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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: libertybele on July 13, 2023, 09:42:02 pm
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Wine country waste workers for Pelosi, Newsom Napa vineyards seek $300M over alleged toxic contamination
group of waste collection and landfill workers in California's Napa Valley is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation after they say they were exposed to toxic chemicals while cleaning up after the Glass wildfire in 2020 — and a former local mayor says his warnings to leaders like Gov. Gavin Newsom and Rep. Nancy Pelosi went unheeded for years.
The workers also claim they were retaliated against and faced racial discrimination for blowing the whistle on the politically connected Clover Flat Landfill's potential to pollute water and air in the country's best-known wine region — where both Pelosi and Newsom have substantial vineyards.
The group is seeking $300 million in restitution from the landfill and Upper Valley Disposal Services, according to a complaint sent to California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health...................
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/wine-country-waste-workers-for-pelosi-newsom-napa-vineyards-seek-300m-over-alleged-toxic-contamination
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Well, considering everything with a label in CA is 'known to cause cancer, birth defects, etc.' (that's what it says on the label), this should be a shoo-in.
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Well, considering everything with a label in CA is 'known to cause cancer, birth defects, etc.' (that's what it says on the label), this should be a shoo-in.
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