[CPEO-BIF] TCE from Nestle decaffeination plant, Ripon, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Law firm won millions against Monsanto. Now it’s looking into Ripon cancer cases

BY KEN CARLSON
Modesto Bee (CA)
APRIL 12, 2019 

Some residents concerned about cancer cases at an elementary school are putting more attention on the water in Ripon.

At a community meeting earlier this month, attorneys with the Cochran law firm of Southern California said they’re looking at the groundwater contamination under Ripon. The three attorneys spoke of a possible lawsuit similar to environmental suits that reaped massive settlements on behalf of clients.

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Ripon has dealt with a plume contaminated with trichloroethylene, a carcinogen, stemming from the process of making decaffeinated coffee for decades at the former Nestle plant on Industrial Avenue, just west of Highway 99. The plant closed in 1994.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.modbee.com/news/article229053204.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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