[CPEO-BIF] TCE polluter blames producer (Florida)

[Lenny Siegel]

Chemical makers blamed for pollution
The mess in Lake Mary stems from instructions on how to discard TCE, a 
suit alleges.

Rene Stutzman
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
September 23, 2006

SANFORD -- The former owner of a telephone-equipment plant that sits 
idle atop a plume of chemical-laced groundwater is suing some of the 
country's biggest chemical manufacturers, blaming them for the pollution.

MONI Holdings LLC alleges the companies that sold the solvents -- not 
the ones that bought and used them -- are responsible for the pollution.

It says solvent manufacturers told customers to discard the chemical -- 
trichloroethene, or TCE -- by spreading it on the ground and allowing it 
to evaporate, according to the suit.

The results, according to the suit, were disastrous. Not only is the 
water beneath the plant now contaminated, dozens of former workers say 
they contracted cancer and other serious illnesses because of it.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/seminole/orl-tce2306sep23,0,2019126.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-seminole

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Lenny Siegel
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