Manufacturer 3M also seeks negotiations for what one media report described as a possible $10B settlement to include other US water systems and municipalities, as ot remains unclear if the first US federal court trial over PFAS impact, set for June 5, will get underway.

After years of battle, firm that managed remediation of 2008 TVA power plant coal ash site breach in Tennessee sending waste over 300 acres and costing about $1 billion, agrees to undisclosed monetary deal with up to 200 workers who had sought many millions.