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3M and PFC groundwater contamination in Minnesota

Concern over the effects of groundwater contamination by perfluorochemicals, or PFCs, has a long history in Minnesota. Now that the state settled its lawsuit with 3M, here's a collection of MPR News coverage of this complex story.

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Kirsti Marohn
Kirsti Marohn

Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq

January 11, 2008 1:52 p.m.
By Tom Weber
A soldier who grew up in Wisconsin and recently moved to Minnesota has died in Iraq.

Health Dept. seeks input on PFC monitoring

January 5, 2008 6:59 p.m.
By Lorna Benson
The Minn. Department of Health is seeking public feedback on a plan to measure the levels of perflurochemicals in 200 east metro residents.
Clean topsoil

Biomonitoring for arsenic in children to begin in south Minneapolis

December 6, 2007 9:30 p.m.
By Ambar Espinoza
The EPA is cleaning up yards in south Minneapolis neighborhoods where high levels of arsenic have been found.

3M to clean up PFCs from company owned landfill

December 6, 2007 7:43 p.m.
By Lorna Benson
Oakdale residents heard about 3M's plans Wednesday night for cleaning up perfluorinated chemicals leaking into their groundwater.
Pfc. Jesse A. Givens

Music brings new life to the words of a fallen soldier

March 10, 2006 12:00 p.m.
By Karl Gehrke
The Minnesota-based male chorus Cantus celebrates its 10th anniversary with a new work featuring a text from a poignant last letter home by a soldier killed in Iraq.
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