2021 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:02:49 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "40 years after TCE water contamination: Victims still suffer" on Tucson, Arizona's southside
 
40 years after TCE water contamination: Victims still suffer

By Ciara Encinas 
KGUN TV-9 News (Tucson, AZ)
March 30, 2021

TUCSON, Ariz.  — Before the 1980s, families on Tucson's southside did not think much about drinking from the tap -- until the Pima County Health Department found out the water became contaminated.

40 years ago, high levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE, were found in the water. It was a solvent used to clean airplanes.

Residents started getting sick and at the time it led to one of the biggest water lawsuits in the country.


The contamination led to two major lawsuits. One was against the Tucson Airport Authority and the other was against Hughes Aircraft Company.



For the entire story, see
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/40-years-after-the-tce-water-contamination-victims-still-suffer


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

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