(August 2, 2021, 7:02 AM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A California city on July 26 sued 3M Co., E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. and others in South Carolina federal court seeking to recover “the substantial costs necessary to protect the public” related to drinking water contamination from the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which the city argues the defendants released into the environment despite knowing it was toxic....