2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:30:00 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Parker St. Dump, New Bedford, MA - part 2
 
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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