BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal lawsuit involving chemical contamination in the Tennessee River near a city in Alabama will go to trial in 2019. Al.com reports that Judge Abdul K. Kallon scheduled a pretrial conference for Jan. 23, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama. A non-jury trial to begin March 4, 2019 at the federal courthouse in Huntsville. Tennessee Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit alleges synthetic chemicals manufactured by 3M at its plant in Decatur have been entering the Tennessee River for decades. The environmental group also alleges that chemicals pose a threat to human health and the environment. “We don’t mind 3M making profitable products -…