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What we are accustomed to seeing is decades-long | met ce seme | | arguments about whether a chemical is really toxic." | Te on: amd totus crit chat bd : The long aml tortuous trail that led y 24 tb Sion hghighe th grow 3M to its decision highlights,the g~'ow- i crc th demic many ing conce~ within the dmmical industry over persistent chemicals, a relatively recent environmental worry. There are BIG stthcheoerevvseerryoyf ffatahbberriiscce oocffhm mem oodidceearrlnns, lIiwffeeo,, vttehhnaattinrreteo-- | siisstt nnaattuurraall pprroocceesssseessooffddeeccaayy aanndd ccaann | . s ( farina rab linger in the environment for decades. J SE Moe ready bn bares i Some have already been banned-- piss Sry ! ~nost prominently DDT, PCBS, and |S i CFcs--but no one is quite B : oremost sang them its ubigiaus| corti whe daa, : foremost among them its ubiquitous certain what damage, if WWhhyy iitt ddeecciiddeedd ttoo | Sid Bin pra Sachin | 5 the reyiit | Scotchgard fabric protector. Since there any, the rest might J SE Emacment vem 2 pt ha. | be caning. The : is no replacement chemical as yet, that be causing. The iqq | pp|F uullll tthhee pplluugg oonn | a mehmo eoofeetsaSpioarmtienevs. 3} means a potential loss of $50Q million in annual sales, out of total corporate rev- ] i|ittss,abeesst--ss,e".l.l;.inn"g |onoeo of $16 billion, and one-time re- t peieee : structuring charges of up to $200 mil- $ ssttaaiinn rreeppeellllaanntt "Fe news caused 3 rush o stockpile : The news caused a rush to stockpile r Scatgard by the cen and th cae : Scotchgard by the clean and the care- ] A frst, Dr. Larry R. Zabel and | i. Hoe, thofrth synicsien : 1 tootthfhieerrsrt,rreeDsseer.aarrLcchhaeerrrrssy aaRtt.33MZMobCCeoo.l. adfniggd--| "l"eHHsisin.nttHsselfforroiosmem, aHHueeltlhoooiisrseeo""f hthhooeuussseeykkneedeeippciainnteggd A !1 | rhe ins hnbem. |con, sas very fo doth A i ~ured the findings had to be a mis- column, says everyone from clothes- 3 re Tvesiamors on Corel | Sons a Ry sk : ~'~take. Investigators from Cornell conscious TV hosts to flight atten- H | Chivers, ti mor ew ec | Gans hv fred to he shot J [3 University, using a powerful new tech- dants have fretted to her about 1 | i a DESH STM acy| Sh Tos of Sencha Even } nique to scan the blood of 3M's factory the loss of Scotchgard. Even ! tare wartestmiesneg hey| She, an xp 2 sire Ii workers, were testing some serum they she, an expert at stain-re- I {| Soutien somrn oo bas | mova admis "When my {8 : bought from commercial blood banks to moval, admits: "When my hus- hiiaSoTtrse soirteUn kmoasitnsa,|| obnangd hiosmogw de {ryt 0; establish base lines for the machines, band gets a new tie I spray it t The higtfly sensitive devices kept turn- on right away." t |0 | Eoe hStoSeSemm odts fres:adeTay| | urarkees tSseroegmaorvadls aorpbucilratlyy HN ;; ing up the same odd result: Tiny ~'$." Scotchgard's popularity amounts of a chemiead 3M had made for makes its removal particularly ie sem eere hewn op | Totem. en ha Th we ae : nearly 40 years were showing up in noteworthy, given that 3M was un- I 1 | ocd dram rom: peopl ing ai | Grn marae to ac. "i de. g ; blood drawn from people living all der no mandate to act. "3M de- de A en dr pace fr | ere from snd or mito. Ih across the country, even in places far serves great credit for identifying J | Sol mec ek moi bn. | thi peste and comin forvasd . : from 3M factories. "It took months be- this problem and