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3M to Pay $98 Million to Settle Claims It Contaminated Tennessee River With Toxic Chemicals

Industrial conglomerate 3M said on Oct. 19 that it had agreed to pay $98.4 million to resolve suits over “forever” chemicals, or chemicals resistant to breaking down in the environment. The U.S. company agreed to the payout to settle claims that it had contaminated the Tennessee River in north Alabama with the toxic chemicals, known…


N95 Masks Start Rolling Off Ontario Assembly Line With Aim to Ensure Domestic Supply

OTTAWA—The federal and Ontario governments are hailing the first N95 masks to roll off a domestic assembly line as a step toward better pandemic protection for Canada now and into the future. The masks are being produced by 3M Canada following a multimillion-dollar deal between Ottawa and Queen’s Park announced last August by Prime Minister…


IBM, 3M, PepsiCo Among Leading US Firms That House Chinese Communist Party Units: Leaked Database

Hundreds of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members are embedded within the Chinese divisions of major U.S. corporations, from IBM to PepsiCo to 3M, a leaked CCP-member database revealed. The existence of Party units within foreign companies in China is hardly surprising, given that the regime mandates any organization with at least three CCP members to…