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In September 2021, a jury in federal court in Los Angeles awarded the City of Pomona, California more than $48 million to clean up groundwater supplies that had been contaminated by perchlorate, which is banned from drinking water supplies from the state at very low concentrations.
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Municipalities and utilities across the U.S. have joined a multidistrict litigation (MDL) suit claiming that their water supplies are contaminated with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF).
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Toxic manmade chemicals, like per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and 1,2,3-Tricholoropropane (TCP), are showing up in water systems across the U.S. Municipalities are now increasing mandatory testing due to new state and federal regulations. These new regulations are also tightening maximum contaminant levels (MCL) in water systems as the health impacts of these toxic chemicals are dire.
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Water system providers across the US have joined a multidistrict litigation (MDL) suit claiming that their water supplies are contaminated with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF).
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The Ballico-Cressey School District, a small school district in a rural stretch of northern Merced County, is suing corporate giants Dow Chemical and Shell Oil. The lawsuit, filed on March 30 in Merced County Superior Court, alleges that the big companies manufactured and sold agricultural fumigants containing toxic chemicals, polluting Cressey Elementary School’s water supply.
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District claims the costs of treating contaminated well should be borne by Dow and Shell.
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The Ballico-Cressey School District, a small school district in a rural stretch of northern Merced County, is suing corporate giants Dow Chemical and Shell Oil.
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Toxic manmade chemicals, like per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and 1,2,3-Tricholoropropane (TCP), are showing up in water systems across the U.S. It’s not new, but it has become more common, as municipalities are now increasing mandatory testing due to new state and federal regulations.
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SL Environmental Law Group announced on April 5, 2022 that its client, Ballico-Cressey School District, has filed a lawsuit against Dow Chemical and Shell Oil, sellers of pesticides that contained the chemical 1,2,3 trichloropropane, known as “TCP.”
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The Ballico-Cressey School District, a small school district in a rural stretch of northern Merced County, is suing corporate giants Dow Chemical and Shell Oil. “This is an effort to hold these companies accountable,” said Kenneth Sansone, attorney at SL Environmental Law Group who is representing the school district.
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