SAN DIEGO—The San Diego City Attorney’s Office filed suit on May 11 against more than 20 chemical companies for allegedly manufacturing toxic chemicals that have been detected in San Diego area water sources.
The lawsuit seeks to force the companies, which include Dupont, 3M, and others, to pay for the costs of cleanup, which the City Attorney’s Office says “are expected to be substantial.”
The suit alleges the companies produced firefighting foams that contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS, which the City Attorney’s Office says have been detected “in certain drinking water supplies, stormwater and wastewater, and other natural resources.”
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