[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "[Boeing worker] Blames Dow Solvent for His Parkinson’s Disease"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Man Blames Dow Solvent for His Parkinson’s Disease

My News LA (Los Angeles, CA)
June 1, 2018

A man who worked for 18 years as an electronic journeyman at Boeing Corp.’s Torrance plant is suing Dow Chemical Co., alleging his longtime exposure to a Dow cleaning solvent caused him to get Parkinson’s disease.

A Dow representative could not be immediately reached for comment on Daniel O’Leary’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, which alleges negligence, fraud and strict liability. His wife and co-plaintiff, Darla O’Leary, alleges loss of consortium in the complaint brought Thursday, and they are seeking unspecified damages.

Boeing Corp. is not being sued.

O’Leary was employed at a machine shop at the Boeing plant from February 1982 until September 2000 and during that time, worked on electronic machine parts and used various solvents, according to the complaint.

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For the entire article, see
https://mynewsla.com/crime/2018/06/01/man-blames-dow-solvent-for-his-parkinsons-disease/

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