The community group BUILD (Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development) has been after Honeywell International Inc., a New Jersey-based manufacturing company, to spend millions of dollars in the removal of chromium from a shipping center on the Baltimore waterfront. The chromium intoxicating the Maryland coastline is waste from a chrome factory, long since relocated. The chrome factory dumped its chromium under the Dundalk Marine Terminal, filling the local wetlands.
In regards to the $400 million dollar cleanup of the same carcinogen in Jersey City, co-chairman of BUILD Bishop Douglas Miles said, “We deserve the same thing as New Jersey – a permanent cleanup, regardless of the cost…. Maryland should be demanding a cleanup for the sake of the workers who are at this terminal every day, for the sake of the people who live in the community nearby.” The non-profit organization BUILD has retained attorney Peter Angelos’ law firm to aid their venture against Honeywell International, which has been forced to clean up many other chromium deposits in the past.
On April 5th, after efforts from Maryland environmental and transportation officials, the state entered into an agreement with Honeywell International which involved a schedule for the development of ideas on improvement, such as improving an asphalt cap on the area for containment of the toxic substance, thorough removal of the chemical, or leaving the site alone. James F. Ports Jr., deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation stated that “We are going to do what is most efficient and effective to protect the environment and the citizens of Maryland.”
If you are interested in learning more information about Maryland chromium deposits or toxic tort cases, or if you have been injured due to outside causes, feel free to contact personal injury lawyer Peter S. Angelos of Baltimore, Maryland.
