How 3M Convinced Me the Forever Chemicals I Found in Human Blood Were Safe

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
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[@MikeAugustine]

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair

[@michellem.9172]

They understand- they just lack principles or courage.

[@adrianaqueen1807]

Very true . Exactly what politicians have been and are still doing to this day.

[@adrianaqueen1807]

There aren't many jobs in USA to get you fifty rich in matter of 4 years . Unless you are sitting on a political chair.

[@sislertx]

Gosh..reminds me of THE JAB

[@garyyouker9887]

I wonder how much calcium bentonite clay would flush out these types of harmful chemicals?

[@beckergretchenm]

My family told me that my grandfather tried to report PFAs at 3M in Minnesota decades ago but without success. He was a chemist for 30 years there--Glenn Johnson, in case Kris sees this and knew him. Thanks for this important reporting!

[@renedeepwater7209]

When you go to listen to this article and only let you go to 18 minutes and then it cuts off

[@katbunn957]

​@@renedeepwater7209THEY don't Want u to know !! 😮😢

[@katiellyn]

All they're getting is a slap on the wrist. Watching the interview Katie Couric did with one of the lawyers where he said, “our goal isn’t to bankrupt them” made me so angry. Really? I get that as a monopoly 3m provides a lot, but what happened to competition? I feel like people who knowingly poison the population should be locked up & pay equally for the damage they caused.

[@shadowarez1337]

Normally what happens to competition is the other buys you put destroys your work if can't be copied and made there own.

[@4thorder]

No amount of convenience that 3M has offered us with their products is worth this disaster. I live in Michigan, and PFAS has ruined this otherwise beautiful state. 3M needs to pay for ALL cleanup efforts and efforts to counteract the effects of this toxicity.

[@damonroberts7372]

How can 3M "proactively manage" a _forever chemical_ that's become environmentally ubiquitous?

[@spj6123]

I’m now wondering what else is in our water, ground, and food supply? The 50 minute audio linked in the bio is worth the listen.

[@JukeBoxJimmy420]

Look up : Bio sludge human bodies fertilizer There's videos on KZbin of it. Washington state made it legal in 2019, Baltimore MD did a study of it on people's lawns. . ....

[@TorreBorre3000]

300+ pesticides are allowed in 90% of agriculture in Europe probably many more in US. Europe has banned around 1500 dangerous compounds in beauty/hygiene products since 1990ish, US has banned 2. Not 2 thousand, 2. Ecological products only allow a few but 30% of them are reported to be crosscontaminated because the farmer next to him is using the normal pesticides that are not allowed in ecological. It’s a deep fucking rabbit hole that you can spend a whole night researching and just scratching the surface.

[@yuppers1]

Pork and chicken producers just spray feces on fields waiting for rain to wash it downstream. That's why we have dead zones in the gulf of Mexico. Why human waste has to be treated before it is released into the ground but pig waste does not is ridiculous. $$$ for sure.

[@heatherstrigens258]

Yes, excellent article, expertly written. Thorough and very informative. I will add that I found her to be brave with her questions which is refreshing. I just love reading well written articles. It feeds some deep part of me. I don’t know, that’s kinda corny.

[@sandtx4913]

With regard to the food supply you can listen to dr. Rima Laibow.

[@melanie_meanders]

i sent this to everyone i know. how horrifying… FOURTY YEARS they’ve known the harms of these chemicals.

[@farmbulls674]

This is real news we all should know!

[@lins7872]

It’s sad that’s why kids are getting cancer so young . I appreciate you making this video because everyone needs to be aware these companies just want money and they don’t care about us .

[@kayrutledge1970]

76 doses of 16 vaccines is why children are getting so sick

[@maryshkamiceli8388]

Then the cancer treatment (chemo drugs and immunotherapeutic agents) is shed in urine and feces affecting everything downstream.

[@shekharmoona544]

I read that 3M or DuPont created a safer alternative to PFAS/PFOS. However, decided not to utilize the new chemistry because it was more expensive and not by much.

[@steveclark2205]

Sue those vile awful goons❤

[@pamclark6686]

I'm in!

[@dandeliondreamer3365]

It’s sad what powerful men will do especially to women and children to cover their own behinds and save their precious reputations, someday the world will fall at the hands of powerful men. So sorry this happened to you and no one listened.

