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McCullom Lake cancer lawsuits multimedia presentation (IL)
by Neil Fischbein on Thursday, January 31, 2008 [Permalink] [0 Comments]
The Northwest Herald (IL) has created an outstanding multimedia presentation that tells the story of the McCullom Lake cancer lawsuits. And boy, what a way to tell the story!

They include video interviews with plaintiffs and with attorneys for both sides, map of the contamination area, documents associated with the lawsuit (including an important expert report from Redpath's Dr. Sidney Finkelstein that we will highlight at another time) and more.

For those interested in McCullom Lake, the causal connection between brain cancers and TCE/vinyl chloride/chlorinated solvent exposure, and legal actions for personal injuries caused by chlorinated ethylenes, we highly recommend you check it out.

Warning: The title of the presentation is "Coincidence or Cluster?" We believe this is a poorly-chosen title and it does not properly reflect the main issue in these suits. The main issue, as we understand it, is whether or not the defendants' chemicals caused the individual plaintiffs' cancers. Whether McCullom Lake's cancers can be considered a cancer cluster is a red herring. So please ignore the overly simplistic title, but do check out the presentation.

To read earlier posts in this category (if there are any), please see our archives below: