Nathan Frei News Today

3M recently started sending out payments to veterans and service members tied to a $6 billion settlement the company agreed to last year. According to CNN, the manufacturing company was accused of providing faulty earplugs to the U.S. military between 2003 and 2015. Around 300,000 lawsuits were ultimately filed by both veterans and service members about the earplugs, which argued that the defective earplugs caused hearing loss and tinnitus.

A U.S. military combat earplug supplier is paying out billions to veterans who allege the earplugs caused hearing loss.

A U.S. military combat earplug supplier is paying out billions to veterans who allege the earplugs caused hearing loss.

Nathan Frei, a former active-duty infantry officer who served from 2011 to 2015, first noticed problems with his hearing in 2013, shortly after returning from