[@shekharmoona544]

Robeson county, NC has PFAS exposure in the water. A farmer in another state reported not being able to sell his cows or milk.

[@junedolson1642]

Wow! I thought 3M was a good company boy, was I wrong. I don't understand how they can be so greedy they have families too. I guess they chose money over people, even their own families . Disgusting.

[@daniellebill7478]

THANK YOU for sharing your story. Thank you. ❤ you’re brave and smart. You’re helping many women build the courage to come forward

[@deborahd.6228]

It's sad but true: even baking parchment paper that says 'non-stick' has PFAS or some other chemical that can and does outgas and/or leave a residue on foods you bake with it. All non-stick culinary products for baking manufacturers: listen up! The consumer wants these items without a coating of any kind! As an example, I have a vintage waffle maker from the 1950's that works beautifully. All that has to be done is heat it up, brush butter(real butter!)pour the batter and within a very short time: perfect waffles. Guess WHY it works? It heats up to a much higher temperature than anything on the market now which has any type of non-stick coating! Yes, I know it uses more electricity, but we only use it a few times per year as a treat. PS: 'Had parrots and we knew never to have them in the kitchen around anything 'non-stick' why? The fluorine in PFAS becomes an invisible, odorless gas that is uniquely deadly to parrots in very small amounts when heated to cooking temperatures. We have not had any non-stick pots or pans since when I was a kid in 1970's with the Teflon scare and know a pot or pan on a burner always exceeds 450 degrees. I do know ALL commercial baked goods and most pastas are made using non-stick products for speed, but can we go back to the older ways? Anyone remember the 'slow food movement'? It's mostly only done at home, tou can find videos about it. Anyway, 'just my 2 cents.

[@dad102]

I'd be angry too.

[@jay-deehuggett6764]

Such empowering story ❤ we need more voices... Yeah I am not a team player either and thank you so much for your story it is important.. Bega Australia....

[@thegungal]

Are PFAs the compound in duPont's TEFLON?

[@LoveLee-jz1tj]

Yes

[@maryshkamiceli8388]

No wonder pet birds fall over dead in their human homes when cookware gets hot while owners are cooking in them in the kitchen.

[@Ripen3]

Big companies are rarely up to anything good..

[@jennybean416]

Remember this story when politicians talk about gutting the EPA. Vote them out. 🗳

[@kellyjones9608]

Excellent story…. I read the article

[@melhope3228]

Thank you for sharing

[@chandlerjohnson8927]

The Supreme Court just decided experts like you don't have to be considered.

[@amyshoemake]

Read the whole article. Just WOW!

[@Tbusx]

Thank you for telling us ❤

[@user-hr8rn1hf9i]

Where is the link to watch more?

[@barbaragiberson2445]

Good job, tubal you so much and stay safe!

[@lemuello664]

Let’s hope this time around the story gets picked up.

[@user-mi8mv3en1d]

3M's misusage and actions was being covered by all major news companies before their lawsuit started... People don't want to pay attention until there is a juicy gossip story with it.

[@kimbercollins6982]

Thank you

[@martinfinn674]

Gday Kris, PFAS plus mRNA injections. If you still work at 3M, try to make the link using the Human Genome Project outcomes to be able to 'dial up' the neoplasm initiation via suppression of the SOS pathway in apoptosis. Please reply...

[@Anlerolo]

Jailtime falls short for the responsibles of this catastrophy

[@tammyrobinson5249]

Wow what an article this was. Thank you for sharing this with us. I just shared it on my social media platforms. I hope 3M pays for what they did. This is so disturbing. No wonder why so many people are sick.

[@lateseptember6074]

My father worked for 3M in Australia as a chemist, he died from cancer 14 years ago & told me he knew it was from his work there. My mother has a "Widows Club" with many of the wives of the chemists who worked there over the years. There is only one man who passed away due to emphysema & that has been the only case I know where 3M admitted guilt in the cause of the disease .

[@debrandw246]

Thank you so much for telling us the truth.

[@suzemurray1257]

I spent 3 yrs working for an environmental degree and my thesis investigated Monsanto genetic manipulation of our foods. After completing this I gave up on trying to change the world as I realised that Monsanto were running it. You are not alone.

[@georgetteroenfeldt8144]

So what can we do now? For us or comming generations.

