(August 31, 2023, 1:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) has transferred another 30 cases to the MDL for aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) litigation, a firefighting agent that contains per- and polyfuoroalkyl substances (PFAS). One of the cases, which is representative of the others, involves claims from the owner and operator of a water system in New York that contends that 3M Co., E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and others are liable for contaminating its water supply because they knew that the PFAS they manufactured were toxic....