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Dioxin Contamination

Eureka, CA: (Feb-21-08) Humboldt Baykeeper and Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (CATS), two environmental groups, brought charges against the Simpson Timber Co., over the removal of tons of sediment contaminated with dioxin from the foot of Del Norte Street. Sources stated that the lawsuit was filed after tests were conducted near the site of a former Simpson plywood mill, where the company commonly sprayed plywood with the now-banned wood preservative pentachlorophenol in the 1960s, revealed the presence of dioxin. Dioxin is an accidental byproduct of pentachlorophenol, according to Patty Clary of CATS.

The parties had reached a settlement, in which the company agreed to remove contaminated sediment in the ditch, which is adjacent to Humboldt Bay's only public fishing pier, and haul it to a licensed disposal site. Additionally, the company also agreed to restore the ditch as a functioning wetland and install a network of groundwater monitoring wells to ensure that residual subsurface contamination doesn't leave the site. Sources estimate that the settlement will cost the company over $500,000. [TIMES STANDARD: DIOXIN CONTAMINATION]


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Published on Feb-24-08


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