A Civil Action Position Paper
Beginning of paper
Civil suits are important because they draw attention to a problem.
Even though the case was somewhat of a failure, I feel that it had a great
societal impact. It did not fulfill the task of being a vehicle for social
change, although it had great potential, and did create an important
awareness. S ....
Middle of paper
.... Finally, in 1979, two wells supplying drinking water to Woburn were
shut down because health officials from the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) thought they might have been contaminated by industrial wastes. The
two main defendants were the W.R. Grace corporation, a chemical and
manufacturing giant that built stainless steel equipment at a plant in
Woburn, and Beatrice Foods, another mega-corporation, which operated a
tannery there. Toxic chemicals from these operations, many ....
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