[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: Class Action Lawsuit at Peterson Air Force Base (CO)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

First class-action suits filed on behalf of residents affected by water contamination

By Nat Stein 
Colorado Springs Independent
September 20, 2016 

Legal recourse has begun to shape up for residents concerned with their contaminated drinking water in the Fountain, Security, Widefield areas, though justice is still distant.

Late Sunday night, the Denver-based Hannon Law Firm filed two class-action suits in federal court on behalf of residents affected by dangerous levels of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in the groundwater. One of the complaints seeks medical monitoring; the other, compensation for property damage. Crucially, the civil action pins wrongdoing not on Peterson Air Force Base (the likely source of contamination), but on the chemical manufacturers that supplied the contaminant itself.


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For the entire blog, see
http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2016/09/20/first-class-action-suits-filed-on-behalf-of-residents-affected-by-water-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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