Posted on 10.14.22

DC attorney general sues manufacturer over toxic contamination in local rivers

Source: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/, October 14, 2022
By: Cami Mondeaux

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing a major chemical manufacturer, alleging the company knowingly contaminated local rivers with pollutants for decades.

Racine filed a lawsuit against Velsicol in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division on Thursday, accusing the company of contaminating the Potomac and Anacostia rivers with chlordane, a toxic chemical produced by the manufacturer. The effects of this contamination had a disproportionate effect on the district’s low-income and black residents, according to Racine. Read more.

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