Q Scotchgard contains perfluorochemicals, which have been in the news. I have Scotchgard on my children's mattresses. Can they safely sleep on these? Also, some lakes contain these chemicals. Can ...

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. -- Scotchgard is back. The familiar plaid aerosol can never really disappeared from the shelves. But Scotchgard's journey back to the market has been rocky -- and the stain-repellent ...

While experts argue the efficacy of building America’s space-based Strategic Defense Initiative, here on Earth one of the nation’s most trusted defense systems will, by year’s end, be dismantled.

Fish from 54 Minnesota lakes outside the Twin Cities have low or undetectable levels of PFOS, the chemical formerly in Scotchguard, fire retardants and nonstick cookware that has raised health ...

ROCKFORD, MI -- Industrial chemicals once used to manufacture the iconic Hush Puppies shoe brand may be contaminating the Rogue River in an area where leftover leather from a demolished tannery ...

The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.

A chemical compound associated with Scotchgard®, the popular stain and spill repellant made by the 3M Company, may be more widespread in the environment than originally thought, according to a new ...

Patsy Sherman of Bloomington, a retired 3M chemist who co-invented Scotchgard when she was in her 20s, died Monday in Minneapolis. Sherman, who suffered a stroke in December, was 77. In 1953, Sherman ...