[CPEO-BIF] Madison, Wisconsin families sue Madison-Kipp over PCE contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Families file suit against Madison-Kipp over chemicals

RON SEELY |
Wisconsin State Journal
October 21, 2011 4:45 am

Seven families on Madison's East Side filed a federal lawsuit  
Thursday against Madison-Kipp Corp., charging that chemicals from the  
company have contaminated their homes.

The families also charged that the company has failed for more than  
15 years to adequately investigate and clean up the contaminants,  
including a human carcinogen called tetrachloroethylene, or PCE.

Madison-Kipp operates a plant at 201 Waubesa St. that manufactures  
precision-machined parts for vehicles, such as crankcases.

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The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Madison charges that  
releases of PCE and other chemicals from Kipp have poisoned the  
groundwater beneath neighborhood homes and that the contaminants have  
seeped in vapor form up through the soil and into the houses.

The families are seeking an investigation and a more thorough cleanup  
of the contaminants. They also ask for compensation for property  
damage as well as punitive damages, claiming that Kipp has known  
about the contamination for years but has failed to clean up the  
pollutants.



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For the entire article, see
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/article_f986e2c0- 
fb3f-11e0-b4f1-001cc4c03286.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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