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 ...

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 ...

Just in time for winter, Vans drops the Scotchgard pack of sneakers. Consisting of the 106 Vulcanized ($70), Era 59 ($65), and Sk8-Hi Reissue ($85), all the kicks are made of pig suede and treated ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

3M Co. has settled a lawsuit with Minnesota’s Attorney General Lori Swanson for $850 million, putting an end to eight years of litigation over a former Scotchgard ingredient that got into the state’s ...

Patsy Sherman, a pioneering scientist at 3M Co. and the co-inventor of the original Scotchgard fabric protector, died Monday after a brief illness. She was 77. “She always had a great interest in ...

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.