[CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion lawsuit at General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE lawsuit inches on, Como organizes outreach
On Friday, a court heard the lawsuit alleging residents' health and  
homes are at risk.

By Zoe DiCicco
Minnesota Daily
September 15, 2014

While Southeast Como neighborhood residents' concerns about harmful  
vapors in their homes continue to linger, a lawsuit against General  
Mills is moving forward.

On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota  
heard the case against General Mills, in which a few neighborhood  
residents claim the company put locals' health and the value of their  
homes at risk by dumping TCE, also known as trichloroethylene, in the  
area for 15 years.

At Friday's hearing, General Mills argued that it was not the only  
company that previously dumped toxins in the neighborhood, noting  
that the site was an industrial area when the company occupied it in  
the mid-1900s.

The residents' lawyers said at the hearing they aren't looking to  
prove that the company's dumping was the only source of the TCE  
pollution, but instead that it was the main source.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mndaily.com/news/campus/2014/09/14/tce-lawsuit-inches-como- 
organizes-outreach

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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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