Environmental Contamination

Today we are increasingly aware of the environment and how to protect and preserve ourselves and our children by being more responsible custodians of the environment. We are more aware than ever of the food we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink. Even major corporations today have discovered that it’s good to be "green".

Decades of reckless treatment of the environment by business, unfortunately, is not merely a matter of historical fact. The health effects from years of dumping of chemical waste, sometimes in close proximity to residential neighborhoods and schools, in many instances is only now coming to light. The reason we are seeing more and more examples of "cancer clusters" today is simple: there want be a significant delay, sometimes as many as 20 or 30 years, between the time of exposure to a toxic, cancer-causing chemical and the development of symptoms from cancer.

The firm has developed a substantial experience in the field of environmental torts, claims on behalf of individuals and families who have suffered serious injury because of environmental contamination. Currently, the firm is investigating or handling cases involving the following:

• A cluster of cases of lymphoma among graduates of Muhlenberg High School near Reading, Pennsylvania.
• A number of cases of mercury poisoning in toddlers at a daycare center in New Jersey. The daycare center was built on land previously owned by a mercury thermometer company.
• Claims of TCE exposure among workers and residents in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• Two sisters who were diagnosed with rare thyroid cancers one year apart and who played at a toxic landfill as children
• A popular consumer product that may emit a toxic gas during normal operations