A Message from Weitz & Luxenberg about Contamination in Pompton Lakes, NJ: From our environmental lawyers to NJ citizens: "You have a right to a clean and safe environment.".NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- It is a story heard all across the country: corporations pollute a community's groundwater with harmful chemicals and then try to evade responsibility. This scenario is well understood by residents of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey Pompton Lakes is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 10,640. Pompton Lakes was formed as a borough on February 26, 1895, from portions of Pompton Township, based on the results of a , who recently have learned that their groundwater was contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. by DuPont's operations more than 20 years ago. That contamination is now releasing elevated levels of hazardous vapors into the homes of area residents. "This is a community of families, many with young children, who are rightfully concerned about the safety of their homes. All too often families are placed in this unfair predicament at the hands of polluters like DuPont," said Robin Greenwald, head of the Environmental Toxic Torts Unit at Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. (www.weitzlux.com). The firm is working together with the famed environmental activist Erin Brockovich, to help citizens fight for their right to a clean and safe environment. Indoor air sampling tests recently taken in Pompton Lakes Pompton Lakes, borough (1990 pop. 10,539), Passaic co., NE N.J.; settled 1682 by the Dutch, inc. 1895. It is chiefly residential, but textiles and blasting equipment are made. Several pre-Revolutionary houses remain. reveal that vapors from Tetrachloroethene (PCE PCE pseudocholinesterase; see cholinesterase. erythromycin Apo-Erythro (CA), Apo-Erythro-EC, Diomycin (CA), E-Base, E-Mycin, Erybid (CA), Erymax (UK), Ery-Tab, Erythromid (CA), PCE (CA), Rommix (UK), Tiloryth (UK) ), used often in the textile industry and as a component of aerosol dry-cleaning products, and Tricholorethene (TCE TCE trichloroethylene. TCE Environment A volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon that boils at 88ºC and is highly soluble–1000 ppm in water, with various industrial uses Toxicity Peripheral neuropathy, carcinogenic. ), used as a solvent for cleaning metal parts, are rising from the ground into people's homes. The E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company's former explosives factory is to blame for the contamination in the Northeast part of the town, reported The Record newspaper. The site is located at 2000 Cannonball Road. According to the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and , soil was contaminated at homes near Acid Brook, which drains the eastern valley and discharges into Pompton Lakes. Sediments in Acid Brook and Pompton Lakes are also contaminated. This is not the first time Pompton Lakes residents have had to deal with a legacy of contamination by the DuPont factory. The corporation is currently engaged in a $130 million effort to clean the area of mercury, lead and solvents, The Record reported. Moreover, residents in another area of Pompton Lakes sued DuPont for similar contamination and recovered $ 38.5 million in a settlement with the company. Meet Erin Brockovich and attorneys from the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg (www.weitzlux.com) at a community meeting they will host to discuss these issues, answer your questions and hear your concerns: 6 p.m., October 6, 2008, Pompton Lakes High School Pompton Lakes High School (often referred to as PLHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the borough of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Pompton Lakes School District. The school has an average of about 625 students enrolled. Auditorium, 44 Lakeside Avenue, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442 Weitz & Luxenberg (www.weitzlux.com) is a forerunner in the legal fight against such environmental polluters. The firm recently secured a landmark settlement against some of the country's biggest oil companies for contaminating public drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. supplies around the country. Recently, most of defendant oil companies agreed to pay $423 million to settle suits involving the contamination of 153 public water systems nationally. People who have been harmed by PCE, TCE or any other pollutant, can contact Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. Interested parties should visit our website, www.weitzlux.com. About Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. Weitz & Luxenberg, founded in 1986, is one of the leading plaintiffs' litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. law firms in America. The firm has played leading roles in national and local litigations involving asbestos/mesothelioma, defective medicines and medical devices such as Heparin, Digitek and Ortho Evra, and general negligence, among others. A forerunner in the legal fight against environmental polluters, Weitz & Luxenberg has worked with clients harmed by numerous toxins. |
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