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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Sources. Here's a TL;DR in video form:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7oySzpueb5/

One thing not covered in that video is that Kris Hansen was not the first scientist at 3M to investigate PFAS. She was instructed by her boss to investigate PFAS and essentially duplicate studies 3M had already conducted in the past. 3M also knew it was toxic before her time there.

ProPublica report:

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

One person *can* make a difference, but one person cannot save us from systemic problems.