[@OttoByOgraffey]

And she caught predators on the side. Good work!

[@oceanbnd]

Thanks for sharing it now. Maybe we can do something about it now.

[@FidgetPeters]

This needs more views

[@renedeepwater7209]

As I listen to the article which was an hour-long there were holes in that as well. it says it's a forever chemical but that they're going to remove it. Cant remove a forever chemical. The gaslighting continues

[@MegaUpstairs]

Oh I just saw that all the teflon coating on frying pans is made of this?

[@aintnodisco7127]

No. PFAS are/can be/were used as a dispersant in creating Teflon, but Teflon itself is not PFAS. Most modern non-stick pans are advertised as PFAS free, but the veracity of those claims may need to be vetted depending on the manufacturer.

[@MegaUpstairs]

@@aintnodisco7127 thanks!

[@aluisious]

@@aintnodisco7127 Bullshit. Teflon is PTFE, which is in the PFAS family of chemicals.

[@excellentchoices]

Thank you for speaking up and sharing this I’m praying for you to be filled with wisdom from God… may we all learn from this

[@Earthismadeoflayers]

I got nearly halfway through the audio article (through the link) and my phone just 'died', it went black and wouldnt do anything. Took ages to get it to restart, then there was no trace of the article. weird.

[@guilhermecorrea9483]

This sounds very interesting. Did any male supervisor write a more concise version of what you are talking about?

[@tbuttercup2162]

I don’t see the link?

[@CaptainMeowKitty]

What are they listed as in the ingredients???

[@yuppers1]

On food wrappers and containers for food? It's not.

[@Hobnobble]

why is this so tiny i cant read the words

[@johnmachter40]

You have to go on Joe Rogans Podcast !!

[@julianaguilar1305]

My question is is there a supplement that could attach itself. To the toxins and removed from our bodies please let me know. Or if anybody knows that can answer my question ❓

[@candui7278]

The Earth is a self cleaning body. Just give it a bit of time.

[@Dee-ty9ny]

​@@candui7278 Just like the earth buried sulfer, lead, cadmium, lithium, etc etc etc, to enable life to thrive, only for man to mine it back out from deep in the ground.

[@yuppers1]

If you've gotten your blood tested and you have excessive amounts in your blood the only way to get rid of it is to get it phlebotomized. You go to a phlebotomist and have them draw blood and dump it. You do this a little at a time over months. Do this with a functional or integrated medicine doctor. You'll need to get your water filtered after that as well as stay away from the major sources of PFAS. If you deal with PFAS a lot at your job (if you're a firefighter etc ) get a desk job.

[@katbunn957]

​@@yuppers1Is this 4 real ?? 😮😮

[@denniskatinas]

Can certain foods purify this?

[@KMx108]

No

[@Theresesilver]

There are some grass that are able to purify it from water. So testing is going on all around the world with growing that type of grass (salix) into toxic water to clean it. Often near AirPorts since they are a big cause of pollution of pfas.

[@denniskatinas]

@@Theresesilver interesting, thanks!

[@younggurlbeer8849]

Its crazy I was handed a strange metal piece with 3M logo all over it and I have no idea where it came from I have also been very sick with no doctor can tell me why

[@PiOfficial]

3M makes all sorts of things, dust mask, sticky tape, goggles etc. also PFAS wouldn't make you very sick. They increase risk of cancer and can mess with you hormones.

[@valeriemoore7834]

​@@PiOfficial 3M makes waaay more than that. I worked in their medical division for 8 yrs and corresponded with other 3Mers in every corner of this earth. They have been sued so many times for poisoning water its not funny. They still stand as a fortune 500 company to this day. I experienced many unsettling things during my employment there.

[@TurdFerguson000]

Gary Busey!!!

[@candui7278]

This is the fourth time we have developed chemistry as humans on Earth. We will do it three more times. Check Land of Chem for a bit of evidence of the previous, or third, iteration. Book of Hopi tells the whole story in a generalized and repetitive format.

[@LostLeftyLimb]

Why wouldn’t you just have her tell her story? You know how many people will not read that story? I’m listening to videos at work I can’t sit and read an article and the people that need to hear the story, they don’t read at all what so ever.

[@LeviJane]

Exactly. I thought there'd be a link to the full video here but I don't see it.

[@annabrazier7809]

So all non stick pans have PFA's?

