Bennington Area Residents Reach $34 Million Settlement in PFOA Lawsuit
“Residents who complained of water and soil contamination from two defunct Bennington industrial plants have reached a $34 million case settlement with the plant owners. The court’s approval is pending. After five years of litigation, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation agreed Wednesday,” reports Tiffany Tan in VT Digger.
“The French multinational would also pay up to $6 million to monitor certain diseases among residents adversely exposed to PFOA, a chemical used in its former plants in North Bennington and Bennington. The rest of the money would cover a portion of the attorneys’ fees. The facilities, which closed in 2002, became famous for fiberglass.”