coming forward t Tove 2 he Shins wer some| sosm oeEa rvl in Fro ; fore all the chemists were convinced voluntarily," says Environmental Pro- {5a we thane sec Zane, 0| ton: gency Adminrsor Cat 8 : that it was there," recalls Zobel, 3M's tection Agency Administrator Carol ric ston There wa tetet| SF. Brn, Eva envonmenal se. 3% ! medical director. '~here was disbelief." M. Browner. Even environmental ac- For ob ihe ne TOT est rests| vit he LinE:Gdreae, senor sc 34 ! For 3M, the late 1997 test results tivists like Linda E. Greer, senior sci- wee rain. I ey hed up, an| ant a th ishing bed Nats a | were troubling. If they held up, it meant entist at the Washington-based Natural i vital ol Arran and os| Reson Delonte Conch gives poe a | that virtually all Americans--and folks Resources Defense Council, gives plau- farbeyondthe U.S--bemcararyiyng|dit to thecompan: "Ittockguts, she 4 ELLs : far beyond the U.S.--may be carrying dits to the compan~r. "It took guts," she | Sore inate simofo8n cham | saya even i chy di ct of ea of| ree ; some minuscule amount of a 3M chemi- says, even if they did it out of fear of Gar cll perfuoroociane sulionste| government scion. "The fact i tha|: (RAN|RCH 3 + c(alP, rcaoilnlestdh)epi,errfslyusotreomosc.taHnoewsPuPlfOosngaotet| (PFOS), in their systems. How Pros got gmmooosvstetrcncoommmpepanantniieaescs,t,iowwnhh.een"nTffhaaecceefddacwwtiittihhs ggthoovav--t| tthheerree,, wwhheetthheerr iitt ccoouulldd ppoossee aa hheeaalltthh | eerrnnmmeenntt nnuuddggiinngg,, ggoo iinnttoo aannggeerr,, ddeenniiaall,, | JRRMNMIREE J a J || iCerohanstaohieatpaaaorustax8.a:cwevareaes THEPROBLE >paalnlceEgReTTohgecshem > Ppvc ;.. riskshouldand,bemOredoneimportant,abiotu,t wereWhat I-HET DANGER The qffeeullettstddiroriinvvseennthttaoot a3assMkk.. eAAxleltcthuhootiuuvggehhs -~ WW.,II,TT..UH, S~~_.Cn~O~,T'@ .C,_H~uGm@A,.Ra.nD~h ::.[croiarlsl~Cpei~nrtosfiso:t~didneeccthaadedeeses,n,vi- 3 3 H | Giertoom pi emai poston| Sndros wom unin is & St| oe (ha theres mo svidencs they have yet to come up with definitive answers--and they ~::o.~r: ganicfluorinethat trace amounts in hum- an 18 eanlounts in human IsSpills Fito he umanr e ey insist that there's no evidence of danger to humans~the Min- ;-rre~pee/,lSswoal~erraanriddoil 1 Seod. ::~_. ~ Repel r | ciCoopans neler oom im inbassend >crreot ry vgn : nesota company's research led d) E in aay fort;n, POS,when horfy TECTdos,PvROoSyhar | I &] pi1tr6,otos3aMadnrddeaestcpdiir~doeeddudeccittrssooioncpD.ohneaOtsntaeiMnouiaunrytg l.i0. ff6ttusp'irnitneo,mammalian lkieiledd mmoonnkkeyePsyi~s0~seaaArynnt/dd fnleeww | rreelaltaedtPFeadnSdchecmhiceamlsi,pcraodlusct,s cofnitrasitningaafinnrsddt Ce//S. bboOrBnrraattssiinn lfaab b tetesstts. 3 4 El 96 BUSINESS WEEK I JUNE 5, 2000 Ae M_MNO2402750 3M MN02492759 11770077..00000022 I | EPA is pressing the chemical industrT S| || nee pet | hens,in her | when, in grrr omic to reduce the manufacture of these submt ee Se |at h n Joi | Stel Trepyrp stances, however, and is currently ne- titing internationalconventionswith| "Physicians. who. were. seeing the | fabri protocor andarevaluedproce.