{"id":5777,"date":"2016-09-13T18:33:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T22:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/practiceareas\/pfoa-water-contamination-new-hampshire\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:54:21","slug":"pfoa-agua-contaminacion-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/pfoa-agua-contaminacion-new-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"PFOA Water Contamination &#8211; New Hampshire"},"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\" \/>El \u00e1cido perfluorooctanoico es un qu\u00edmico inodoro e incoloro que se usa en Teflon, Scotchgard y otros productos de consumo similares, como los que se producen en las grandes instalaciones de Saint Gobain Performance Plastics en Merrimack. Debido a sus peligros, la mayor\u00eda de los fabricantes dejaron de usar PFOA a mediados de la d\u00e9cada de 2000. Pero en ese momento, el suministro de agua alrededor de las plantas que usaban este qu\u00edmico ya hab\u00eda sido envenenado. Las pruebas iniciales en New Hampshire indicaron que los niveles de PFOA exced\u00edan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.des.nh.gov\/organization\/commissioner\/documents\/pfoa-statewide-status-20170110.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1,000 puntos<\/a>, which is more than twice as high as the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s safe exposure level.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Saint Gobain largely reneged on earlier promises to clean up the water in Manchester, Bedford, Londonderry, and other affected areas. When companies ignore their commitments to keep our environment healthy, the tenacious lawyers at <a href=\"\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/litigio-ambiental\/\">N\u00e1poles Shkolnik PLLC<\/a> ir al trabajo. Construimos meticulosamente un reclamo ganador por da\u00f1os que se basa en evidencia s\u00f3lida y hechos cient\u00edficos. Entonces, no descansamos hasta que la empresa qu\u00edmica grite \u201ct\u00edo\u201d, asegurando que las v\u00edctimas obtengan la compensaci\u00f3n que merecen por sus lesiones y que el agua potable sea purificada para las generaciones futuras.<\/p>\n<h2>Los peligros del 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><\/p>\n<p>En pocas palabras, el PFOA y otros qu\u00edmicos C8 cambian las propiedades moleculares de algunas sustancias, haciendo que las alfombras que se ensucian f\u00e1cilmente sean resistentes a las manchas, etc. PFOA b\u00e1sicamente hace lo mismo en el cuerpo de una persona despu\u00e9s de filtrarse en el agua subterr\u00e1nea y llegar al agua para cocinar y beber. Dado que el PFOA a menudo se acumula en la leche materna, los beb\u00e9s y los ni\u00f1os corren un grave riesgo de contraer enfermedades en el futuro, entre ellas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancer testicular,<\/li>\n<li>Enfermedad de tiroides,<\/li>\n<li>Cancer de RI\u00d1ON,<\/li>\n<li>Sistema inmunol\u00f3gico d\u00e9bil,<\/li>\n<li>Enfermedad del higado,<\/li>\n<li>Colesterol alto y<\/li>\n<li>Colitis ulcerosa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Varias organizaciones internacionales han designado al PFOA como uno de los principales agentes cancer\u00edgenos que contaminan nuestras aguas subterr\u00e1neas.<\/p>\n<h3>Su reclamo por da\u00f1os y perjuicios<\/h3>\n<p>Casos de negligencia que involucren <a href=\"\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/litigio-ambiental\/\">Contaminaci\u00f3n ambiental<\/a> tienen tres elementos b\u00e1sicos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Las emisiones o el vertido de una sustancia qu\u00edmica o de otra empresa liberaron una sustancia qu\u00edmica en el medio ambiente,<\/li>\n<li>Ese qu\u00edmico es peligroso, y<\/li>\n<li>La v\u00edctima sufri\u00f3 heridas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In many cases, it is difficult to establish the first prong, because companies almost always deny responsibility and then engage in delay tactics. However, with regard to New Hampshire PFO contamination, Saint Gobain has already acknowledged responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The third prong is also easy to establish in this particular case. If a doctor diagnosed a victim with a certain illness, even if the doctor said nothing about PFOA poisoning, the injury is probably compensable under current law.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves only the second prong, and there is ample evidence that PFOA causes serious health problems. Furthermore, since the proceedings take place in civil court, victims only need to prove this element by a preponderance of the evidence, which means \u201cmore likely than not.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Compensaci\u00f3n disponible<\/h3>\n<p>Los dos tipos de da\u00f1os disponibles en los casos de contaminaci\u00f3n ambiental ilustran las dos razones por las que presentamos estos casos en <a href=\"\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/litigio-ambiental\/pfoa-agua-contaminacion-vermont\/\"><u>Vermont y otros lugares<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Special damages are unique to the victim\u2019s injury. They include money for economic losses, such as medical expenses, and noneconomic losses, such as emotional distress. Since many PFOA contamination cases involve cancer, special damages are usually significant to give victims the financial resources they need to either fight the disease or partially assuage their grief over a wrongful death.<\/p>\n<p>Punitive damages are usually available in these cases as well. To obtain additional damages, the plaintiff must establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the defendant recklessly pursued a course of conduct which put the safety and property of other people in jeopardy. A damage cap may apply, in some situations.<\/p>\n<p>Your claim for damages following PFOA contamination needs your prompt attention, because you have a limited amount of time to act. For a free consultation with an <a href=\"\/es\/contactenos\/\">abogado agresivo de lesiones personales en Nueva York<\/a>, p\u00f3ngase en contacto con Napoli Shkolnik PLLC. No cobramos honorarios legales por adelantado en casos de negligencia.<\/p>\n<h3>RECURSOS DE NUEVO HAMPSHIRE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/litigio-ambiental\/new-hampshire-perfluorochemical-pfc-contamination-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preguntas frecuentes sobre la investigaci\u00f3n de NH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/NH-pfc-fact-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hoja informativa sobre perfluoroqu\u00edmicos (PFC) del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de New Hampshire (DHHS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a1LLAME HOY A NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC!<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfluorooctanoic acid is an odorless and colorless chemical that\u2019s used in Teflon, Scotchgard, and other similar consumer products, like the ones turned out at the large Saint Gobain Performance Plastics&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":5726,"menu_order":154,"template":"","practiceareas_category":[744],"class_list":["post-5777","practiceareas","type-practiceareas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","practiceareas_category-environmental-litigation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practiceareas"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practiceareas_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas_category?post=5777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}