Thursday, October 18, 2007

Arsenic water leads to $400M lawsuit against California county

MERCED COUNTY, CA — Merced County employees who worked or work at the John Latorraca Correctional Facility are suing the county for $400 million as a result of arsenic being found in the facility's drinking water, an October 12 Modesto Bee story reported.

Attorney Barry Bennett said the county failed to act after knowing the drinking water at its jail and juvenile hall was contaminated. Bennett said employees may have consumed food made with the contaminated water.

According to Bennett, county employees have gotten sick with symptoms attributed to arsenic consumption.

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Arsenic water leads to $400M lawsuit against county


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