December 6, 2011 – Firm client 3M Company commented on today’s announcement of a biomonitoring study released by the Minnesota Department of Health that confirms the company’s belief that the levels of perfluorochemicals found in the bloodstream of East Metro residents are significantly declining.
“The efforts by 3M have had a positive impact on reducing PFC exposure,” 3M Spokesman Bill Nelson stated in the article “3M Chemicals Down Sharply in East Metro Residents.”
Following 3M’s decision to phase-out the use of PFCs in 2000, the company entered into a Consent Order and Settlement Agreement with the MPCA in May 2007. 3M voluntarily agreed to remove PFCs from the environment.