How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? This is the inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
I kinda wish we could sue the company into oblivion for forcing microplastics into our body without consent.
But I’m sure someone thought of that already and 3M came up with some bullshit cover story that the bought off judges sided with.
That was a very good, but disheartening read.
As a kid in the 90s, I remember my parents spraying our shoes and camping gear with ScotchGuard.
Those shoes are long gone, but the chemicals won’t ever be.
It's so wild we allow companies to just... invent whole new chemicals, and deploy them into the market without any meaningful analysis or supervision.
Like, this is teaching me I totally *could* create a greygoo and drop it on a board room? That seems insane!
Where are the indictments? The jail time? For 3M? The gov't officials fired? and the congressional hearings? & why isn't 3M paying for the attempt to clean up our water supply? How are they allowed to remain in business? What's the proper penalty for knowingly poisoning the world?