| [HI gotiating international conventions with o| | [me mepton cmmi in| Boys vi pos soy in| po so]ws dre Canada aimed at reducing their presEng rn ly ms | fr fe ts oy lop ence in the Great Lakes. ERET tr | TRE re| fTssahyt oSmutyBsfom PFOS is not on environmentalists' list al ailments in the living workers and, after scanning death records, nothing unusual in the deaths of former workers. "Physicians who were seeing the employees generally found no significant health problems, no health problems that wmtld be unexpected in a typical when certain precursor chemicals get into the cells. These precursors are part of the chemical makeup of Scotchgard fabric protector and are valued precisely for their hardiness. They repel water and oil like nothing else, making them potent stain-resisters. Indeed, 3M has | | | tepu sc ik chemicals. But which of the most worrisome persis- tent 3M, is responsible for most of the TTHHEE PPATHTATOOAAT PPAAIINNH FFUULL CCHHOOIICCEE ri sixehe msy leonntgisrewvehroeddethveelion-hothuese sci- made chemicals, after a lab world's supply of the substance, dedceiriddeeddnnototttoowwai~ttu~nttiilla~ ll tthhee ff1iinn9dd6ss8oroAgrgaranenisicecaffrlcluuhooerrriinnaeetiitnnhehhuuUmmanani~nberlbsloio~ooddos~saaRmmpoplclheeesssftf~rroo:mm - . staffer in the early 1950s chcahn~cceeddoonn tthheemm.. TThhee sst~affeerr i le nt ot rte nan a srl Set hemThe Sar sITcititet ~ntkifiio citssccacol orsdststllyyfsestltleepp~btbao~seepddlacooenn, 1the gGeen.n:e~erraall:ppoopp~ulualtaitoin-o.n. -PP'uubblilisshheses ffiinndidnigniginn NNaattt~re:~ "~ ~:' cheaaalldss osunpnillhheeedrr ossnnneeeaaokkefer5t,heffoocuunhnddefii-tt DE Ime rs Ar Aem TL ni me e scientific detective work that I~T~ Academic researchers refi~ the earlier find~:(:~ '. ~le ~ w~h out ~th el- eea nr ov rs El Toh ho has b~t up ~emen~ly over and the, Roeh'ester investigator,~ D.R.:~T9ves~ disc0v~s :. ther water or solvents, ~d Fy pre Ai i ne reed| the past 30 yearn--and far the Che~ica :in h S Own b ood. -,, -:.~~-~:~ ~, . ~st~ed investi~atinu its r~ a E..... Toi .". ~ =- re le ',-y ,oemmrecoros among ::-. - . J Fae rnaa caywr comst axa omen jmoescrrbyosmne | ye~. Its ehome t~atens the fa~to~,WX~rs .e..os~d t. or~a.=g~fl;,.~=.. ~. ,~,~ ~, :~- :~e mu~e emp]oy~ morn jiionnbsAAlloaafbbsaaommmaae,, 1MM,i5inn~nnee3ssoMotatwa,,oreekvveeemnn " _ " ~' ~:in~ds 1n7oth"i.n.g',..u=n"uffsual- .~, s. ~,~,'~'~'.."'~','~:.T~)Y#Y~,:~',~t: .htithoeeH11n69g808s~c,o,ttnhhteeincuceoodmmtphlpryohauhag~dnho~ yiut t Bsoomrfindeuste rsial cusr tomer, S1assckanwoorskterss'Shloso.Raellbtlydetectscoentramianal: boi (metsrpemaRrsiSoh | sc~res of mdustmal ~stome~, to. s~n,workers';blood.. Reliablydetects contaminar~:::"?~ :-b~ood t~sts ~ew more sop~- oEbysBend osno osobs aka eRmmaar topsemm eptie|| | | `~mei~l[lssf,,lywWhp hoOa aapp~ ppllyk yt~~ hnee ~3~Mydicehtn~ emee i~-- tioionn dd- oo-w~wn-tso,..tS "he. "lev..A .e.~ lo~':o:f- f:0:?0N 1;%.-5. p'p.l.ai, f:~fsshpie~nr- mill oin;".~..~.~::>".:~~", :::~ ;" 3~ ~Mvcl d oeuol~dmdsscthr~eeeeennf~of]oyrrs1 sppec9 eicfi~ iecf~d lu-- it nd carpeting. an organic fluorine.Elsewhere,11 lintokcaencedr. damning health fects kept | epaet]s-ftooodgoboadgss,acsafn~ dy-w~ranppgersa,s _pet-food bags, c~dy ~ao_~m, ff ~n9d9i3ngnRnneoods.ienanicrccrrheeneaasrssg eedda,tmmUoromtnavaleirittsyy~.tiidyn.w~w,,~ofo,;r,rMkke.elnrrnss.eesexoxptpaoosrseeepddott~oo:.::~~:,~:.,:.~/': oc_h~cehemesmiicscaualclshs----tt~hheeP~llOaaScckkor oorffelaa~nty~y f and carpeting, an orgamc fluorine. Elsewhere,~lt;)s;hnked to cancer:.,~:-~. darning health effects kept ISTE Ly oli enCh led ear dining bein, Sets tt twist in the tale took place in BLO0~ tESTS. The first big twist in the tale took place in humans. in rodents humans. and changes in reproductive "- hormones in . ':;~.