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The first time we came across this issue was May of 2000. And it was just a short little story that 3M had decided to replace the chemistry that was underneath
Scotchgard with something else, and it was going to cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in that year. 3M was
presenting to the USEPA some information
that had just come in, some rat studies with PFOS, and the widespread presence of the
chemical being found in the blood as well. And EPA was expressing
concerns about that data
Scotchgard with something else, and it was going to cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in that year. 3M was
presenting to the USEPA some information
that had just come in, some rat studies with PFOS, and the widespread presence of the
chemical being found in the blood as well. And EPA was expressing
concerns about that data
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The first time we came across this issue was May of 2000.
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And it was just a short little story that 3M had decided
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to replace the chemistry
00:00:14.305 --> 00:00:17.599
that was underneath
Scotchgard with something else,
00:00:17.808 --> 00:00:22.271
and it was going to cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in that year.
00:00:24.815 --> 00:00:27.943
3M was
presenting to the USEPA
00:00:28.235 --> 00:00:30.195
some information
that had just come in,
00:00:30.279 --> 00:00:33.324
some rat studies with PFOS,
00:00:33.407 --> 00:00:37.703
and the widespread presence of the
chemical being found in the blood as well.
00:00:37.828 --> 00:00:40.539
And EPA was expressing
concerns about that data.
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Movie Summary
A group of citizens in West Virginia challenges a powerful corporation to be more environmentally responsible.
