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Mine comes next month - about $4,000 out of the class action - because through the 70s-90s, Wolverine dumped contaminated leather scraps and chemical drums in a
by LeifCarrotson 4y ago
Mine comes next month - about $4,000 out of the class action - because through the 70s-90s, Wolverine dumped contaminated leather scraps and chemical drums in a swamp uphill of the well I've been drinking from for more than a decade. Now every well in town has 50-200 mg/L of PFAs.
It's only $4,000 because the court saw clear evidence that the value of my home was damaged, but couldn't assign damages based on an increased risk of cancer; I would have had to actually get cancer to sue successfully for damages there.
- giantg2 4y agoI think that mcg/L, right? 200mg/L would be insane!
- LeifCarrotson 4y agoYou're correct, yes, micrograms or ug/L. Nanograms per milliliter. Parts per trillion. For context, the old USDA/EPA threshold for health hazards was 70 ppt, new June 2022 directives say "negative health effects may occur with concentrations of PFOA or PFOS in water that are near zero and below EPA’s ability to detect at this time." Too late to edit...
- giantg2 4y agoNo problem. I just couldn't help but picture in my mind someone drinking a slurry of PFAS. I was like, that can't be right lol.