Our Firm's press release on arsenic contamination in Minneapolis. Contact us if your community is at risk.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: In an ongoing investigation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified over 60 properties containing arsenic in soil that posed an immediate health threat to people in South Minneapolis, MN.
In response, law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. reaffirms its ongoing dedication to hold polluters responsible for the hazards they wreak on our communities.
The firm has a long history of exposing polluters and championing the people’s right to know about hidden dangers in their area. This even includes situations where the contamination took place long ago, or where victims had all but assumed there was insufficient scientific evidence to bring forth a fight for justice.
In nearby Wisconsin, Weitz & Luxenberg has filed an MTBE pollution case on behalf of residential families (#06-C-iv-03754). The firm is litigating a case on arsenic contamination for property owners in Florida (#04-CA-002576, Division B).
The Minneapolis areas affected by arsenic, which is extremely toxic to
humans, include East Phillips and parts of Corcoran, Powderhorn Park, Seward and
Longfellow. Collectively, they are now known as the South Minneapolis
Residential Soil Contamination site. Those neighborhoods are located in close
proximity to a former industrial area known as the CMC Heartland Lite Yard,
which was leased by companies that produced or stored arsenic. The CMC Heartland
site was cleaned up, though surrounding residential neighborhoods are now at
risk as they are just downwind of where the toxic dust blew from the
factories.
Of the contamination, Robin Greenwald, Head of the firm’s
Environmental Toxic Torts Unit said, “Citizens should not have to feel unsafe in
their own homes. When companies mishandle chemicals that migrate near people’s
homes and imperil their health, those companies should have to pay for the
injuries and damage to property their unlawful conduct causes.”
According
to the EPA, the residential properties whose soil is contaminated “are not
contained and pose a threat to area residents, workers and
students.”
People
who have been injured by environmental pollutants may contact the Weitz &
Luxenberg environmental lawyers via the form below.
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