[CPEO-BIF] Michigan vinyl chloride plume

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Neighbors sue over seeping carcinogen 

By Ken Kolker
The Grand Rapids Press (MI)
April 10, 2005

WYOMING [City] -- A cancer-causing chemical that started leaking from a
former General Motors Corp. plant nearly 20 years ago has spread through
the groundwater beneath a large neighborhood. 

Vinyl chloride from the sprawling Delphi Corp. plant at Burlingame
Avenue and Burton Street SW has led to a class-action lawsuit against
the company involving the owners of 290 properties. 

Kent County Circuit Judge Dennis Kolenda on April 1 approved the
class-action status over the objections of Delphi. 

While some residents fear the tainted water could lead to health
problems, the Environmental Protection Agency says people should not
worry -- the water is deep enough underground that people won't come in
contact with it. Residents of the area drink city water, which is not
tainted. 

Even without a health threat, though, residents claim in the lawsuit
that the contamination will make it difficult to sell their homes,
leading to lower property values. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-21/1113128173225670.xml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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