[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "40 years after TCE water contamination: Victims still suffer" on Tucson's (AZ) southside

[Lenny Siegel]

40 years after TCE water contamination: Victims still suffer

By Ciara Encinas 
KGUN TV-9 News (Tucson, AZ)
March 30, 2021

TUCSON, Ariz.  — Before the 1980s, families on Tucson's southside did not think much about drinking from the tap -- until the Pima County Health Department found out the water became contaminated.

40 years ago, high levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE, were found in the water. It was a solvent used to clean airplanes.

Residents started getting sick and at the time it led to one of the biggest water lawsuits in the country.

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The contamination led to two major lawsuits. One was against the Tucson Airport Authority and the other was against Hughes Aircraft Company.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/40-years-after-the-tce-water-contamination-victims-still-suffer

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org