[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, BERYLLIUM, CONTRACTORS: Honeywell-Bendix-Allied Signal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Compensation Available To Those Exposed To Toxic Chemicals

Eric L. Wesson
Kansas City Call (MO, KS)
September 1, 2009


A Kansas City man has fought tooth and nail for the past 10 years to get 
someone to listen to his claims that chemicals at a local plant caused 
former employees and their families health problems and even death. He 
has finally seen his labor pay off as several local lawyers join in his 
fight to prove his point.

Maurice Copeland has argued that the chemicals used  by Honeywell to 
make bio-chemical weapons has caused former employees and their families 
a wide range of medical issues and now people can start getting paid as 
a part of  a  settlement if they file the proper paperwork.

"The problem has been that once they pay a family member they are under 
a gage order and cannot say anything about their settlement or the 
situation. This has resulted in families not knowing what is and has 
been going on and what their rights are," Copeland told THE CALL.

"The legal part of what I am doing to get redress for the people that I 
feel have suffered under a cover up of their illnesses and other health 
issues by Honeywell under the course of 32 years that I worked there 
under Honeywell, Bendix and Allied Signal, which carried all different 
names but was the same company under the stewardship of the Department 
of Energy and Department of Defense," Copeland said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.kccall.com/article.cfm?articleid=3859

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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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