`pepoeusantteeeeddrmnmesdeidtocicaalalrremevviinieeimwwssusmsoe.eemmReemdd| | 1958, rh Physicn S400 1096 University of Minesaa researchers pub Serhe chemicals cfany | | the effects of water fluorida- ffom PFOS exposures. detection techniques changed| |1 1968. with a physician at the University of Rochester. Dr. Donald R. Taves was studying the effects of water fluorida- 1998 University of Minnesota researchers publish study finding no toxicity to the liver in 115 3M wdrkers from PFOS exposures, to clear the chemicals of any problems. : Then, in 1997, powerful new detection techniques changed tion when he found tiny quan- 1997 Researchers at Michigan State University:~r~d:(~i, everything. The new tests tities of an unusual form of flu- 3M report that organic fluorine chemicals are al~oe~r~i'!~.~ 'turned up evidence of the orine--a kind that didn't come ing in water, air, and soil: . - .... chemicals in levels as low a.s PETE aes as from fluoridated water--in,huToT Ir tn mannan nt tromogrie SR Sno man blood. Just how it got there and what its presence MAY, 1998 3M advises EPA that it found organic fluorine in blood-bank samples in tiny amounts. 0.5 parts per million in human blood. 'q3~at is not much," says Zobel drily. "It's like 50 sec- ho ian, leh A meant were unclear. But scien- Company decides to move away from this chemistry. onds in 32 years." It was by | | ee ey ma a i. m8epavr e by tists familiar with the organic ffluuoorriinneess,, kknnoowwnn aass PPoOsFS,F,ttooookk SSEEPFTrEr~MBBERR,, 11999988CComopmapnaynytetlellsls EEPPAAooffddiissttuurrbbiinngg using the new techniques that tyhpe" CGoormnmeell UUnniivveerrssiittyy llaabb,, nnoottee.. TThhee ffiinnddiinngg ddrreeww ssttiilll aannmimala-lt-teesstt ffiinnddiinnggss.. TThhee oofffsfpsrpinrgionofgf rraattss hheeaavviillyy `wwoorrkkiinnggffoorr33MM,, ffoouunnddtthheePeRFO~S m moorree aatttteennttiioonn wwhheenn TTaavveess,, 9d0o5seeddwwitithh oorrggaanniicc fflluuoorriinneeddiieewwitithhiinnddaayyss., iinn bblloooodd ffrroomm tthhee ssccaatttteerreedd ft Wowr ithckolleiaguensa gthe SEP19T99 3E MresM earcB hers fE ind nR oadv, erse ~~ blood banks. 3M prompily| |! working with colleagues at the SEPTEMBER, 1999 3M researchers find no adverse blood banks. 3M promptly Une FUR sr Sone hone oar roe My puma | University of Florida, con- health effects from on-the-job exposure to PFOS. launched an international vest- firmed the results in a 1976 EE ia hives even FEBRUARY,2000Researchersalert 3M thatPFOS (r38o"0ys Shoe"bagi study. Chillingly, Taves even found the fluorine in his own fond te ksi ve ISS ng iycopbomsBe | blood, though he lived far from FEBRUARY, 2000 Researchers alert 3M that PFOS is found in tissue of birds from the Pacific Ocean to .: the Baltic. - .~ , ~ i . .... ing program, screening blood from 18 U.S. blood banks along with samples from Eu- rope and Asia. It even scanned any potential factory source. MARCH, 2000 3M and EPA discuss latest findings, old, stored blood samples from | RErihee st Th, which ARCH,2000 30 and EPAdiss test 0S, rr ernThem | 1 `ssaayyRssieitstieisasvrivcgihgielilaransnttaaabtboou3utMt ,cchheewmmhiiciccaahll including8 the deaths of heavily dosed monkeyesl, `sKsuuollttr::eattininnyW y aaammroovuuentntetsrsoanofsfc.coTonnthtaeammriei.