start going to prison for these actions instead of receiving just a slap on the hand fine, this BS will stop. It’s time corporations and their employees that make the decisions and take part in these atrocities are held responsible criminally. As an RN, I can’t blame the doctor if I administer a drug that he prescribed improperly, because it is my duty to ensure that I double check his orders to ensure right drug, right dose, right patient, no allergy, or potential drug interaction. There is no excuse!!!!!
Your grandparents knew about this and allowed it because it was profitable to them at the time. This was a choice that they made to poison their own grandchildren. Let that sink in.
Most people didn’t truly understand what PFAS Chemicals were. They were trying to make a living to take care of the family. My Grandparents wouldn’t believe all the corruption in our world. Honestly, don’t think I would have either 15 years ago. All for money/power, so sad.
I always wondered how safe toilet paper is.. paper isnt natural as white as it is. Also i love when people say "chem trails arent real" "who could get away with this and how could someone do this knowing theybare harming their family and friends..... well these types of people are the people who could most definitely and have been doing this. For the love and geeed of money.
Outrageous honesty disturbing and I’m not from Minnesota I’m from Texas you don’t have to be from some where to know that not only the environment of the area but the residents of the local surroundings were hit hard by medical conditions I’d bet later down the way but it’s affecting everyone and it’s a terrible practice
This is why people are so skeptical of science. Sure, we might catch bad actors after a while, but the regulation is such that they can get away with it for too long. Much, much more money needs to go into non corporate science. And if the government is going to be one of the sources of that research we need to do a much much better job removing PACs and lobbyist money from politics.
What. The. Frick.... The current EPA has failed us. I hope RFK JR, VIVEK, VANCE, AND ELON, TRUMP FIX THIS! Where that 850 million go to? Never buying 3m. They did irreversible damage to us, the future, and the environment.
Why is the corporate death penalty never used? And why are the executives who knew never held criminally liable?! They harmed millions of people. But if some kid grabs someone’s piles he’s in jail for ten years! This is outrageous!
Cause they are rich. Rich people do what they want don't that . They only pick people from time to time to make an example out of them the rest get away with murder literally 💯 😒 😴 😤 🤧
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If you’re going to commit crimes do it behind the guise of a corporation, they never send boardrooms to prison.
Because all the oversight officials are Wall St stockholders, CEOs and oligarchs themselves. BOTH parties. They pander saying they are going after corruption to keep us pitted against each other as to who's responsible. Their days are numbered.
Yet...operative word is yet.
@@sylviewalker7560 yet is not necessary
Well, if you're talking about 1960s-era boardrooms, they're all likely deceased now anyway. The current era boards are different people. They're testifying and they've already paid out a massive settlement and say they're making changes. What more do you want? Summary executions? People's instincts here are sometimes very frightening. Show them a 10 minute video and they're primed to do some of the most extreme things and, worse, to think they're virtuous for doing it. No one thinks anymore. No one discusses was "justice" actually means. Remember, those PFAS were in all sorts of products that people eagerly purchased and used specifically because they were chemically unreactive and very stable. Teflon comes to mind, though I don't think it's technically a PFAS. No one even knew what a "forever chemical" was until just a few years ago when some Harvard scientist coined the term - and yet, here we are trying to revise history and claim some deep rooted conspiracy.
Bankers and governments are the biggest crime hubs with immunity.
$1.5M fine? Cost of doing business.
Cost of post-it notes
They settled for $850 million... Still nothing for them but a lot more than 1.5
Chump change. 3M has been making billions. They produce sooo much medical equipment.
Cost of business spread out over 50+ years?
Just an operating cost
I can only imagine the effort, time and dedication it took to reveal this company's crimes. Thank you for not giving up.
The fact 3M is still in business proves without a doubt our government does not work at all. The world really needs to get their priorities right.
Not quite on the same scale, but the same could be said about Hyundai and KIA with their massive vehicle recalls due to engines catching fire and critical security flaws leading to tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of vehicles being stolen.
