“PFAS is the asbestos of the 21st century”: family takes chemical giant 3M to court | Zwijndrecht

American multinationals, which they have not often managed to pass at the justice of the peace in Antwerp. Usually, a justice of the peace deals with ‘home, garden and kitchen matters’. Think of rent disputes, unpaid invoices, neighbor disputes… And yet, on Tuesday afternoon, chemical giant 3M, which is held responsible for the large-scale pollution with PFAS near its factory in Zwijndrecht, had to appear.