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Toxic Case: Boeing Co. has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit by Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969.  residents who alleged that pollutants from a company lab caused them to get cancer. The settlement, agreed to in September but not immediately disclosed, ends an eight-year dispute with neighbors of Boeing's Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
  • The Santa Susana Mountains in southern California
  • Santa Susana Pass, running through the abovementioned mountains
  • Santa Susana Field Laboratory, near Los Angeles, a test facility for rockets and (formerly) nuclear reactors
 Field Laboratory. The plaintiffs said dozens of years of nuclear and rocket engine testing at the 2,668-acre hilltop lab near Simi Valley was responsible for a wide range of cancers, autoimmune disorders Autoimmune Disorders Definition

Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person's immune system attacks the body's own cells, causing tissue destruction.
 and tumors afflicting af·flict  
tr.v. af·flict·ed, af·flict·ing, af·flicts
To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on.



[Middle English afflighten, from afflight,
 nearby residents.
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Title Annotation:Boeing Co. sued for
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 16, 2006
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