ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 26, 2023
Twenty-two attorneys general, including Maine’s, urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily. The deal announced in June doesn’t give individual water suppliers enough time to determine how much money they would get and whether it would cover their costs of removing the compounds known collectively as PFAS, said the officials. In some cases the agreement could shift liability from the company to providers.