[@ZijnShayatanica]

There are many manufactured nowadays that do not have PFAs - ceramic coatings being among those.

[@crista9984]

One company is Our Place; they say: Slippery toxin-free nonstick ceramic coating made without potentially toxic materials like PFAS (including PTFEs and PFOAs), lead and cadmium - for their cookware.

[@crista9984]

Caraway and Carote are two other companies that claim their cookware is non-toxic.

[@te34]

wE Don'T nEEd NO sTiNkiNg ReGuLaTioNs.

[@Detrumpificator4377]

Why isn't what 3M has and still is doing considered an act of war?

[@aluisious]

Because that's stupid.

[@Detrumpificator4377]

@@aluisious Why? Look at all the people who get sick and pass away from what they're doing.

[@yuppers1]

$

[@Detrumpificator4377]

@@yuppers1 Bingo and as seen in this thread people are not ready to call it that even though it is that and $ lets them do it. I wonder if people will ever see how they've just made their approach more sophisticated than the standard methods of war?

[@madrush24]

Scientists need to demonstrate the causal link between PFAS and people getting cancer. Then, the lawsuits can begin. My experience with corporations is that they'll more often than not choose money over safety and not change course unless there is a substantial monetary consequence. They think in money. It's all that is meaningful to them. So unless they feel the pinch, things will not change.

[@4362mont]

So 3M invented .... PFASBS?

[@crista9984]

There are three companies making non-stick cookware without them

[@judithlistello4601]

Why are my comments not showing up!?

[@justawaitress8421]

You must have angered the KZbin Ai bots ☠️

[@basedgodstrugglin]

Is she going to have 3M sit down in a chair before having a team of police apprehend 3M?

[@johnwoodland7378]

This, just like ExxonMobil's coverup of the severe climate risks associated with atmospheric carbon, is another example of the perverse and deadly incentives of capitalism. Internalize the profits and externalize the costs.

[@kellyjones9608]

Communism is no better.

[@bigpoppa5732]

So, what your saying is, if we live long enough we're going to DIE?!

[@KMx108]

Don't be obtuse. Because of exposure to a known toxic, man made chemical that doesn't break down in nature, 3M has essentially poisoned the entire planet and unnecessarily disrupted natural healing abilities. Yes, we will all die some day, but why go prematurely or with an unnecessary health complication? And if you don't care about YOUR health, maybe you will care about the economic burden 3M created as a result of promoting advances in health complications.

[@maryshkamiceli8388]

It is about the quality of life. If you've been poisoned forced to live a life with disability or chronic disease (with or without a definitive diagnosis), then you would not make such a snide remark. East Palestine train derailment survivors is a good example.

[@Theresesilver]

The biggest problem with pfas is that it is getting into our water and kills vegetation and water living species that we depend upon to have a living planet! So you and I may die anyway yes, but we are also poisoning and killing our home. We are the only living beeings that does that. Kill our own habitat! 🤯😵 And we think of our selves as the smart ones… 😵‍💫🫠😳

[@burgermind802]

The important stories never get the attention they deserve, people rather follow the Trump circus for its entertainment.

[@EJ-mm8wc]

political circus , takes both sides.

[@manumyon7999]

It’s a shame because 3M make fantastic quality products (eg scotch tape, scotch brite, abrasives, adhesives, etc). Still there is no excuse for corporates to gaslight and diminish whistleblowers.

[@katbunn957]

Probably all made with toxins !! 😮😢

[@pinkylieder5878]

thanks for destroying the world

[@taffykins2745]

I have no idea what this story is about. All I'm getting is a lady has a job She's not thrilled with

[@elisabethrobbins1053]

They probably start teaching science class in your NEXT grade level.

[@taffykins2745]

@elisabethrobbins1053 Thank you! You're so sweet! 😊🤗❤️ Bless your heart for your thoughtful reply! I just knew somebody nice like you would come along and help me out, and there you are! So very helpful and nice! It's a pay it forward thing and I hope you get the same! 😊

[@katbunn957]

U might read the full article to learn !! 😮

[@taffykins2745]

@@katbunn957 what article? You have time go through comments, find this one, and to tell me this but not to say what it is? 😯

[@Gloominusdm]

I think the powers that be do not want this video played. It's messing up and it's not my internet!

[@selenedietrich4610]

Thank you