Minnesota Mining and (Truth) Manufacturing

“Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.” An investigative piece from The New Yorker and ProPublica that pieces together how big corporations can bury inconvenient truths. Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe.

+ Of course, 3M isn’t alone in this behavior. That explains why chemicals and microplastics can be found in our every nook and cranny. And I mean every… Microplastics found in every human testicle in study.