[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Peshtigo [WI] Residents Reach $17.5M Class Action Settlement With Tyco Over PFAS Contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Peshtigo Residents Reach $17.5M Class Action Settlement With Tyco Over PFAS Contamination
Tyco Fire Products, Other Companies Deny Any Wrongdoing

By Danielle Kaeding
Wisconsin Public Radio 
January 7, 2021

Peshtigo residents have reached a $17.5 million settlement [1] with Tyco Fire Products and two other companies over widespread PFAS contamination stemming from the use of firefighting foam in the Peshtigo and Marinette areas.

The multi-million dollar settlement reached with Tyco, Chemguard and ChemDesign will compensate Peshtigo residents for exposure to PFAS in private drinking water wells, property damage and individual disease claims due to the use of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF). A lawsuit [2] was first filed in December 2018 by Peshtigo residents Joan and Richard Campbell.

Paul Napoli, a lead attorney in the case with the firm Napoli Shkolnik, estimates around 1,100 people would be covered under the settlement who reside in roughly 270 homes in the affected area. An additional 100 people may be covered who have since moved out of the area. Community members with disease claims will receive $2.5 million for anyone in the area who has been diagnosed with testicular cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, and preeclampsia.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.wpr.org/node/1744816

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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