Comment by charlieok

This got me curious enough to skim the article looking for the answer to whether 3M "convinced" her. It looks like the answer is:

    * They kept relevant information from her, including studies they'd done on the subject before
    * They sidelined her research efforts and made her feel unwelcome there
    * She grew to dread the subject and avoided staying involved with it
    * "when friends asked Hansen about PFAS, she would change the subject. Still, she repeatedly told [her husband] — and herself — that the chemicals were safe."

I guess you could read that as saying 3M "convinced" her if you really wanted to, but I'd have looked for a different way to describe it. It helps to remember that article authors don't usually get to write the headline.