那不勒斯 Shkolink 就水污染提起集体诉讼

Napoli Shkolnik has filed a class action lawsuit against five manufacturers of aqueous firefighting foams (“AFFF”) containing perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”) and perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) for the contamination of the groundwater relied upon Dutchess County and seeks to certify a class to represent all water providers in the State of New York that have been impacted by these dangerous chemicals. The class action complaint was filed in the Dutchess County Supreme Court.

该投诉于 2018 年 10 月提交,将 3M 公司、Tyco Fire Products LP、Buckeye Fire Equipment Company、National Foam, Inc. 和 Chemguard Inc. 列为制造机场使用的水性成膜泡沫 (AFFF) 的被告整个州,包括哈德逊河谷地区机场,都污染了地下水。该诉讼称,制造商知道 PFOA 和 PFOS 的毒性,它们不会生物降解,并且在通过培训或其他泄漏和排放释放到环境中时不可避免地会污染地下水。

研究表明,PFOA 和 PFOS 血液水平升高与多种健康影响的风险增加之间存在关联,包括对肝脏和免疫系统的影响、高胆固醇、高血压、甲状腺激素的变化,以及肾脏、前列腺和睾丸癌。

Napoli Shkolnik environmental attorneys seek to recover past and future treatment and other remediation costs for the total removal of the toxic chemicals from the production water served to the customers, which will run into the tens of millions of dollars. Dutchess County is represented by litigation team 保罗·那不勒斯, 泰特·昆克尔帕特里克·J·兰乔蒂.

“50 年来,这些被告都知道这些化学品的阴险性质。他们早就应该警告我们的社区,”该公司的法律顾问 Paul Napoli 说。他补充说:“从哈德逊河谷的中心地带,我们要求这些公司对他们将这些化学品引入环境并将利润置于公共健康和安全之上而对国家造成的灾难性、广泛的污染负责。”

Sadly PFAS water contamination is an issue across New York State as well as the country. Napoli Shkolnik is also representing communities experiencing health problems and decreased property values in Newburgh (NY), Westhampton (NY), Hoosick Falls (NY), Wainscott (NY), Delaware, New Hampshire, Vermont, Colorado and Massachusetts.

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