(Fwd) (Fwd) More Lawsuits

["Charlie Cray" <ccray@dialb.greenpeace.org>]

The CCC must be busy in Kansas:  first it was pipes leaching VCM into 
drinking water, now this:  

 	The city of Wichita Kansas has filed suit against two drycleaners, two
suppliers and a perc manufacturer.  The lawsuit resulted after the city
discovered perc contamination under a large parcel of land.

	We believe this represents the first time drycleaners, suppliers and
solvent manufacturers have been sued jointly in connection with
underground contamination. 

	This comes only weeks after the Pilgrim decision in Houston, where a 
supplier was found to be partly responsible for cleanup under a 
contaminated drycleaning site, due to the equipment design. In that 
case, 13 other perc manufacturers, equipment suppliers, and 
waste hauling companies settled out of court. That precedent 
is now being used to help other cleaners find deep pockets to 
help them with remediation costs.

For more information:							
David DeRosa
Toxics Campaign Associate
Wet/Dry Cleaning Project
david.derosa@dialb.greenpeace.org
Phone (312)554-1028, fax (312)554-1224
417 S. Dearborn, Chicago IL 60605

For a list of wet cleaners in the U.S. see our web site (url below):
Charlie Cray
Greenpeace US Toxics Campaign
417 S. Dearborn Suite 420
Chicago, IL 60605
Ph: (312) 554-1027
Fx: (312) 554-1224
e-mail address: Charlie.Cray@dialb.greenpeace.org
Greenpeace International's new Toxics Web site:
http://www.greenpeace.org/~toxics
Greenpeace US Toxics NEW! (11/98) Web Site:
http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/toxics/