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Chemical company settles with neighbors

Posted December 26, 2014 12:01 am

Associated Press

A Philadelphia-based chemical manufacturer has settled lawsuits with more than 30 people who lived near a plant in McHenry County, ending a legal battle over an alleged brain cancer cluster.

The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald reported the details of Rohm and Haas' settlement haven't been disclosed. Attorney Aaron Freiwald says his clients are satisfied with the terms of the settlement, which recently was approved by a Philadelphia judge.

The plaintiffs claimed the company released vinyl chloride into the air and water causing a cluster of brain cancer cases in McCullom Lake. The company has denied the pollutant caused any illnesses, but has acknowledged a previous owner of the plant built a sludge pond that leaked into the groundwater.

Rohm and Haas is a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co.

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