October 15, 2009 - Out of a community of only about 1,000 people, 30 people have filed brain cancer lawsuits against a former chemical company, which allegedly spent decades dumping cancer-causing chemicals into the local groundwater.
The 30 current or former residents of McCullom Lake, Illinois have been diagnosed with various forms of brain cancer in recent years. The complaints allege that the high cancer rate in the small community is due, in part, to a chemical plant owned by Rohm and Haas, which purchased the plant from Morton International in 1999.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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More people who will be needing health care to keep from financial ruin.
It's possible that McCullom Lake residents were exposed to cancer-causing chemicals from dumpsites closer to their homes than Rohm & Haas and Modine Manufacturing. Gravel pits pepper the McCullom Lake area. Some are filled, some of the pits are still being excavated. Gravel pits are often used as dumps after the soil is mined. When the pits are filled with trash, schools, parks and golf courses are frequently developed on top of the dumpsites. How many gravel pits in McCullom Lake were used as dumps? Knox Park is on a filled pit. Is it an old dumpsite? Is Boone Creek Golf Course?
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