PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuit Attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota

3M Company's manufacturing operations in Oakdale, Woodbury, and Cottage Grove in Washington County (eastern Twin Cities metro) discharged PFAS into the groundwater serving communities in the eastern Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area for decades. 3M's internal studies documented the accumulation of PFOS and PFOA in human blood globally — findings that were suppressed until litigation forced disclosure. Minnesota's AG sued 3M in 2010, settling in 2018 for $850 million to fund water infrastructure improvements. This settlement compensated water utilities but not individual cancer victims. Minnesota residents in the Washington County and eastern metro contamination zone who developed kidney cancer, testicular cancer, or thyroid disease have separate personal injury rights from the state settlement. Minnesota's uniquely favorable 6-year statute of limitations means residents with diagnoses as far back as 2020 have timely individual claims, and the state's advanced PFAS regulatory framework (MDH health-based values as low as 10 ppt for individual PFAS) creates a strong public record of contamination severity.