Phosphate Fluorides Toxic TortsGary Pittman and his co-workers were systematically exposed to toxic substances while working for Occidental Chemical Corporation's north Florida phosphoric acid plants and mines. "Phosphate - Fluorides - Toxic Torts" is a personal narrative by Pittman describing his seven-year battle with Occidental while suffering with chemical poisoning, and the obstacles he had to overcome in the pursuit of compensation. Occidental Chemical Corporation was no stranger to Toxic Tort litigation. They were the company named in the 1979 landmark case, "United States v. Occidental," about the "Love Canal" public health disaster in the late 1970s. In 1995, the "Love Canal" case was still in the courts when Pittman, a co-worker, and attorney, Dorothy Clay Sims took on the mammoth Occidental machine with their legions of law firms. Did Pittman win? Yes and no. When you have your health, you can always make more money, but when you are poisoned and debilitated, there's not enough money in the world to buy back your health. |
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Highly insightful look at the phosphate industry and how they are knowingly causing extensive damage.
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 8 |
Section 3 | 10 |
Section 4 | 13 |
Section 5 | 18 |
Section 6 | 24 |
Section 7 | 25 |
Section 8 | 31 |
Section 16 | 61 |
Section 17 | 71 |
Section 18 | 79 |
Section 19 | 84 |
Section 20 | 91 |
Section 21 | 94 |
Section 22 | 96 |
Section 23 | 105 |
Section 9 | 37 |
Section 10 | 41 |
Section 11 | 44 |
Section 12 | 48 |
Section 13 | 51 |
Section 14 | 56 |
Section 15 | 59 |
Section 24 | 108 |
Section 25 | 112 |
Section 26 | 116 |
Section 27 | 117 |
Section 28 | 144 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Phosphate Fluorides Toxic Torts |
| Author | Gary Pittman |
| Publisher | Lulu.com, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0615490409, 9780615490403 |
| Length | 150 pages |
| Subjects | › Law / General |
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