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Twenty-five years of litigation may finally be over for a community in Tucson, Arizona.  
 
Residents sued the City of Tucson and Hughes Aircraft over chemical contamination in their water supply. TCE, an industrial solvent, was dumped in the area from 1952 to 1981, causing contamination up to 1000 times the safe level in the drinking water and causing a variety of illnesses relating to immune system disruptions. 
 
If this proposed settlement from one of the city's insurance companies is accepted, it will be the final piece of the settlement, which totals around $130 million for 1600 plaintiffs and their lawyers.

Last TCE settlement going to plaintiffs

Tucson Citizen - 6/9/2006 3:11 PM

They were told when they started getting sick that it was because of the chilies and beans they ate.
 
Rose Augustine remembers how bureaucrats told neighbors in a largely Hispanic South Side community they were getting sick because of their ethnicity, not because of an industrial solvent contaminating their water.
 
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Comment On: Tucson Water Contamination Settlement Proposed
Posted by Cheryl Baquera on 8/3/2007 | Filed Under: Toxic Products

Although the dust of the settlements have settled and it sounds like all the residents were compensated for damages there are alot of residents who were left out because of gag orders to limit the class action law suit. Many were not comensated. We a family of 6 lived in the area from 1976 to 2000.


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