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Barbados - Gibbons Boggs Oil Contamination

Practice Areas: Environmental Threats Shell Oil operated a seven-mile long aviation fuel pipeline running from the Oistins depot across the fertile farmlands of Barbados to the Grantley Adams Airport for more than 25 years.  The ... Read More »

Bhopal, India - Union Carbide Disaster

Practice Areas: Environmental Threats Hausfeld LLP lawyers represent residents of Bhopal, India who were exposed to toxic wastes, which have contaminated the soil and drinking water surrounding the infamous Union Carbide Plant, which was ... Read More »

Childhood Lead Poisoning

Practice Areas: Environmental Threats Lead is a toxic substance that can adversely affect brain development in children, damage the nervous system or kidneys, or even result in death.  Lead is particularly problematic because it can ... Read More »

Community Environmental Contamination

Practice Areas: Environmental Threats Hausfeld LLP lawyers are currently investigating claims on behalf of landowners in several contaminated communities who have experienced diminution of property values as a result of underground toxic ... Read More »

Milwaukee Lead Litigation

Practice Areas: Environmental Threats Hausfeld LLP lawyers teamed up with the City of Milwaukee to sue the manufacturers of lead pigment used in paint due to the lead poisoning hazards these products present to children.  The City ... Read More »

South Africa Silicosis

Practice Areas: Environmental Threats Hausfeld LLP has been invited to participate in precedent-setting litigation on behalf of South African gold miners who have suffered a disabling lung disease called silicosis.  The cases will ... Read More »

TVA Fly Ash Spill

Practice Areas: Environmental Threats On December 22, 2008, more than a billion gallons of coal fly ash (a toxic by-product of burning coal) spilled when a dike burst on a retention pod at the Kingston Fossil Plant operated by the ... Read More »