From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sat, 8 Mar 2014 08:58:41 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Lawsuit at Federal-Mogul Products, Scottsville, Kentucky |
Lawsuit: Old plant is behind sickness By JUSTIN STORY Bowling Green Daily News (KY) March 8, 2014A former Scottsville brake pad manufacturer released cancer-causing agents into the environment, a lawsuit filed Thursday in Allen County claims. Twenty plaintiffs are named in the complaint filed in Allen Circuit Court that is intended for certification as a class-action lawsuit against Federal-Mogul Products Inc. The plaintiffs, who all live near or worked at the manufacturer at 2640 Old Gallatin Road, brought the lawsuit on behalf of themselves and all others within a 5-mile radius of the facility who may have suffered because of the release of pollutants. The 17-page lawsuit claims the now-shuttered Scottsville facility released the chemicals trichloroethylene (TCE) and 1,2 dichloroethylene (DCE) into the surrounding environment at toxic levels, resulting in air and groundwater contamination. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.bgdailynews.com/news/lawsuit-old-plant-is-behind-sickness/ article_ad8852eb-2498-511d-9015-5bbf4dacc307.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
Prev by Date: [CPEO-BIF] "Making New York's brownfields cleanup program work (Commentary)" Next by Date: [CPEO-BIF] "Vapor levels were low in Lakeside Middle School in Pompton Lakes, " New Jersey | |
Prev by Thread: [CPEO-BIF] "Making New York's brownfields cleanup program work (Commentary)" Next by Thread: [CPEO-BIF] "Vapor levels were low in Lakeside Middle School in Pompton Lakes, " New Jersey |