In October, attorney Roger Gordon filed suit against a Central L.A. chrome-plating plant for causing dozens of serious medical problems. Many of the lawsuit's 24 plaintiffs are teachers at a public school across the street. Gordon and his Personal Injury legal team are working with United Teachers Los Angeles to confront the broad problem of toxic exposure at local schools.
The case centers on 28th Street Elementary, which opened its doors in 1895. In 1941, Palace Plating set up shop, dipping sheet metal in a toxic bath including chromium-6, cadmium, arsenic, zinc, formaldehyde, and hydrochloric and sulfuric acids. During the process, these contaminants are emitted into the air, soil and water around the plant. The suit also targets chemical companies that failed to provide proper instructions on how to safely use and store the toxics they made, distributed and sold.
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