California school district sues Dow and Shell over cancer-causing chemical in water Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article260165250.html#storylink=cpy
Source: https://www.sacbee.com/, April 6, 2022
by: Madeline Shannon
The Ballico-Cressey School District, a small school district in a rural stretch of northern Merced County, is suing corporate giants Dow Chemical and Shell Oil.
The lawsuit, filed on March 30 in Merced County Superior Court, alleges that the big companies manufactured and sold agricultural fumigants containing the toxic chemical 1,2,3-TCP, or 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, that were sprayed on nearby fields surrounding the school district, polluting Cressey Elementary School’s water supply. Read more.