FREMONT — A law firm has filed a $750 million class action lawsuit against the Whirlpool Corp., blaming the company for causing the Clyde Cancer Cluster by dumping toxic chemicals at the former Whirlpool Park in Green Springs.
Several families with children who died or have been stricken with cancer in the Clyde area have hired their own environmental testing firm to start testing various sites in a countinuing search for answers.
An agreement has been reached that will allow further tests to be carried out at the former Whirlpool Park in Green Springs, land that’s been found to be contaminated by PCBs and heavy metals.
Three Clyde-area families who lost children to cancer united Wednesday with their legal counsel to discuss new findings by the U.S. EPA that show evidence of toxic sludge at Whirlpool Park.