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On
April
27, 2005, the U.S. Supreme court ruled that the farmers
have a right to pursue damage claims against the manufactures
in state court. |
Diclosulam |
Dennis
Bates, el al. v. Dow AgroSciences LLC. Texas
peanut farmers allege that the diclosulam herbicide, Strongman,
severely damaged their crops. In their efforts to create a Class
Action suit, the farmers lost their case in two courts. In April
2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the farmers.
They said the farmers have the right to pursue
damage claims against the manufacturers in state court. Dow
AgroSciences, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical,
makes diclosulam. Overview
to Class Action
News
/ Timeline
Diclosulam
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| Initial
Settlement
In
February 2005, DuPont agreed to settle this suit with
an initial $107.6 million payout and could eventually have
to pay another $235 million, depending on the outcome of a
community health study in Ohio. |
PFOA |
Class
Action Suit: Residents in Ohio accused DuPont
of contaminating their drinking water supplies with Ammonium
perfluorooctanoate (APFO) originating from DuPont's
Washington Works facility in Wood County, West Virginia. At
this time in history APFO is considered to be the PFOA derivative
of greatest concern and with the most wide-spread use.
Background
on Class Action
Newspaper
articles and Documents
Adverse
Health Effects
Overview
of the perfluorinated chemicals: PFOA and PFOS
Selected
Statements, Studies and Reports |
Settled
August
2004: a $45 million settlement. About $21 million of the settlement
went to court costs, administrative costs and lawyer fees.
This settlement does not allow the farmers to sue for future
health related effects.
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Fipronil |
Class
Action Suit of Louisiana Crawfish Farmers. The
farmers said that the fipronil insecticide Icon, used to treat
rice seed, destroyed their crops and contaminated their fields
in 2000 and 2001. The company that made Icon, Aventis
Crop Sciences, argued drought conditions were to blame
for the decline.
In 2001
Fipronil was owned by Aventis.
Bayer bought out the Aventis crop protection business
in 2002. At that time Bayer was forced to divest fipronil
and sold it to BASF.
A
little background on the geneology and events of the insecticide
Icon
Index
to some documents and reports pertaining to the Class Action
Suit
News
reports
Fipronil
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