Not just America. The globe. There was a link posted here a couple of weeks ago about a European 3M plant and its PFAS problems.

I met a nurse that said one of her family members lived in a small housing development where almost everyone got terminal brain cancer. A certain company that you've heard of handled hazardous materials next door and offered to do the testing in the development. Surprise, no contamination found. And they made it clear that if you implicate them, you'll be contacted by their sizable legal department.

Everyone affected was either dead or bankrupt from paying their family's medical bills. No lawsuits against the company.

(This is is unrelated to your comment, just the username)

Trollish usernames aren't allowed on HN because they effectively troll every thread they post to.

We've learned that it's better to deal with this earlier than later, so I've banned the account. Happy to rename and unban it if you want to pick a more neutral username.

This is a borderline case—we don't want to be prudes—but I suspect most readers would rather not have "stinkass" in their face.

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

Dang I wanted to hear their reply

You can see posts by banned accounts by turning 'showdead' on in your profile.

Why don’t you reveal the name of the company? I’d like to know what chemicals are (not) linked to brain cancer