[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Lawsuit against Chilean fertilizer supplier

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lindsay suing fertilizer company for tainted well

By ALEX K.W. SCHULTZ
Porterville Recorder (CA)
June 20, 2011

The City of Lindsay is suing a Chilean fertilizer company and its  
North American subsidiary for their role in allegedly contaminating  
one of the city's key groundwater wells.

Todd Robins, who is representing the city, is claiming that local  
citrus farmers' historical use of a nitrate-based fertilizer,  
manufactured by Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile and imported into  
the U.S., contaminated Well 11 in Lindsay with toxic perchlorate.

Robins, a partner with Sher Leff in San Francisco, said perchlorate,  
a salt that is derived from perchloric acid, is "an unnecessary,  
extra ingredient" in the fertilizer that was used by local farmers.

"The perchlorate doesn't contribute to the effectiveness of the  
fertilizer," Robins said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.recorderonline.com/news/company-49121-fertilizer-suing.html

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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
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