Woburn groundwater contamination case

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Woburn_groundwater_contamination_case
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:disaster_response
gptkbp:cause trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination
industrial chemical dumping
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:EPAInvolvement Superfund site
gptkbp:EPAListingDate 1983
gptkbp:healthEffect cancer cluster
childhood leukemia cases
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Woburn groundwater contamination case
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Beatrice_Foods
gptkb:W.R._Grace_&_Co.
gptkb:UniFirst_Corporation
gptkbp:legalIssue gptkb:Anderson_v._Cryovac,_Inc.
gptkbp:legalRepresentation gptkb:Jan_Schlichtmann
Corey, Coughlin & Gerety law firm
gptkbp:location gptkb:Woburn,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national attention
gptkbp:notableFor inspired the book 'A Civil Action'
inspired the film 'A Civil Action'
gptkbp:remedy groundwater treatment
soil removal
gptkbp:result gptkb:settlement
partial liability found
gptkbp:startDate 1979
gptkbp:waterSource municipal wells G and H
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jan_Schlichtmann
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6