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Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits | At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestos

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Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/climate/pfas-forever-chemicals-industry-lawsuits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vU0.uvR_.0Qe6vficQzbR

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/10006628

Key background: the companies covered up risk for decades, instead of doing the right thing, and finding another way to achieve a similar outcome

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  • Gork@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does this mean that we’ll soon be inundated with lawyer ads that say we’re Entitled to Compensation?

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    • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The US legal system often takes years before something like this gets to a settlement.

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You may be entitled to a settlement of seventy-five cents and your weight in plastic ashtrays. Call now!

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s going to be a settlement and most likely it will be like tobacco and opioids settlements…

    States are supposed to get it to help the victims, when in reality it’s at best used as a random slush fund and excuse to lower taxes on the wealthy.

    At worst it’ll be used to directly help the industry that caused the damage.

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  • Pilgrim@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh nooo not the precious, sweet plastic manufacturers!

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