Wisconsin reaches $10M settlement in Tyco PFAS contamination
Laura Schulte
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Updated
A fire and its smoke plume is shown at Tyco Fire Products Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 2700 Industrial Pkwy S. in Marinette, Wis. The company is a unit of Glendale-based Johnson Controls. The company is providing about 100 areas homeowners with bottled water after elevated levels of "forever chemicals" were detected in their private drinking wells. PFAS are called "forever chemicals" because of their difficulty to break down in the environment. The substances can repel both oil and water and have been used for decades in products like stain-resistant fabrics, nonstick cookware and firefighting foam.
MARINETTE — The state Department of Justice reached a $10 million settlement with a Marinette company over its use of PFAS, or "forever chemicals," that made their way into local water sources and private wells across the area.
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A fire and its smoke plume is shown at Tyco Fire Products Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 2700 Industrial Pkwy S. in Marinette, Wis. The company is a unit of Glendale-based Johnson Controls. The company is providing about 100 areas homeowners with bottled water after elevated levels of "forever chemicals" were detected in their private drinking wells. PFAS are called "forever chemicals" because of their difficulty to break down in the environment. The substances can repel both oil and water and have been used for decades in products like stain-resistant fabrics, nonstick cookware and firefighting foam.
