Union Carbide Chemicals St. Charles Parish: EtO exposure
Union Carbide was one of the companies that helped develop and expand commercial ethylene oxide production in the United States, and its St. Charles Operations facility in Hahnville, Louisiana, has been emitting ethylene oxide since 1966. The roughly 2,000-acre petrochemical complex at 355 LA Highway 3142 has been identified by the EPA as a facility that emits EtO, a colorless, odorless gas the EPA classifies as a human carcinogen. Following its own risk screening efforts, the EPA conducted technical assessments and community outreach regarding EtO emissions from the facility and held community meetings to discuss potential health risks for nearby residents.
Residential communities in St. Charles Parish, including Killona, portions of Norco, and northern Hahnville, fall within close proximity to the facility. Families who spent years or decades living, attending school, and participating in community life within three miles of the plant may have accumulated significant cumulative EtO exposure without any awareness of the risk. Because cancer can take decades to develop after exposure, a diagnosis received today may reflect years of EtO emissions that residents absorbed long before any symptoms appeared. If you lived near the Union Carbide St. Charles Operations facility and have since been diagnosed with any of the following conditions, you may be eligible for a claim:
- Leukemia
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Breast cancer (male, female)
If you lived near a Union Carbide facility and received one of the diagnoses above, we strongly encourage you to contact our law firm. With over 35 years of experience pursuing compensation for victims of toxic exposure, our legal team has the resources and knowledge to help you file a claim.
Union Carbide Corporation employees exposed to asbestos
During the last century, Union Carbide Corporation made use of asbestos in large amounts, as the mineral has numerous convenient properties, such as excellent resistance to fire, electricity, and a wide range of chemicals. Furthermore, it was also very cheap at the time. It is worthy of note that veterans may also have been exposed to asbestos by using the products of this company while they were serving in the military. The occupations at the highest risk of developing a serious disease as a result of exposure to the asbestos products of this company are:
Company executives were knowledgeable about the effects asbestos exposure could have on their employees, as internal memos make clear, yet they continued using the mineral regardless. As a result, thousands of former employees are now struggling with diseases. Former employees whose work involved handling asbestos and who developed the following diseases are eligible for compensation:
If one of your family members who worked for Union Carbide passed away from a disease related to occupational asbestos exposure and had not filed a claim for compensation, our attorneys can help you file a wrongful death claim to recover money on their behalf.
Filing claims for former Union Carbide Corporation employees
Union Carbide Corporation does not have a trust fund set up for injured workers, as the company has been able to pay out compensation without seeking bankruptcy protection. However, if your health was compromised as a consequence of your employment or residential proximity to a Union Carbide facility, an attorney who specializes in toxic exposure litigation will help you claim the money you are entitled to. Our attorneys have provided legal assistance to over 200,000 victims over the past three decades and have the resources to pursue maximum compensation on your behalf. The only documents you need to bring are your employment or residential records and your medical records.
The surviving family members of a worker or resident who developed a disease as a result of exposure connected to Union Carbide but never took legal action are also eligible for compensation. Our attorneys will help you recover the money you deserve on behalf of your loved one, handling the majority of the legal process on your behalf.
Asbestos products workers at Union Carbide Corporation would manufacture or encounter
The products manufactured by Union Carbide Corporation, which mostly consisted of asbestos sealer, were used by numerous industries during the last century. Therefore, former industrial workers are now at high risk of developing a disease as a result of exposure to the asbestos products made by Union Carbide Corporation. The following are the products manufactured by Union Carbide Corporation before 1980.
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