Neighbors accuse Birds Eye of contaminating wells in Michigan

June 5, 2008 - As he watched red liquid spew from the sprinklers behind his Manlius Township home, Randy Lozar wondered what substances were being discharged from a nearby fruit and vegetable canning plant.

Birds Eye, a national food processor based in Rochester, N.Y., claims the solution is a sugar- and salt-laden organic matter from its operation about one mile to the east.

But Lozar, his wife, Heather -- who is 5-month's pregnant -- and their neighbors contend the fluid has contaminated their wells with arsenic, iron and manganese.

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