In 2008, along with the non-profit group Citizens for a Clean Columbia (CCC), I began reaching out to past and present residents of Northport, WA. After a year of researching the Environmental Protecton Agency (EPA), Dpt. Of Ecology, Dpt of Health (DOH), and the Agency for Toxic Sustaces and Disease Registry (ATSDR) studies conducted in... Continue Reading →
Lawsuit filed in Washington state claims Teck toxins caused disease
Lawsuit claims Teck toxins caused disease By Dene Moore The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – A Washington state woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B), claiming toxic pollutants from the company’s smelter in southeastern British Columbia are to blame for her breast cancer diagnosis and other health ailments. Barbara Anderson is a longtime... Continue Reading →
Disease cluster in town of Northport, Washington linked to pollutants released by smelter in British Columbia
By Kraft Palmer Davies, PLLC Harvard Medical School researchers have determined Northport, Washington, a tiny 296-resident border town, has 10 to 15 times the normal rates of the inflammatory bowel disease. The town is located downwind and downriver of a smelter in Trail, British Columbia run by Teck Resources, which for nearly a century funneled... Continue Reading →
Investigation of a Potential Lawsuit Against the Teck Mining Company by Northport Residents
Click this link for: Lawsuit info
Link to CBC Radio story on Northport Litigation
To here the radio story "People in Northport WA, consider Teck suit" on the CBC radio show Daybreak South click the link below: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/British+Columbia/Daybreak+South/ID/2420471433/
Huffpost Article link- “B.C. Smelter To Blame For Illnesses”
To read the Huffington Post article "B.C. Smelter To Blame For Illnesses, Say Washington Residents" clink on the link below: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/25/teck-smelter-lawsuit_n_4337461.html
Northport – Teck Litigation
If you, or anyone you know, is interested in pursuing a personal injury claim against Teck smelter please contact Barbara Mahoney with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP at: barbaram@hbsslaw.com or (206) 268-9308. They have prepared an initial client questionnaire to assist them in preparing these claims.
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