A Mississippi auto parts company illegally dumped toxic waste for more than 50 years, poisoning workers and sparking a cluster of cancer cases,The lawsuit, filed June 4 in the U.S.
The facility “did not have any sort of plan or procedure in place for the responsible disposal of its TCE waste” and “decided to it would use Mississippi as its ‘dumping ground for hazardous waste’” to cut costs, alleges the lawsuit. In at least one instance, the company instructed employees to dump 1,000 gallons of TCE waste into a ditch behind the facility, the lawsuit alleges.
“The harm that they caused to my life, my family, and this community is unspeakable,” Vance said in a press release.
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