BC Launches Class-Action Lawsuit Against Makers of ‘Forever Chemicals’

BC Launches Class-Action Lawsuit Against Makers of ‘Forever Chemicals’
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma pauses while responding to questions outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Nov. 27, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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The British Columbia government says it has filed a class-action lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals” involved in what it calls widespread contamination of drinking-water systems.

Attorney General Niki Sharma says the province is the first Canadian jurisdiction to sue makers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.