3M's 'Forever Chemicals' Trial Delayed Amid Settlement Talks.

A U.S. judge has allowed the delay of a trial in which Florida's Stuart city sued industrial conglomerate 3M Co over water contamination from toxic "forever chemicals". The company was scheduled to face trial in the South Carolina federal court on Monday in a lawsuit brought by the Florida city accusing it of manufacturing PFAS, or per- and polyflouroalkyl substances, despite knowing for decades that the chemicals can cause cancer and other ailments. The city of Stuart claimed in its 2018 lawsuit that the company made or sold firefighting foams containing PFAS that polluted local soil and groundwater, and sought more than $100 million for filtration and remediation.