Good ol' America. Rigged for the rich.
A squirrel was a bigger threat to our Government 💔
Ain't happening in USA,maybe Europe countries,were so far behind workers rights here,my 80 yrs gives me a hint☑️☑️
All stockholders, CEOs and oligarchs...
The Government works, just not for its citizens. Never re elect incumbents, period.
Nice to see some real reporting from a news outlet.
They do it all the time.
It’s local news. You don’t understand how this works, do you?
Local news outlets in practically all counties in the United States, in 2020, recited the exact line regarding “misinformation”, word-for -word, down to the intonation. Do you understand how it works?
My local news is biased BS and lack of real news reporting like this. Most of them are complete biased BS. If you don’t know this already, you are part of the problem.
If it's Sinclair, yes @sergpie
Too bad we don't have some sort of environmental protection agency..
Exactly. They do nothing, especially in rural farm areas where farmers are always dumping all types of crap like Atrazine on the crops and it goes right into everyone's well water. Where's the EPA? Nowhere to be found because when you call the county and ask, they say they only provide test kits for bacteria! If you mention something like Atrazine, they say "I don't know what that is." Sure you don't.
They were paid off like everyone else who sold us out.
They too busy blaming cow farts for global warming. They can't be bothered by real problems. 🤣
Trump wants to get rid of the EPA and give these polluters a freehand. Deregulate everything.
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I lived in oakdale 25 years in a cul de sac with 8 houses. Two neighbors died of cancer, another is cancer survivor, and my child has a tumor on her pituitary gland.
I'm sorry that your child and family have to experience this 😢
Get a lawyer. Sue tf outta them.
Call Erin Brockovitch
Have you tried a lawsuit?
Attorny Robert Bilott filed the first case of the PFAS in 1999, which he won. He still works on lawsuits today, throughout all these years.
I work in HVAC and have worked on their recently sold properties. 3M puts chain link fences up on the wetlands surrounding their properties. I wonder why that is necessary?
so the three-headed squirrels dont escape?
The amount of the fine should be given to the 170,000 + residents and 3m employees (Minnesotans) who were unknowingly ingesting these toxins! Free medical checkups/care & free access to an attorney in this field for the remainder of their life. All of the payment shouldn'tt always go to the govt agency, unless for cleanup costs.
Then the company gets shut down & those responsible go to prison. This madness has to stop.
Everyone in the entire world is affected. Not just people in MN.
Judges did not refuse to hear the case...they were simply former military lawyers that could not hear at all, given the lies about the earplugs 3M sold to the military.
These executives should be in jail for what they did
Just like the Sacklers, but that's never happened in the history of the United States. We protect capitalists in this country.
This is how most big corporations do business...The all mighty dollar comes first... before the health of many. SAD
It's because neither they nor their family or mutilated for their crimes
Yep I love this world great ppl in it
It's because the fine is always a fraction of the cost of proper disposal, which is why they continue to do it, even to this day
But do they have "medicine" against their own POISON?
And CEOs and boards get off scot free. Fly away with their golden parachutes
Our state sold us out.
All states will sell you out!
That's what happens when to much power and authority is allowed in such few hands every time never fails
Our government will always sell us out, because government officials like money too
Was it the state or the 3M company that sold us out? (Seems like the state attorney did her job.)
State? Hahah do not be funny, who runs the "STATE" or "STATES"... It is about the PROFIT, common Welcome to the UNITED STATES OF AMERIKA and the "DEMOCRACY" and the "CAPITALISM"...
These chemicals are widely use at all dealership. That's what they try to sell to the consumers. Accessory Package deals such as Scotchgard "fabric protector", paint protection, windshield treatment and etc.
Comes in like 5gal size. Without a proper way to dispense these chemicals it often spills over the funnel and onto the floor into the drain.
All dealership plays a big part into this too.
