[CPEO-BIF] Parker St. Dump, New Bedford, MA - part 2

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

New Bedford sues Monsanto, Cornel-Dubilier over buried toxic materials
Toxic Legacy

By BECKY W. EVANS
New Bedford Standard Times (MA)
December 13, 2009

NEW BEDFORD - Monsanto Co. and Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc., which 
manufacture pesticides and electrical capacitors, respectively, have 
been linked to PCB contamination at three privately-owned properties in 
the Parker Street neighborhood near Keith Middle School, according to 
court documents the City of New Bedford filed Thursday in Bristol County 
Superior Court.

As part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by neighborhood residents against 
the city, city attorneys are suing Monsanto and Cornell-Dubilier, in 
addition to other persons and entities, for more than $5 million related 
to site assessment, clean-up costs, consulting fees, the purchase of 
private property and future remediation costs, according to court documents.

The "smoking gun" that connects the companies to PCB contamination in 
the neighborhood is photographs of PCB-containing electrical capacitors 
marked with the Cornell-Dubilier name, said City Solicitor Irene B. Schall.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091213/NEWS/912130326

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Lenny Siegel
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