Water contamination is a common and devastating cause of cancer, birth defects, and other health conditions. If you suffered injury or illness due to water contamination, you may be able to file a lawsuit against the party responsible.
A water contamination attorney can help you pursue compensation for medical bills, lost income, as well as water contamination lawsuits and more. However, the amount you receive will depend on your diagnosis and your lawyer’s ability to link your harm to water contamination.
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PFAS
PFAS are chemicals that have been found to be present in many drinking water supplies. They are also found in consumer products, including food packaging, clothing, and furniture.
Various state and local governments have filed lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers, alleging that their water systems were contaminated with PFAS. These lawsuits often allege that PFAS caused cancer, and other health conditions in individuals that consumed contaminated drinking water.
The EPA has stated that PFAS is not safe to consume in drinking water at any level, and that it is a known carcinogen. Thousands of PFAS are currently being studied to better understand the risks that these toxic chemicals pose to human health and the environment.
As a result, numerous states have passed laws that will regulate PFAS. These laws will require PFAS companies to report their discharges into drinking water and will ban the use of PFAS in consumer products.
DuPont
DuPont, once a leading manufacturer of chemicals, is now facing a growing number of lawsuits in California and Illinois. These lawsuits claim that PFAS chemicals in drinking water have caused cancer, kidney failure and other health problems.
The company was a pioneer in the development of synthetic resins that would become the foundation of many popular products. But its history is often fraught with controversies and a lack of accountability.
Ten years ago, a farmer named Jim Tennant told his lawyer that his cows were dying of toxic chemicals poured into a stream from DuPont’s plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid, or C8, had fouled his land and killed his animals.
That case turned out to be one of the first major ones filed against a chemical corporation by a consumer. It led to a class-action suit against DuPont and its subsidiaries.
Camp Lejeune
The United States Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina is home to a training and military operations center for a large portion of the United States’ armed forces. However, Camp Lejeune has a long history of water contamination that has left many people suffering serious health problems from drinking contaminated water.
The toxic chemicals found in the water supply at Camp Lejeune can cause cancers, a variety of other illnesses and even birth defects. These chemicals are a result of a long list of sources, including nearby dry-cleaning businesses that dumped their waste into drains and contaminated the water.
Thousands of people have been afflicted with illnesses such as cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes. These victims have only recently started receiving recognition and compensation for their illness, but there is still much more to be done.
If you or a loved one was ever stationed at Camp Lejeune, you may be eligible to file a lawsuit against the government for the damages caused by the toxins in the water. The new law allows you to sue for financial compensation for your medical expenses and other damages.
Sediment
Sediment is made up of particles that have been dislodged from the soil by processes such as erosion. These sediments often carry pollutants, such as nutrients, heavy metals, and organic chemicals that can pose a risk to water quality.
Sediments are a natural part of the Earth’s ecosystem, and they are essential for a variety of ecosystem processes to occur. They can be transported through rivers, oceans, rain runoff, and wind.
Transporting mediums may vary in energy. High energy currents can carry larger fragments of sediment while low energy currents can carry smaller ones.
During transportation, grains may become rounded from random abrasion. Rounding is a characteristic of the transportation process and can tell us how long the sediment has been in the transportation cycle.