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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A chemical compound associated with Scotchgard®, the popular stain and spill repellant made by the 3M Company, may be more widespread in the environment than originally thought, according to a new ...

Scotchgard, the soil-retardant and stain-repellent spray made by the 3M Co. of St. Paul, Minn., is being "phased out," the company announced in mid-May, because of environmental concerns about a ...

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 ...

I have several of those jerseys. Great jerseys, but hardly windproof. So why would you even try to MAKE it windproof? Because, after all, lots of clothing out there is designed to supplement ...