Cover-Up of Toxic Chemicals in 3M Products

Midday on WNYC | Aug 7, 2018

Sharon Lerner, award-winning environmental reporter and a finalist for the National Magazine Award, discusses the final installment in her 17-part “Teflon Toxin” series for The Intercept. Her latest piece is titled “3M Knew about the Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago, Internal Documents Show.” Lerner takes a deep dive into documents from a lawsuit against the company 3M, that shows 3M kept secret damning information about PFAS chemicals since the 1970s. 

This segment is guest hosted by Nancy Giles.

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