{"id":5779,"date":"2016-09-13T18:38:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T22:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/practiceareas\/pfoa-water-contamination-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:54:21","slug":"pfoa-wasserverschmutzung-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/praxisbereiche-2\/pfoa-wasserverschmutzung-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"PFOA Water Contamination &#8211; Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AWWA-Member-240x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/>Jahrzehntelang beschwerten sich die Menschen, die auf und um die Willow Grove Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base, die Horsham Air Guard Station und das Naval Air Warfare Center lebten und arbeiteten, dass das Wasser, das aus ihren Wasserh\u00e4hnen kam, sie krank machte. Diese Beschwerden stie\u00dfen bis Mai 2016 weitgehend auf taube Ohren, als die Umweltschutzbeh\u00f6rde die Anwohner im Wesentlichen beriet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2016-05\/documents\/pfoa_health_advisory_final-plain.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">das Wasser nicht zu trinken<\/a>, weil es mit gro\u00dfen Mengen Perfluoroctans\u00e4ure (PFOA) versetzt war, einer Industriechemikalie, die mit verschiedenen Langzeiterkrankungen in Verbindung gebracht wird. So sind derzeitige und ehemalige Bewohner nun in der Lage, eine Entsch\u00e4digung f\u00fcr ihre Verletzungen zu erhalten und die Entit\u00e4ten, die ihre friedliche Umgebung verschmutzt haben, f\u00fcr ihre Handlungen zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Aber Sie m\u00fcssen schnell handeln, bevor das Problem noch schlimmer wird.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/de\/our-attorneys\/\">Napoli Shkolnik PLLC<\/a> ist eine starke Stimme f\u00fcr Opfer in solchen Situationen. Wir \u00fcbertragen Ihre Geschichte so, dass die Leute sie sicher h\u00f6ren, sowohl im Gerichtssaal als auch am Verhandlungstisch. Das liegt daran, dass wir unsere Doppelrolle in diesen Situationen verstehen. Wir beabsichtigen, eine maximale Entsch\u00e4digung f\u00fcr die Opfer zu erreichen und dazu beizutragen, dass Unternehmen unsere Umwelt nicht zu ihrem eigenen Vorteil oder zu ihrer eigenen Bequemlichkeit verw\u00fcsten k\u00f6nnen, weil wir auch hier leben.<\/p>\n<h2>Was ist PFOA?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Water-District-PFC-Contamination-Digital.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Medium-300x250PFC-MK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCurrent and former residents of Montgomery and Bucks Counties have probably heard a lot about perfluorooctanoic acid, but many people may not know exactly what this substance is or what dangers it can cause.<\/p>\n<p>PFOA is an industrial chemical that\u2019s widely used in many consumer products, including nonstick cookware, water-repellant clothes, and stain-resistant carpet, because it forms an invisible barrier between two objects. So, between about 1950 and 1990, the government used it at military bases in firefighting foam. The chemical is extremely stable, which makes it easy to use in industrial applications and also means that it remains in the environment for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>For the millions of people who live northwest of Philadelphia, and in <a href=\"\/de\/praxisbereiche-2\/umwelt-rechtsstreitigkeiten\/westhampton\/\"><u>andere Gebiete<\/u><\/a> as well, that means because small amounts of PFOA from firefighting foam leaked into the area\u2019s cooking and drinking water supply, they ingested poison without even knowing it.<\/p>\n<p>At extremely low amounts, PFOA is essentially harmless. But at even slightly elevated amounts, PFOA has been linked to a number of <a href=\"\/de\/praxisbereiche-2\/personenschaden\/\">schwere und chronische Gesundheitsprobleme<\/a>, einschlie\u00dflich:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hodenkrebs,<\/li>\n<li>Niedriges Geburtsgewicht,<\/li>\n<li>Nierenkrebs,<\/li>\n<li>Schwaches Immunsystem,<\/li>\n<li>Schilddr\u00fcsenerkrankung,<\/li>\n<li>Hoher Cholesterinspiegel,<\/li>\n<li>Leber erkrankung,<\/li>\n<li>Pr\u00e4eklampsie (Bluthochdruck w\u00e4hrend der Schwangerschaft) und<\/li>\n<li>Colitis ulcerosa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tausende von Menschen haben bereits Schadensersatzklagen gegen Chemieunternehmen wie DuPont eingereicht, die PFOA in Verbraucherprodukten verwendet haben, und diese Klagen sind m\u00f6glicherweise nur der Anfang der Geschichte.<\/p>\n<h3>Wie lange muss ich klagen?<\/h3>\n<p>Injured Pennsylvanians normally have two years to file tort claims to obtain compensation for their injuries. However, in PFOA cases, that does not mean two years after the first sip of contaminated water.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery rule states that victims have two years to sue after they learn about their damages and learn that PFOA may have caused them. However, the discovery rule is not a magic cure-all for legal issues with a claim. Instead, it is only a tool for aggressive personal injury attorneys to use in court.<\/p>\n<h3>Welche Sch\u00e4den sind verf\u00fcgbar?<\/h3>\n<p>PFOA contamination victims in Pennsylvania are usually entitled to significant compensation, because of the serious nature of the injuries they sustain. This compensation includes money for monetary losses, including medical bills, as well as nonmonetary losses, such as pain and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, many juries award significant punitive damages in these cases, to punish the tortfeasor (negligent actor) for relentlessly pursuing a course of conduct that put other people in danger.<\/p>\n<p>PFOA water contamination may cause serious injury. For a free consultation with an <a href=\"\/de\/kontaktiere-uns\/\">erfahrener Anwalt f\u00fcr Personensch\u00e4den in New York<\/a>, wenden Sie sich an Napoli Shkolnik PLLC. Wir berechnen keine Anwaltskosten im Voraus in F\u00e4llen von Fahrl\u00e4ssigkeit.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, the who lived and work on and around Willow Grove Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base, the Horsham Air Guard Station, and the Naval Air Warfare Center complained that&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":5726,"menu_order":155,"template":"","practiceareas_category":[744],"class_list":["post-5779","practiceareas","type-practiceareas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","practiceareas_category-environmental-litigation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practiceareas"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practiceareas_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas_category?post=5779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}