You would have to be a complete moron to not realize all these chemicals are still dangerous and toxic.
Maybe the lawyers should be held accountable and go to jail.
Absolutely 💯💯💯💯
All the executives responsible for this are long gone with their golden parachutes.
As a Washington county resident I realized the dangers in 2004. Even Minnesota pollution agency didn't support their employees when they raised concerns. Always profit before safety.....3m...boeing...etc...different dog...same fleas
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will shortly be on the job!! Bye-bye, Monsanto!!
Amen!!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA good one.
Let’s pray!
They don’t care by the time the damage is done they’ve switched the hands of that money a million times
Our greatest enemies have always been those who live among us. This is chemical warfare. The only difference between this instance, and other instances of chemical warfare in history, is that this was motivated by a desire to save a modest amount of money, rather than a desire to take enemy territory.
Very well stated. Imo this is pure evil.
And frankly, both lead to unnecessary death. Everytime its handled by these old men. These greedy money driven people that turn to hate just for some money.
Dupont - Chemours Corporation which is located off hwy 87 in Fayetteville, NC did the same, contaminated water, air with these PFAS chemicals.
I moved just six miles from this facility in 1999 unknowing these chemicals were in my water. By 2003 I'm having serious digestive issues, by 2006 diagnosed with hormonal problems, thyroid, testosterone, 2012 neurological problems started, 2015 diagnosed as having a brain lesion, cancer by 2016 I'm having problems with a rash on face, body. Skin issues began to take a must worse turn, started developing extremely bad sores which requires me to be under the care of doctors for weeks on end. I didn't find out until 2021 that I have over 7 different PFAS chemicals in my blood.
I can't begin to elaborate on how I feel, knowing Dupont purposely dumped these cancer causing chemicals in our water, the health problems I've endured over the last 20 years, the financial problems it's caused.
Be forewarned, Don't move to eastern North Carolina, practically all the water is contaminated from Fayetteville, NC all the way down some 92 miles to Wilmington, NC, Jacksonville, NC.
Moving to this area is the absolute worst decision I've ever made, it's surly cost me my health, I honestly don't see myself living to
65. If any of you reading this and you haven't watched the movie " Dark Waters " I encourage you to do so .
What did MN do with the 805 million?????
paid for somali refugee housing
Probably wasted it which is what government is good at.
@@nixonhoover2perfect.
@@nixonhoover2Obamas Somalis, planted on purpose to be their own voting bloc and elect the evil Omar who stated publicly, her allegiance to the government of Somalia. Yet somehow she's not been indicted for Treason.
Ask Tim and every other Minnesota Democrat politician who have destroyed the state, and MPLS in thr name of a lifetime career criminal and drug addict with a heart condition and other comorbidities.
3M also dodged their responsibilities in the veterans' earplug lawsuit. We will never forget!
What was wrong with the earplugs?
So I missed this story. What was wrong with the earplugs?
The earplugs didn't work and a lot of veterans lost their hearing
@ wtf thats crazy
PLEASE! No one noticed the yellow side didn't work? Are you serious?
General Electric did the same thing in our area. I used to work for a Chemical back in the early 80’s and they were pouring chemicals down the drain. I reported them to OSHA. Something’s changed but not a lot and I took a lot of crap until the plant manager left the company. I was a young person and could afford to take chances with my job. The older workers thanked me and supported me. Chemicals are imported but to be honest companies don’t have our safety in mind, it’s all about the money. Now I am older and afraid to say on line the name of the chemical company I worked for. Big corporations have lots of power. As the song goes “ what would Karen Silkwood say if she was still alive, that when it comes to people’s safety money wins out every time”.
This "profit above people" mentality is a perfect example of why sensible government regulation is necessary when danger to public health is involved. Corporations like 3M cannot be trusted to self-regulate. This is disgusting, and it's not just a USA problem - 3M knew about the pollution from its plant in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, amongst others, and this is an on-going news story across Europe too.
