3M Faces Dutch Claim Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution
Disturbed earth near the 3M plant in Antwerp, Belgium.
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The Netherlands’s government is exploring its legal options against chemical giant 3M over pollution in the Dutch part of the Scheldt river.
For years, the company’s Antwerp, Belgium-based factory seeped contaminated groundwater into the Scheldt, a 350-kilometer (217-mile) river that starts in France and runs through Belgium and the Netherlands into the North Sea.