"Major chemical companies were aware of the dangers forever chemicals posed to the public, years before they were forced to admit it. A new study in Annals of Global Health examined previously secret industry documents and saw exactly how manufacturers DuPont and 3M purposely distorted public knowledge about PFAS in their products."
Researchers at the University of California, found executives were first alerted to the health risks in 1961, but failed to raise the alarm until the 1990s when their hand was forced by lawsuits.
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