{"id":6048,"date":"2021-04-12T23:37:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T03:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/practiceareas\/tampa-florida-lead-smelting\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:55:29","slug":"fonderie-de-plomb-de-tampa-floride","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/domaines-de-pratique-2\/fonderie-de-plomb-de-tampa-floride\/","title":{"rendered":"Gopher Resource Lead Smelter \u2013 Tampa, Floride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avocats principaux de la fonderie Gopher Resource <\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"L'empoisonnement au plomb continue de saper les communaut\u00e9s, comme Silex, Michigan<\/a>. Aging infrastructure, political infighting, and dangerous cost-cutting measures exposed thousands of these residents to high levels of lead. Many of these victims were children. The same thing is happening in other neighborhoods throughout America, such as New York City\u2019s public housing projects and the residents of Tampa, Florida.<\/p>\n

The aggressive attorneys at Naples Chkolnik<\/a> ont \u00e9t\u00e9 la force motrice du r\u00e8glement massif de la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau de Flint, dans le Michigan. Rien ne peut r\u00e9parer les dommages qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 caus\u00e9s \u00e0 cette ville. Mais la compensation financi\u00e8re obtenue par notre \u00e9quipe permet au moins \u00e0 ces victimes d'affronter l'avenir avec plus de confiance. C'est le meilleur r\u00e9sultat possible dans les circonstances. Nous l'avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait et nous pouvons le refaire. Les r\u00e9clamations pour empoisonnement environnemental, comme les actions dangereuses dans les fonderies de plomb, sont des affaires extr\u00eamement complexes. La plupart des cabinets d'avocats n'ont pas l'expertise et les ressources n\u00e9cessaires pour les g\u00e9rer, mais nous si.<\/p>\n

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Effets sur les travailleurs<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"KoGenerally, lead smelter owners care much more about profits than people. As a result, these workers breathe dusty air that\u2019s laced with high levels of lead. Other injuries include serious burns and repetitive stress injuries.<\/p>\n

Lead smelter owners often prey on minority workers with limited educations or criminal records by offering to pay them as much as $20 per hour plus benefits. But the relatively high pay and generous benefits come at a price. These individuals must work very long hours in very dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n

Worker safety at most smelters, like the Gopher Resource smelter in Tampa, Florida, is a catch-22. If workers wear facemasks to protect themselves from lead-laced dust, they may succumb to the searing heat in these smelters. The company\u2019s smelters run twenty-four hours a day at temperatures above 1,500 degrees. If workers don\u2019t wear masks so they can keep up with demanding quotas, health issues like reproductive problems, high blood pressure, kidney disease, and brain injuries.<\/p>\n

Lead smelter operators like Gopher Resource are keenly aware of the extreme health dangers. Yet they continue to send workers into hazardous areas.<\/p>\n

Effets sur les r\u00e9sidents de la r\u00e9gion et les membres de la famille<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"TomikaLarge, dangerous lead smelters don\u2019t just endanger the workers themselves. They also endanger people in the surrounding community. Many workers unwittingly carry lead-laced dust particles home with them, on their clothing or skin or in their vehicles. These particles quickly infect other family members. Furthermore, the lead particles often seep into groundwater. People who depend on private wells are especially susceptible to such injuries.<\/p>\n

The statistics support these fears. Over the past several years, over a dozen children of Gopher Resource lead smelter workers have tested positive for unhealthy lead levels. Furthermore, there have been over 2,400 lead poisoning cases in Hillsborough County (the Tampa area) since 2010. That\u2019s by far the most of any county in Florida, even much larger ones, like Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n

Lead affects children differently from adults. In addition to the aforementioned health effects, lead causes developmental delays in children. These delays force children into a downward spiral. Every year, they fall further behind their classmates and get more frustrated over their inability to process simple problems.<\/p>\n

Companies like Gopher Resource insist they are doing their best to promote safety. But if that were true, area residents wouldn\u2019t suffer from record levels of lead poisoning.<\/p>\n

Polluting companies have a moral duty to keep people safe. More importantly for our purposes, they also have a legal duty to do so, under federal laws like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. if they breach these duties, they could be liable for damages.<\/p>\n

These damages normally include compensation for economic losses, such as medical bills, and noneconomic losses, such as pain and suffering. Additional punitive damages are usually available in environmental poisoning cases as well. These damages convince companies to do more than pay lip service to public safety.<\/p>\n

Almost two dozen lead smelters are still operating in the United States. These smelters poison the people who work in them, and the people who live around them. All these victims are entitled to compensation. For a free consultation with an \u00e9quipe juridique environnementale exp\u00e9riment\u00e9e<\/a>, contactez Napoli Shkolnik LLC. Nous traitons des cas comme ceux-ci sur une base nationale.<\/p>\n

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Dans les nouvelles<\/span><\/h2>\n

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L'usine de plomb de Tampa a enfreint les normes environnementales, selon un rapport<\/a>, Tampa Bay Times (2 juillet 2021)<\/p>\n

L'usine de plomb de Tampa obtient une r\u00e9trogradation de cr\u00e9dit<\/a>, Tampa Bay Times (29 juin 2021)<\/p>\n

Ancien wo<\/a>rker poursuit la fonderie de plomb de Tampa pour l'exposition de son fils<\/a>, Tampa Bay Times (2 juin 2021)<\/p>\n

Un ancien travailleur poursuit l'usine de plomb de Tampa pour l'exposition pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e d'un enfant<\/a>, Affili\u00e9 NBC WFLA-8 (2 juin 2021)<\/p>\n

Poursuite contre le poison au plomb d\u00e9pos\u00e9e contre l'usine de plomb de Gopher<\/a>, WMNF 88.5 (2 juin 2021)<\/p>\n

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