[CPEO-MEF] San Martin (CA) perchlorate lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Perchlorate trial begins
PLAINTIFFS SAY CONTAMINATED WELLS HURT PROPERTY VALUES

By Paul Rogers
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
July 13, 2005

The first trial on the presence of perchlorate -- a chemical used in 
road flares -- in the drinking water of hundreds of residents from 
Morgan Hill to Gilroy began Tuesday, 2 1/2 years after the pollution was 
discovered.

In the case, 105 residents of the San Martin area sued Olin, a Norwalk, 
Conn.-based company in federal District Court in San Jose.

The residents are not alleging any health problems from the pollution, 
but rather a loss of property value totaling $36 million and emotional 
distress.

"These people are entitled to clean water," said their attorney, Beth 
Graham of San Francisco. "They moved to the country for a better life, 
and now they have this huge headache, daily stress and financial loss."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/12120517.htm

--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org


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