Napoli Shkolnik has filed a lawsuit against five manufacturers of aqueous firefighting foams (\u201cAFFF\u201d) containing perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (\u201cPFOS\u201d) and perfluorooctanoic acid (\u201cPFOA\u201d) for the contamination of the groundwater relied upon by the residents of Airway Heights and Medical Lake, Washington. The class action complaint was filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and names the The 3M Company, Tyco Fire Products L.P., Buckeye Fire Equipment Company, National Foam, Inc. and Chemguard Inc. as the defendants.<\/p>\n
Dziesi\u0119ciolecia u\u017cytkowania, przechowywania i usuwania AFFF w Fairchild AFB spowodowa\u0142y powszechne zanieczyszczenie PFOA i PFOS w\u00f3d gruntowych w okolicznych spo\u0142eczno\u015bciach, w tym zanieczyszczenie miejskiego systemu wodoci\u0105gowego i prywatnych studni obs\u0142uguj\u0105cych Airway Heights i Medical Lake, poniewa\u017c s\u0105 one ni\u017csze od Fairchild AFB. Ponad 11 600 mieszka\u0144c\u00f3w Airway Heights i Medical Lake zosta\u0142o nara\u017conych na kontakt z wod\u0105 pitn\u0105 zanieczyszczon\u0105 PFOA i PFOS, a ich nieruchomo\u015bci i gleba zosta\u0142y ska\u017cone PFOA i PFOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n W pozwie zbiorowym zarzuca si\u0119, \u017ce powodowie i inni mieszka\u0144cy Airway Heights i Medical Lake w stanie Waszyngton byli nara\u017ceni na wysoki poziom zwi\u0105zk\u00f3w perfluorowanych (PFC) i obecnie s\u0105 nara\u017ceni na zwi\u0119kszone ryzyko kilku skutk\u00f3w zdrowotnych, w tym wp\u0142ywu na w\u0105trob\u0119 i uk\u0142ad odporno\u015bciowy, wysoki poziom cholesterolu, zmiany w hormonach tarczycy, a tak\u017ce nowotwory nerek i inne. Badania wykaza\u0142y r\u00f3wnie\u017c zwi\u0105zek mi\u0119dzy zwi\u0119kszonym poziomem PFOA we krwi a zwi\u0119kszonym ryzykiem kilku skutk\u00f3w zdrowotnych u dzieci (na przyk\u0142ad wp\u0142yw na mas\u0119 urodzeniow\u0105, rozw\u00f3j poznawczy i behawioralny, funkcje odporno\u015bciowe i poziom cholesterolu).<\/p>\n W skardze stwierdza si\u0119 r\u00f3wnie\u017c, \u017ce warto\u015b\u0107 nieruchomo\u015bci na tym obszarze spad\u0142a w wyniku zanieczyszczenia.<\/p>\n \u201eTe trwa\u0142e i toksyczne chemikalia nigdy nie powinny by\u0142y by\u0107 produkowane i uwalniane do \u015brodowiska. Bardzo wa\u017cne jest, aby\u015bmy poci\u0105gn\u0119li te firmy do odpowiedzialno\u015bci i szukali sprawiedliwo\u015bci dla tych os\u00f3b i rodzin, kt\u00f3re zosta\u0142y skrzywdzone, oraz dla ca\u0142ej spo\u0142eczno\u015bci\u201d \u2013 powiedzia\u0142. Tate Kunkle<\/a>, jeden z prawnik\u00f3w \u015brodowiskowych, kt\u00f3ry z\u0142o\u017cy\u0142 pozew zbiorowy.<\/p>\n If you own property in Airway Heights or Medical Lake, Washington, or have been diagnosed with testicular cancer, kidney cancer, liver or thyroid disease, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure that may be the result of your exposure to PFOA or PFOS, you may be able to recover damages. Napoli Shkolnik and Paukert & Troppman are ready to help those who pursue personal injury and property claims related to PFC contamination in Airway Heights and Medical Lake. Give us a call today to discuss your legal options; the call and our advice are free. This is a no-obligation consultation and we only recover a fee if we win your case.<\/p>\n About Paukert & Troppman <\/strong><\/p>\n Paukert & Troppman is based in Spokane, Washington that focuses on providing outstanding service to each and every client. Their lawyers have been rated \u201csuperb\u201d by AVVO and they have a well-established history of achieving results for their clients including multi-million dollar settlements and favorable decisions in a number of significant from Washington appellate courts.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Napoli Shkolnik has filed a lawsuit against five manufacturers of aqueous firefighting foams (\u201cAFFF\u201d) containing perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (\u201cPFOS\u201d) and perfluorooctanoic acid (\u201cPFOA\u201d) for the contamination of the groundwater relied upon…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[773],"tags":[867,868],"class_list":["post-7589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environmental-litigation","tag-tate-kunkle","tag-pfoa-water-contamination"],"acf":[],"page_builder_type":"gutenberg","gutenberg_data":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}