EPA was paid off just like everyone else. Government doesn't work when you can just buy them out. Look at Phizer.
Well said
This is really what the DNC and the media *should* be focused upon.
They used to tell electrical apprentices to wrap our cuts in phase type to build an immunity.
I had swollen hands a few times. One worker said it meant I didn't have the genetics for it hahahaha...
They didn't hold back with the insults and the hazing in those days...
Awful stories I found out later when I ended up nearly cancer treatments.
Electrical work can be the best and the worst job depending on the project...
I started my apprenticeship catching PCB ballasts from workers up on scissor lifts.
Now that I think about it, that was the job one worker replaced the first guy I was with and told me those PCB's should not of been there.
He said to me 'If I knew the truth of that job I would run screaming'.
What a way to start an electrical apprenticeship.
I hope this comment was substantive.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I hope you are doing all right
Kinda sick how they kept going and nothing was done.
So, I apologize for not doing research before posting this question/statement, but…😮 I live in NW Austin, TX right near Lake Travis. There was a 3M plant right next to me not even a mile away. It was mega secretive, security guards always on point (I know because the best shortcut to a traffic heavy road was to try and sneak through but they ALWAYS caught up and made us turn around). They had tons of trees in front so that when you passed by on this busy road, you’d never know they were there.
Well, as this area began to grow a few years ago with California transplants, they packed up and left. Now there is a new company in their old spot.
SO…should I be worried??? I think I may have answered my own question and that’s a firm, yes.
Do you know the name of the new company?
There is a website called Violation Tracker listing companies sued/fined & by which gov agency, their location (state) & the laws they violated. You might be able to find something out.
Good luck ☘️
You should be worried even if you don't live anywhere near a 3M facility.
Making me sick.
I feel like throwing up.
Fining 3M does not protect us; these people are disgusting.
Corporations are disgusting.
As long as shareholders are immune from having to accept some responsibility themselves, they will continue to press and compensate corporate executives for only one thing! PROFITS! It is apparently too difficult to effectively pursue criminal charges against those responsible for this massive environmental catastrophe. That needs to change! Criminal corporations are held above the law.
They should be charged with Crimes Against Humanity..🤬🤬🤬
How many people have they killed..🤬🤬🤬
The government needs to arrest every single one of these people to show how these type of events are not acceptable and will be prosecuted.
Judges will send a message to poor people for committing crimes, why not these CEOs?
They spent 7 years actively denying it to the government....
Great time to release this during election day. Hopefully, this doesn't get lost in the noise.
There’s a whole documentary on this. It’s sick what these companies get away with.
Everyone directly involved needs criminal charges. This is WICKED.
They should all be in prison for life!!!
this should make all of us humans angry, we should not let companies get away with these things!
Wow! they were fined in 2008 $1.5 Million and 3M market cap back then was $39.87 Billion. I am sure they felt the pain.
I remember the cleanup in Oakdale, I was living just a few block away from the site. I remember The area was fenced off and cleanup workers were walking around in white contamination suites.
They removed thousands of cubic yards of contaminated dirt. I wonder where all that dirt was dumped and was it decontaminated, or did they just pollute another area ?
Poisoned all of us!
3M is nothing but a conpany name. There are actual people who knew. These people need to be named and prosecuted!
I grew up the street from the Oakdale site. When I was in High School, they closed off the wells in our area.
Oh I'm glad that the company just had to pay a fine. Nevermind the cancer, life-long checmicals, and outright negligence in protecting public health. Definitely no link to increasing cancer rates.
Thats USA 🇺🇸 way. GREED over anything
We need to have a government like Argentina's!
Like all corporations, they know the profits will far outweigh the punishment. They make $10b and get fined $10m. It’s just like paying taxes for them.
Good job DA, you really handled the problem well by fining them and not holding anyone accountable. Aren't corporations people now thanks to Citizen's United? Lock the company up.
