[rob-olmos]

3M is also in another lawsuit for defective earplugs supplied to the US military: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/product-liability/3m-ea...

Additional info: https://www.millerandzois.com/products-liability/3m-combat-a...

[mensetmanusman]

3M acquired that company and then was on the hook. A few bad decisions at the wrong level can sink a company.

[giraffe_lady]

The difference in harm between these two transgressions is a few orders of magnitude at least.

[tclancy]

I think the idea is suggesting a problem at the corporate culture level.

[giraffe_lady]

Yeah I mean maybe mussolini liked to kick puppies too but I don't really need it as evidence of his character you know what I'm saying? The pfas stuff is so heinous it downplays it to even mention this other thing in the same context.