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 ...

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 ...

In June of 1999, Dawn Brenner told her supervisor at Wolverine Worldwide’s tannery that water from the drinking fountain was changing colors. “I was told, ‘There’s nothing that’s wrong with the water, ...

WASHINGTON (CBS Local)-- The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made "forever chemicals" is far worse than previously estimated, an environmental group reported on Wednesday. The ...

When 3M announced in 2000 it would stop making the chemical backbone of its Scotchgard stain repellent, executives at the global conglomerate vowed they were striving to become more environmentally ...

Scotchgard was invented in the 1950s when a researcher with the 3M Corporation, who was assigned to develop a lining for jet fuel tanks, accidentally spilled some test material on a co-worker’s shoe.

In case you missed it, the Scotchgard stain repellant we have known and relied upon for more than 40 years is on its way out. Scotchgard is imbedded in many carpets, upholstered furniture, curtains ...