National PFAS Case Proposes 25 People in Shift to Injury Claims

National litigation involving firefighting foam that contained PFAS took a major step on Tuesday away from its strict focus on water utilities and toward allegations the chemicals harmed thousands of people.

Attorneys representing allegedly injured individuals and corporate defendants, such as the 3M Co., BASF Corp., E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., and Tyco Fire Products LP, in the aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) multidistrict litigation proposed that 25 individuals comprise the pool of initial personal injury claims. AFFF contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

The list includes five plaintiffs alleging kidney cancer, eight alleging testicular cancer, ...