They're guilty as all heii BUT they have 500 divisions! You have no idea how many everyday 3M products the world uses. Many of which there's no substitute for. Carefulwhat you wish for
Ahhh 3M making St. Paul/Oakdale/Woodbury/Cottage Grove a better place to live.
+ Lake Elmo
+Hastings
Brookings, South Dakota 3 M has contaminated ground water.
So if I have it in my body how do I sue? Shouldn't we all be able to sue them?
Watch the movie Dark Waters if you want to see what you're up against
Dutch investigators found documents proving there were internal warning in the beginning of the '70s. I think their company doctor warned workers were dying faster than normal. So what does a good company do? You continue production and make sure the shareholders are happy.
I worked for DuPont..3M was a major supplier for them.. both are guilty
Dupont is another one. My wife's family home in Michigan got flooded in the 80s with Dupont chem releases upstream. Now her dad and several neighbors have all had the same "rare" cancer.
@jenb6899 I've tons of health issues myself. They knew then and know now. Praying for yall 🙏
My family lived in the sun ray apartments from 75 to 79. Looking out my bedroom window, i could see smoke billowing out of the multiple smoke stacks of the 3m complex. It sickens me to think that companies would knowingly jeopardize human health for money.
Wow, we were going to use massive quantities of 3M adhesive on a new modern construction project. I’m going to shift back to old style fasteners. Who knows what they’re hiding with other products. Too bad. I used to love this company.
I used to work in the Global Corporate Investment Bank (GCIB) of a major US super bank. The bank had been banking 3M since the company was originally founded. Around 2001 the bank finally decided not to bank them anymore and threw them out of the bank. They had the highest and most pristine credit rating AAA back then. The bank exited the entire relationship because they were never able to make any money on them.
Why weren't they fined in the billions? The paltry sum they paid is a drop in the bucket compared to what they made
My husband (59) grew up in St Paul Park and has had cancer twice along with now having no thyroid.
I was born in 1975 and got tons of exposure through scotchguard and Teflon, among so many other methods. I have so many health issues today. 3M hasn't paid an appropriate price for the damage they have done.
How about the 3M blown plastic masks from covid19? Please hire me.
How about they pay for medical bills forever. Just like the chemicals.
All those involved need to be held accountable & dealt with!! This is strategically being orchestrated! WAKEUP FOLKS and take action! Get involved! They need dealt with! They need stripped of all their power and influence!!
💯💯💯
3M seems to be the only company that produced PFOS that is even being held accountable. Imagine all the other companies that are flying under the radar that also produced PFOS.
Sure would be nice if the justice department would start jailing executives for this crap.
in Oakdale there is a fenced off parcel of land across the street from the Menards, through the 50's, 60's & 70's they dump all kinds of crap into the swamps and did late night burning.
Just like Chemours here in eastern NC. Big commercial ads telling us they are our neighbors. I said if a neighbor poisoned my well he would be in jail. Lock them up!
When i was growing up my uncle who lived in Oklahoma got a job at the 3m building as a pipe fitter during construction. He came and lived with me and my mom for a couple months in Fridley. Awesome guy. Phenomenal cook. Sucks knowing he was helping poison me
If a product contains ANY 3M chemicals, it should be prominently displayed on the label- so we can avoid those products.
This company should be shut down IMMEDIATELY! Everyone who knew & was complicit should be fined & jailed! 0 tolerance for these people who put money above We, The People’s health & well being!
The government should take control and dismantle 3m. There is absolutely no excuse for this behavior. They knowingly knew of the dangers of pfas to residents. No fine will change the health outcomes for the residents. It's time to make corporations accountable for their actions. And jail all the board members
Us: Please stop killing us!
Them: Whoops!
Also them: Whoopsies!
Criminals
We all know. We just need to have them all in prison. And the politicians who refuse to do it. And the lawyers defending them. And the judges not convicting them. Prison, prison, prison.
