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Minnesota rebuffs 3M offer to pay to monitor PFCs in east metro
The 3M Co. offered to pay the $626,000 tab to continue a biomonitoring program to measure PFC levels in residents of three east-metro communities, but the offer was rejected because of the state’s ongoing lawsuit against the company. An advisory panel of experts with the Minnesota Department of Health had recommended continuing the five-year-old program […]
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Minnesota: More bad news on DuPont/3M chemicals and drinking water
Current drinking water limits appear to be “several hundredfold too high.” The Minnesota Department of Health has a “ Health Risk Limit” of 300 nanograms/liter for C8 (PFOA) one of a family of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) make by 3M Company that has caused widespread contamination of drinking water in Minnesota and elsewhere. This limit was […]
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Minnesota: New state study finds 55 percent of third-graders have a cavity
Note from Fluoride Action Network: 98.7% of Minnesota’s public water supplies are fluoridated More than half of Minnesota third-graders have had a cavity. That’s according to the state’s first comprehensive oral health plan, stemming from a 2010 survey of more than 1,500 third-graders in 40 public schools. Chris Carroll of Winona’s Pediatric Dental Care said […]
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MN: State budget plan would idle PFC biomonitoring study in Washington County
State health officials plan to idle a study of perfluorochemical (PFC) levels in Cottage Grove and other east-metro residents, but a legislative effort could reverse that decision. The Minnesota Department of Health plans to wind down its monitoring of 3M-produced chemicals in a group of local citizens and divert funds to other public health research […]
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Minnesota: East metro: 3M, Met Council agree that Mississippi is not ‘impaired’
Two legal adversaries have found something they can agree on — the Mississippi River is clean enough. The Metropolitan Council and 3M Co. have asked the state of Minnesota to declare that the pollution of the river by 3M’s chemicals wasn’t as bad as previously thought. But at the same time, the Met Council is […]
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Coon Rapids recognized for water quality
The city of Coon Rapids has been recognized for its water fluoridation quality by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the 2011 Water Fluoridation Quality Award, the CDC commends the city’s water system “for its consistent and professional adjustment of the water fluoride content to the optimum level or oral […]
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Minnesota: Judge disqualifies outside counsel in Minn. AG’s 3M case
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A Minnesota judge has ruled a private firm can’t represent state Attorney General Lori Swanson in her lawsuit against 3M Company. According to the ABA Journal, Hennepin County District Court Judge Robert Blaeser decided Thursday to grant 3M’s motion to disqualify Covington & Burling, an international firm with U.S. offices in […]
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Editorial: We’re glad 3M — and its jobs — are here
Imagine the impact of luring a Fortune 500 company — say, one of the 3Ms of the world — to our state. Let’s dream big: Make it a company with thousands of employees in good-paying jobs. Make it an ideas powerhouse with a family of products that are global brands. Add a legacy of giving […]
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Schafer: Blue-chip firm vs. white-shoe lawyers
Folks who always cheer for an underdog won’t be able to pick one out in 3M Co.’s escalating battle with the Washington law firm of Covington & Burling. Covington is the very bulwark of the legal establishment, a huge firm staffed with the kind of Ivy League lawyers global giants like 3M always seem to […]
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Brainerd: Elaine Chesley, fluoridation foe, dies at 84
Elaine Chesley, a Brainerd activist and longtime opponent of the fluoridation of Brainerd’s drinking water, died Wednesday. Chesley, 84, died at Diamond Willow in Brainerd. She is survived by her husband Tom; a son Dr. Brent (Laurie) Chesley, Grand Rapids, Mich.; two brothers and nieces and nephews. Chesley worked with Brainerd Mayor George Bedard to […]
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