ann anderson vs cyrovac...A Civil Action is a 1998 American drama film starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann) and Robert Duvall, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr. Both the book and the film are based on a true story of a court case about environmental pollution that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s.

The movie and court case revolve around the issue of trichloroethylene, an industrial solvent, and its contamination of a local aquifer. A lawsuit was filed over industrial operations that appeared to have caused fatal cases of leukemia and cancer, as well as a wide variety of other health problems, among the citizens of the town. The case involved is Anne Anderson, et al., v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Civil_Action_%28film%29

MTBE - it's use was Federally mandated by the EPA until it was discovered how bad it was. So was the regulation mandating the use of MTBE good or bad? Same with the federal regs covering the required use of asbestos as a fire safety product. Just curious.

Also, Rand was a believer in the judiciary and for the government making and enforcing laws against fraud for example. Rand would possibly argue here that the homeowners don't OWN the land, they rent it from the Government (try not paying taxes on it and see if she was right) so the Government, in allowing them to purchase (or lease) the land messed up because the product wasn't safe. Seriously, Rand would argue that the previous owner had an obligation not to poison the land or to at least disclose what had occured, so in not doing so exposed liability.

"US voted Obama into power?? Got us on that one!!" Don't complaing about environmental issues if you're going to complain about Obama. Republicans are anti environment.

The headline emphatically states the two companies caused the wells problem. The body of the story says that they "likely" caused the pollution.

Which is it?

The class action lawsuits are worth pursuing as bankruptcy law does not allow discharge of debt such as successful lawsuits for those convicted of environmental crimes. I'm not sure how this works when the individuals involved try to hide behind "the corporate veil" though, unless it can be pierced.

It wouldn't surprise me at all that someone in the company knew what they were doing.

"DENR first became aware of contamination in 2005" Notice this doesn't say when it first started.

"The companies were not named, but DENR officials said they have been working for years to make the polluters foot the bill for fixing the problem."

Nice that they're working on it. I'm sure the families take comfort in knowing if they get cancer, they know why. Hopefully DENR will have been successful instead of just 'working on' making the companies pay. But anyone with half a brain knows that fixing something is never as good as before it was broken. We're likely to see the same stories after fracking begins. There's never enough money for proper oversight and most people cut corners for profits and they're lazy. Sadly, those with their heads in the sand won't be the only ones affected.

grosol is right. Also, arsenic is natural and found in soils. Do these same people want high levels of arsenic in your food & water?

Some right winger wrote, "Here's the problem for the EPA. These compounds also occur naturally in nature. So you get a lot of false positives for contamination when it's just natural background clutter". WHAT?!?!?!? Are you KIDDING?!?!?! Please enlighten us all about how chlorinated solvents are "naturally occurring"! Wow! PLEASE take some time to educate yourself with real science and not just right wing propaganda. Of course, I think this poster also stated that the Deepwater Horizon blowout was "just a minor spill". Unbelievable!

lets just inject some more chemical into the ground and force all the bad stuff to the top and vacuum it up??,, OOO sorry, that is Fracking,, my bad!! can people not see that there are some thing we don't need to do, to have fuel,----- wood, coal, etc.. are far better choices, and have been used for 100 years or more. Raleigh can always call BP for clean up, the GULF is better than ever and tourism is better than ever!.. I am beginning to think our Media and companies, think everyone in the US is just plain stupid and will believe anything. And guess they are right, US voted Obama into power?? Got us on that one!!

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