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3M to Pay Minnesota $850M in Surprise Settlement Over Chemical Disposal

3M to Pay Minnesota $850M in Surprise Settlement Over Chemical Disposal

On Tuesday, a trial over Minnesota’s $5 billion lawsuit against manufacturer 3M Company—the biggest environmental lawsuit in state history—was set to begin with jury selection. But on that very same day, the Maplewood-based manufacturer agreed to an $850 million settlement, finally putting an end to eight years of litigation over the water pollution case. The […]

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    Erin Brockovich Meets With Oklahoma Residents Impacted by Human-Induced Earthquakes

    Erin Brockovich Meets With Oklahoma Residents Impacted by Human-Induced Earthquakes

    As Pawnee, Oklahoma still picks up the pieces from September’s record-breaking earthquake, environmental and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich and lawyers from Weitz & Luxenberg have traveled to the Sooner State to speak with residents about the alarming number of induced earthquakes affecting the area. https://twitter.com/EcoWatch/status/773265817152684032 Meetings were held in Pawnee and Cushing on Thursday. The […]

    Congress: Flint Residents Can Wait for Clean Water

    Congress: Flint Residents Can Wait for Clean Water

    By Deirdre Fulton Lawmakers have come up with a compromise to avoid a potential government shutdown and provide long-awaited aid for Flint, Michigan—though the band-aid measure will still keep that community, which has been grappling with a lead-contamination crisis for more than two years, waiting for funds at least until November. How did we have […]

    Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Drinking Water of 218 Million Americans

    Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Drinking Water of 218 Million Americans

    By Bill Walker Drinking water supplies for two-thirds of Americans are contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical made notorious by the film, Erin Brockovich, which was based on the real-life poisoning of tap water in a California desert town. But there are no national regulations for the compound—and the chemical industry is trying to keep it […]

    Erin Brockovich Calls on EPA to Finally Set Standard for Carcinogen Found in Millions of Americans’ Tap Water

    Erin Brockovich Calls on EPA to Finally Set Standard for Carcinogen Found in Millions of Americans’ Tap Water

    As news about North Carolina’s governor and his administration downplaying the risks of drinking water contaminated with hexavalent chromium unfolds, two leading environmental health advocates are pushing the Obama administration to finally set a nationwide standard for the highly toxic chemical. Erin Brockovich, a noted environmental health advocate and the Environmental Working Group (EWG) President […]