-- t exposureofits workers,were MAY 16, 2000 3Mand EPAannouncethat the com- nationin theU.S. and Europe, | | exposure of its workers, were MAY 18, 2000 3M and EPA announce that the com- nation in the U.S. and Europe, paying particular attention. pany will voluntarily phase out the organic fluorines. except in the veterans' blood, RE pail penton LEE Som iefermebe | | St tTtoohteteyesstqtuieecmmkplpylloolyayueeneecssheaadttpplpraloanngttrssam iinns DATA: 3M, EPA, BUSINESS WEEK cwhehmicihcaplredated the Scotchgard chemical. Cottage Grove (Minn.), Decatur (Ala.), population like this," says Zobel. 3M regularly updated the EPA on all | ae SsS,e), Dr le| open fhe (7, mg Zo |mhot n nt and later Antwerp (Belgium), to see if For 3M veterans, the cheerful medical of its research. For their part, El~h.offi- EE TreaT0 : | omrl eo Sr, Ae|| F ge Te w n| |[1 fluorine exposures were high. While they results were not surprising. Although cials were particularly concerned by the KtHe s soknen yeMieol | | AdSeHspSroossgftitefnego ||3Basd dMoamoYsohe,psivnnnval| [|) f found that fluorines were registering at unusually hardy, organic fluorines for persistence of PFos. It is so hardy that h:gher levels in workers' blood than in decades were thought to be inert. PFOS, no one knows when, if e~ier, it will population, the medical evi- a 3M product used in fire-fighting foams break down. Worse, it accumulates in "problem. Reseafrouncdfhoeunrussu dence suggested that they posed no Researchers found no unusu- | iiasndaailssionodppurrsootdrdiuuaccleeaddciiidnn-asanunipimpmarealslsssiaoannnddphrhuoudmmuacantnsss, |ththhuaamttaaanrreeapnedpresarinssiimstteaenlnttt,i,tssthuheeeso.no'nlWlyyCwitwhaatyhyinffgoosrr t 3M MN02492760 11770077..00000033 J hReafcen"opn33deMnMtcsaoidommnesis{ii0enorgsvffepoosi.rrnwgworuarerraaddpttlsvvcooofrlileuumdndantiitatittarefifroloiSr1yl0rroy,mi",>is"dldeeasscnnraaetstyyittie sshsffegavsyiytt| iihthninme eeegsgwEEm tthPhahPAiJi?s'si/imssppaBBrrn oororubobovwlwleernemn- cemlersr;be | the concentrations to go is up--in our He andne | Host Gly tou the chemical In | ihe. rt fsping were avn wiki| f bodies and in wildlife," says the NatBer Del Ce | aii fm various les" | ys of by Then ti pat Mach | ural Resources Defense Council's Green An Br ee |e wo ht th srl o na. | hey reported tht bo monkeys tht | "And pretty much every chemical in Co to some de | on rerpin scene | wee uh ded hear i a ut the world is toxic at some dose." re | ional cx say ros | for severe testi proves | Because t,Fos is both enduring and dere, aeme | Rak <uing bir i ah | a onions. Th company promi widespread, 3M made some crucial choices in, GUIS, ComiPnX)| Fine Coen ch Baltic rer. | node th bo of th resus choices in mid-1998. Company execuended Be | Eo lay hrs te on | Thos nm ess gt te agers tives decided they would---eventually-bandon sch frmultons 10010| 3 ee or fo | stein. Abou 5 had Kp he abandon such formulations and find reBe | a te Aric an Aare, fond fa Ho 70 suis, Ue placements for the troublesome oa i to rou mor nl moray tsa | fluorines. "We began to realize then, et ti orld be 3 cat to Gai and came to realize more erie ha would con a vad setts of later, that this would be a Sealy be lve In emo Ee tts chemical that would con: mnt dois save met lapevs" stantly be involved in envl, ries Rich chime in renting in Src at oma ronmental debate," Gof Sten a he Tian In Wigton. Charles Reich, s pies of animal tissue from all across the globe, which he keeps on hand in lab freezers, Giesy found the chemical in "va~ous animals from various places." While he won't list the animals or locations-for fear of preempting scientific publication--3M executives say P~os turned up in flesh-eating birds in the Pacific