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Over the past 30 years, and on the heels of the environmental
movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the United States Congress
and many state legislatures enacted a broad framework of environmental
legislation designed to halt the systematic poisoning of our
air, water and soil by industrial polluters, and even to reverse
the harms already suffered by our citizens and our environment.
Programs such as the Superfund (CERCLA), the Clear Water Act,
Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
have made remarkable headway over the past 30 years in undoing
some of the damage that had been inflicted upon our planet by
industrial pollution.
In recent years, our country had witnessed a marked decline
in the enforcement of these environmental laws and regulations.
In many cases, critical legislation and regulations have been
watered down or taken off the books altogether.
As a result, we are presently witnessing pollution and environmental
degradation on a scale not seen for many decades. Predictably,
this pollution is having a devastating affect on many Americans.
In some cases, families have discovered that they were drinking
water that was poisoned with toxic, perhaps carcinogenic (cancer-causing)
chemicals. In others, property owners discovered that they are
living on top of contaminated soils.
Polluting parties must be held accountable for their misconduct,
and must fully compensate injured people for their losses.
Our attorneys have enjoyed great success in prosecuting claims
for both personal injury and property damage resulting from
pollution and exposure to toxic substances. We are well versed
in the complex statutes, rules and regulations that govern environmental
cases. We have established relationships with toxicologists,
geologists, groundwater specialists and other experts who will
work with us to prepare a winning case for you.
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