Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Tainted Chicago Water

Courthouse News Service

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CHICAGO - Chicago has been contaminating its drinking water with lead for years as it tried to fix its aging lead pipes, and it knew it, residents claim in a class action that may have more victims than the fiasco in Flint, Mich.

The three named plaintiffs claim that Chicago's attempts to patch its aging water distribution leached lead into the water supply from the corroding pipes.
  
Chicago has more lead pipe water lines than any other U.S. city - nearly 80 percent of Chicago properties receive their drinking water from lead pipes, according to lead plaintiff Tatjana Blotkevic's lawsuit in Cook County Chancery Court.




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