Ocean and the Baltic regions. Giesy is now halfway through tests on 2,000 tissue samples drawn from as far away as the Arctic and Antarctic. times what humans would ever likely be exposed to. The investigators found that the rats' offspring were dying within days of birth. Then, this past March, they reported that two monkeys that were also dosed heavily died, after suffering severe gastrointestinal problems and convulsions. The company promptly notified the EPA of the results. Those animal tests got the agency's attention. Although 3M had kept the EPA informed of all its PFOS studies, the animal mortality data--and especially the rat fatalities sparked a steady series of "no lunch, no refreshments.., roll-up-your-sleeves" in March at EPA in Washington, Eps snes vies re ten ro. | charge of Scotchgard as the rate or specsma. Soo ei oe ser. | company's executive vice, erat mt. " praia del president for specialty-ma: mt a Sil, Me ud ar terial markets, oLnonSer, eCoeutdartgheoy owvaeirt bebi 2 \ pluWgheonn irhoes20ande.xecruetliavteesd just how long they could A NO SURE THING. Still top executives argued over just how long they ) EPA official recalls. Says the official: "The seriousness of the issues grew A finally decided to pull the over time." When the 3M executives finally decided to pull the on PFOS and related il Tetacemenss fe the \ Bt oy ine ns| continue. Could they didn't need ren were fom? That Bee her of Eon until replacements for the the heavy hammer of an EPA te soon. ear ae met tha posit chemicals were wa po 3 ure Fo pes nh bac might take seven years cy tol see the more, and was not a Ting: nd ewhrerabsoutcthue Eng on th wal" ames | thing. And what about the that possibility 'heavily in the back- could see the on the wall," argues tt nh od tho ot voo fa. ey effect on corporate cus~ , senior EPA official. '~hey neo tht aay 1 Bi ee wen Tot tomers, who valued the 3M could see we were going to rods orthelr abo WAND co3vdaat sowed no vers eat effects _ soins su sessment of | 8 products for their ability to continue our assessment of opel te or oF Stk, ion 0 ove:30 deteshednoar MehWEES (ud ld gt more | BE repel water or oil? Shouldn't R~rlCH AND COYN: 3M data Sl~owed no adverse t~eal~h effects this and it would get more BD ee man | When Glsy started. resting io | dead and at the en of Ue 0 ve 3M keep the supplies comingcsthre 1 Bk, DT | eke 6 nn Pee | woud kesmieof dein. 3 hag, Since there was no hint of human When Giesy started presenting his detailed and at the end of the day we Hr A a | he um eve th company Toi | Sseda tebeter suafrcein | danger. "All the data we had on initial results to 3M officials in Februa~:, would make some kind of decision... 3M Mi | Sele He was summoned bah 0 r. | Was to, gi out. of iL wary" For the | health...pointed toward no health the concern level at the company rose decided that the better course of action fect sys Wil a; Come, er | STs proton fo Chet Exc. | pa, 9 afl tay they would have effect," says William E. Coyne, senior sharply. He was summoned back to re- was to get out of it early." For their Sng BE i and hs| ade th ame deckion nether the | BE vice-president for research and peat his presentation for Chief Execu- part, 3M officials say they would have ek| pant tS Poli th eset| Ja how ily To un sap ts| ut then 5to3ocoukple ofcrucial | moet senior executives "This was very| GA pushed them or ol. S development. tive OfficerLivio D. DeSimone and his made the same decision whether