The law firms of Baron & Budd and Gomez Trial Attorneys have formed a joint venture called Ecolawyers to fight corporate contamination of our natural resources. Ecolawyers will not only hold known polluters accountable for [...]
The City of Portland has hired Ecolawyers to represent the city in a lawsuit against Monsanto Company. The suit alleges that Monsanto is responsible for PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) water contamination affecting the Columbia Slough and [...]
As many as 14 million students in more than 25,000 schools across the country are still being exposed to dangerous levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), nearly four decades after the chemicals were banned by the [...]
On October 28, Washington federal judge Salvador Mendoza denied Monsanto's motion to throw out the City of Spokane's PCB contamination lawsuit. The ruling was a critical win for the city as it attempts to force [...]
The California cities of San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley will be allowed to continue to pursue lawsuits against Monsanto Co. for costs associated with PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) contamination. A U.S. district judge denied Monsanto's motion [...]
City officials in Airway Heights, Washington, are warning residents not to drink or cook with water from city pipes, which may be contaminated with dangerous, perfluorinated chemicals known as PFOS and PFOA. Exposure at high [...]
Toxic vapors from a dangerous chemical known as trichloroethylene, or TCE, are present inside people’s homes in a neighborhood of El Cajon, California, according to KPBS. The San Diego County community had already been rocked [...]