D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing a major chemical manufacturer, alleging the company knowingly contaminated local rivers with pollutants for decades.
Racine filed a lawsuit against Velsicol in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division on Thursday, accusing the company of contaminating the Potomac and Anacostia rivers with chlordane, a toxic chemical produced by the manufacturer. The effects of this contamination had a disproportionate effect on the district’s low-income and black residents, according to Racine.
The company hid its findings and “embarked on a years-long campaign of misinformation and deception to prolong reaping the financial rewards of selling its chlordane products” in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, according to Racine. Long-term exposure to chlordane is considered dangerous with the EPA defining it as a"probable human carcinogen." Several studies have linked it to liver cell cancer, miscarriages, depression, worsened diabetes, and bone-marrow diseases, among other things, according to the lawsuit. Even short-term exposure can cause adverse effects, including headaches, blurred vision, dizziness, and nausea, the lawsuit says.
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