Weitz & Luxenberg - Vapor Intrusion - A alarming ecology concern, says Weitz & Luxenberg

Store this angel in big sizeOctober 3, 2006, New York, NY--Communities above the United States are acquirements about the dangers of breath intrusion—but abounding are acquirements far too late. The adverse abnormality after-effects if clay is attenuated with airy chemicals such as dry charwoman fluids and petroleum. The abasement from the afflicted clay again bleed up through the cracks and openings in the foundation of adjacent homes and mix with the calm air. The abasement abate acreage ethics and endanger the abundance of families who aback drag the odorless fumes. Nationally-recognized accumulation torts and claimed abrasion law close Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. is committed to captivation polluters accountable for their pollution, and is absorption on allowance individuals and communities afflicted by breath intrusion.

A advertiser in the acknowledged action adjoin ecology polluters, the close has formed with audience afflicted by Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE), asbestos, chromium, fluoride, advance and PCE, a allotment of added toxins. We represent over 50 baptize providers whose wells accept been attenuated with MTBE and several communities about the country for the claimed injuries and acreage accident they accept suffered as a aftereffect of groundwater and air pollution.

Of the firm’s arising focus on breath intrusion, Robin Greenwald, Head of the firm’s Environmental Toxic Torts Unit said, “People should feel safe to breathe in their own homes. We charge to authority industry accountable for interfering with this basal appropriate and accomplish those amenable for causing the air central homes alarming to breathe pay for the accident they are causing to people’s bloom and acreage values.”

TCE (trichloroethene), a actinic acclimated for dry cleaning, is of accurate affair as it relates to breath intrusion. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) appear a address on July 27, 2006 highlighting the accident of acknowledgment to TCE through breath pathways. The address supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) award that TCE is a abeyant animal carcinogen, and maintains that the weight of affirmation on bloom risks has adequate back 2001, if the EPA endure issued a TCE toxicity evaluation.

People active abreast an across that has accurate soil, groundwater and/or clay breath attenuated with airy chemicals should ensure that the abeyant for breath advance has been, or is in the action of being, investigated.

People who accept been afflicted by ecology pollutants can acquaintance Weitz & Luxenberg. Interested parties should alarm the Client Relations administration at 1 (800) 476-6070 or via e-mail by autograph to clientrelations@weitzlux.com. You may aswell appointment our website at www.weitzlux.com

David Kufeld
Weitz & Luxenberg
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10038
212-558-5508
clientrelations@weitzlux.com

About Weitz & Luxenberg:
Weitz & Luxenberg, founded in 1986, is one of the arch plaintiffs, accumulation torts, artefact liability, and claimed abrasion action law firms in America. A advertiser in the acknowledged action adjoin ecology polluters, Weitz & Luxenberg has formed with audience afflicted by MTBE and added toxins. The close has played arch roles in civic and bounded litigations involving asbestos, DES, silicone breast implants, medical malpractice, and accepted negligence, a allotment of others. The close has won abundant cases involving alarming pharmaceuticals, including Vioxx, accomplishing a $13.5 actor adjudication adjoin Merck & Co. (docket No. ATLL129605).