Plastics Company Agrees to $23M Settlement in Drinking Water Pollution Case
“A plastics company accused of contaminating residents’ water in a New York town, has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for over $23 million, the Times Union reported. The settlement, which was filed on Friday and is pending court approval, would resolve a lawsuit brought by eight plaintiffs that,” reports Caroline Vakil in The Hill.
“The Times Union noted that products made by the company were allegedly coated with PFOA chemicals. The plaintiffs alleged that the company polluted Petersburgh water supplies when by releasing it from the company’s smoke stacks near a highway. The plaintiffs say that there are notable levels of the chemicals were found in their.”
