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I seriously doubt 3M is the only or even dominant contributor to rainwater pollution. Surely there are big Chinese companies, among others, also producing fluor
by User23 3y ago
I seriously doubt 3M is the only or even dominant contributor to rainwater pollution. Surely there are big Chinese companies, among others, also producing fluorine compounds.
The other polluters should also contribute to cleanup rather than just using this as an excuse to further erode the USA’s industrial base.
That said if someone can convincingly show that 3M all by themselves managed to pollute the entire global water supply to a dangerous level I’ll accept it.
- karim79 3y agoThat's not what I was implying (agreed, my initial comment was a bit short). But they have played a part in this. It seems that corporate social responsibility these days amounts to having to pay trivial fines, then washing their hands clean. I'm a bit mortified that the consequences to 3M for the amount of damage caused amounts to 10.3BN-12.5BN over the course of thirteen years. They should clean up the mess they made themselves - God only knows what that would cost in the end. Edit: Corrected 1.3BN to 10.3