That fine should be Billions. I work for Cummins and we just paid out Billions in the largest EPA lawsuit ever. 3m can afford it
The guilty CEOs and managers should pay and be jailed, not innocent stockholders who are already underwater.
No humanity left in corporations, big pharma, or politics.. allegedly 😮
Hey you remember when the Supreme Court ruled that companies have a mandate to secure profits for their share holders Above All Else. Maybe they should undo that.
When these people start going to prison for these actions instead of receiving just a slap on the hand fine, this BS will stop. It’s time corporations and their employees that make the decisions and take part in these atrocities are held responsible criminally. As an RN, I can’t blame the doctor if I administer a drug that he prescribed improperly, because it is my duty to ensure that I double check his orders to ensure right drug, right dose, right patient, no allergy, or potential drug interaction. There is no excuse!!!!!
How does the lawsuit help people who has been affected by , by giving the government money 🤷♂️
They all knew and they dont care. Business is not about emotion.
Your grandparents knew about this and allowed it because it was profitable to them at the time. This was a choice that they made to poison their own grandchildren. Let that sink in.
Most people didn’t truly understand what PFAS Chemicals were. They were trying to make a living to take care of the family. My Grandparents wouldn’t believe all the corruption in our world. Honestly, don’t think I would have either 15 years ago. All for money/power, so sad.
It was easier to remain ignorant back before the internet.
Settlements dont set precident, these cases need to go the Supreme Court.
I always wondered how safe toilet paper is.. paper isnt natural as white as it is.
Also i love when people say "chem trails arent real" "who could get away with this and how could someone do this knowing theybare harming their family and friends..... well these types of people are the people who could most definitely and have been doing this. For the love and geeed of money.
I liked 3M products so much that I wanted to invest in their company years ago. Now I'm so glad I never did.
World wide not just Minnesota 🎉
3m know all about pfas they started it along with dupont
What is done in the dark is coming to light ❤
How do these people even sleep at night?
On a large pile of money.
They sleep in silk, and wear golds and diamonds.
They sleep in different luxury properties across the world
On pillows stuffed w/💰💰and benefits as blankets
At there fancy lake homes😊
Outrageous honesty disturbing and I’m not from Minnesota I’m from Texas you don’t have to be from some where to know that not only the environment of the area but the residents of the local surroundings were hit hard by medical conditions I’d bet later down the way but it’s affecting everyone and it’s a terrible practice
But the public gets $000 of that money
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE!
Who thought that a chemical which never breaks down was a good thing?!?!
They did the same thing at the Cordova IL 3M plant. It's amazing how quite they are keeping it....
Woah. The news is…back? Nice job.
I worked next to the old Gillette building in St. Paul on the Lafayette river bridge, major soil contamination.
Let the military tribunals commence
This is why people are so skeptical of science. Sure, we might catch bad actors after a while, but the regulation is such that they can get away with it for too long. Much, much more money needs to go into non corporate science. And if the government is going to be one of the sources of that research we need to do a much much better job removing PACs and lobbyist money from politics.
What. The. Frick....
The current EPA has failed us.
I hope RFK JR, VIVEK, VANCE, AND ELON, TRUMP FIX THIS!
Where that 850 million go to?
Never buying 3m. They did irreversible damage to us, the future, and the environment.
I hope RFK handles this.
Profits > People, the true merican way
Why is the corporate death penalty never used? And why are the executives who knew never held criminally liable?! They harmed millions of people. But if some kid grabs someone’s piles he’s in jail for ten years! This is outrageous!
Evil company. I hope they pay everything they owe!
What a wise group of people.
Thanks Tim Waltz
They knew 60 yrs ago but we just finding out now after its in every one of us n too late
Finally a logical explanation for the way Tim Walz acts.
3M's annual revenue was $32.6 billion, a 4.52% decline from 2022.
Cause they are rich. Rich people do what they want don't that . They only pick people from time to time to make an example out of them the rest get away with murder literally 💯 😒 😴 😤 🤧