the But then 3M took a couple of crucial most senior executives. ';This was very EPA pushed them or not. re aeo | Sir ehr Gay nr mouse st. | anseaching dois it ear 10 in | EQ steps that sped up its decision to chuck important to 3M," recalls the researchen Just how quickly 3M can adapt to its the proIdtuancdetr:ap Ss | Seay Jak ho Pros got | en tobecut ofprocuction on mst | E08 the product: It ordered up studies on Since neither Giesy nor in-house sci- far-reaching decision isn't clear. It in- a, monkeys, and cher ariloe | tang nia tse, th | otal prose proby ycss. | CCHERRE rats, monkeys, and other animals to see entists could say just how PFOS got tends to be out of production on most, if a heavy dosesOL FTO iE| mo pon Bla Tv| W&hfew products, schso ren| EH what heavy doses of PFOS might do. into the far-flung animal tissues, the not all, e~os-related products by yearend. A om | Shh for aimed a ruing th | ig oun, may tak or tos. | Fg And it commissioned more research, 3M scientists now plan a global re- With a few products, such as fire-fight- Ee a on | temeals soto, and desinaons. | WA ve S1 ion pouring incc ver | FEI forking over $800,000 for an havestigator search effort aimed at tracking the ing foams, it may take longer to adjust. ee oe ED | eceuive Gacir. of amit: | use the chemi, the company fois| [EHH `aWtilM dliifcehsigaamnplSestatteoseUenijvusetrsihtoywtopertveas-t| cSShaayeymss iKKcaaattlhh'seerrisinnoeeurEEc..esRReeaeednd,d, aadccehhseetimmniaisstttiowwnhhsoo. | W ffrroiomtmh aaollvll essror$rtt1ss booiflflinnoeenwwpoppurroroiddnuugcctitnss tehaacth that dyoena'tr | don't wildlife samples to see just how perva- iotveethe aclafmreltsewcerheeThere ot tahmaogs:orWmeatbeerliievceontthians|| ssueeal, cmnopceormsestuopnvictrhesbAentdiooecr--|| H(LEAH sive the chemicals were. The results of is 3M's executive director of environmental technology: "We believe that use the chemicals, the company feels sure it can come up with substitutes-- both sets of tests, though preliminary, LvodtorUeeahvese. eMichligan|| coae fe cydlompanaage1menct"oncep we|pcepafsrwti onndssavtsissIo eafwcoerwvorrikl.|| [E388 proved fatal for the chemicals. our responsibility for materials continues...into disposal. It's a concept we ideally, nonpersistent ones. And it expects it will find jobs elsewhere or will The wildlife tests confirmed the initial fomof ere | vai eben sg | rs. Meany, the worn sit rt | Fig fears of the 3M executives. Michigan call life-cycle management." pay separation benefits to affected work- StateUnivers rosareerJonF | a ca o im 10. | sr nt ye ve, Poryato cmome: 31 |: FA State University. researcher John P. The mos~ damning evidence against ers. Meanwhile. the worries about ~ros Gl,8 ml tn30 me | ot in Sh ih reo nia | bs een tacofth sl 1 ho ec Giesy, a zoologist and a faculty mem- PFOS began emerging in September, 1998. are not yet over. For years Lo come. 3M reefKal indSG | Tots heyBd| LS To Hed ber of the school's National Food Safety That's when 3M got the results of animal will be keeping track of the stuff it has | some very Sa places. Scanning sam| iinisterd to rte--100 to 100000|* By Joseph Webeirn St. Pat, Min. |? FLL [ & Toxicology Center, found p~os in tests in which heavy doses of PFOS were already put out there. By Joseph Weber in St. Paul, Minn. some very odd places. Scanning sam- administered to rats--10.000 to 100,000 FEES 98 BUSINESS WEEK / JUNE 5. 2000 11770077..00000044 M_MNO2402761 3M MN02492761