[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, HEALTH: Suit Filed against Mallinckrodt Chemical (MO)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Second Coldwater Creek Lawsuit Filed Against Hazelwood-Based Covidien  
and Its Mallinckrodt Division

Both lawsuits include Hazelwood residents along with those from  
neighboring communities who feel their cancers and illnesses are a  
byproduct of living near the nuclear waste buried near Coldwater Creek.

By Candace Jarrett
Hazelwood Patch (MO)
April 13, 2012

North St. Louis County residents have filed a second lawsuit alleging  
that nuclear waste in Coldwater Creek, which is partially contained  
in the City of Hazelwood has caused their various illnesses including  
cancer, and for some death.

About the Lawsuits

Both lawsuits allege exposure to radioactive waste the Mallinckrodt  
chemical company produced, is the reason for the health issues. The  
second lawsuit includes a group of 16 people from Hazelwood,  
Florissant, Spanish Lake and St. Ann.

According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday,  
nuclear waste was dumped near Lambert Saint Louis International  
Airport and contaminated Coldwater Creek starting in the 1940s  
through the 1950s. The area is considered an Environmental Protection  
Agency Superfund site.


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For the entire article, see
http://hazelwood.patch.com/articles/second-coldwater-creek-lawsuit- 
filed-against-hazelwood-based-covidien-and-its-mallinckrodt-division

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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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