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2019
Hempstead files lawsuit over 1,4-Dioxane contamination
Lawsuit filed
The Town of Hempstead filed a federal lawsuit against Dow Chemical Company, Ferro Corporation and Vulcan Materials Company, accusing them of knowingly manufacturing, promoting and/or selling products containing 1,4-Dioxane despite knowing it could reach local water supply wells. The town seeks damages for water-treatment costs and punitive damages; these are allegations in the lawsuit.
Stated objective. hold industrial manufacturers accountable for the costs of removing 1,4-Dioxane from the town’s drinking water supply wells
Source excerpt
Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen announced Tuesday the town filed a lawsuit in federal court to hold industrial manufacturers accountable for the costs of removing 1,4-Dioxane, a highly toxic chemical, from the town’s drinking water supply wells.
Hempstead accuses Dow Chemical Company, Ferro Corporation and Vulcan Materials Company of knowingly and willfully manufacturing, promoting and/or selling products containing 1,4-Dioxane to local consumers, when they knew the chemical would eventually make its way into local water supply wells.
2005
Performance Chemicals accounting investigation
Ferro reported an investigation into inappropriate accounting entries in its Performance Chemicals business and a related restatement covering fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and the first quarter of 2004.