silence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoLawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits | At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestoswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkLawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits | At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestoswww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10006628 Key background: the companies covered up risk for decades, instead of doing the right thing, and finding another way to achieve a similar outcome
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoThe US legal system often takes years before something like this gets to a settlement.
The US legal system often takes years before something like this gets to a settlement.