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🌱 3M reaches $7.35 billion settlement over PFAS injury claims

Lake Elmo, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • 3M reaches $7.35 billion settlement over PFAS injury claims

Also on today's calendar: Bird Hike at Lake Elmo Park Reserve.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; a morning shower, with a high of 54 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 40, low: 25.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 39 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 3M agrees to pay billions over toxic chemical claims (sctimes.com) — 3M’s $7.35 billion PFAS personal-injury settlement follows years of contamination concerns in communities including Lake Elmo, where chemicals were found in drinking water wells. The agreement could compensate up to 120,000 people who allege injuries from exposure, with payments spread over nine years. It is separate from the company’s earlier settlement with public water suppliers.
   

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    Saturday November 14
  • Bird Hike at Lake Elmo Park Reserve →
    Lake Elmo Park Reserve, 1515 Keats Ave. N., Lake Elmo
    9:00 am
    • Friday November 20
  • LE- Game Night
    Lake Elmo Elementary Lake Elmo, MN 55042
    5:00 pm

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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