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Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy

Sep. 25, 2018

City sues several companies for groundwater contamination

The city of Hemet sued Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co., and Crop Production Services Inc. over groundwater contaminated with the toxic and potential carcinogen Trichloropropane.

The city of Hemet sued Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co., and Crop Production Services Inc. over groundwater contaminated with the toxic and potential carcinogen Trichloropropane.

A non-naturally occurring ingredient or byproduct in soil fumigant products used to control microscopic worms infesting plant roots, marketed from the 1940s through the 1980s, TCP migrates readily through soil and groundwater, is resistant to natural degrad...

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