KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) – A class-action lawsuit filed in United States District Court claims Harcros Chemicals has been knowingly emitting dangerous quantities of toxins for decades.
The lawsuit, filed June 30 by six individuals and a family on behalf of an individual who has died, claims the company located at 5200 Speaker Road in Kansas City, Kansas, has engaged in “abnormally dangerous activity” since 1960.
It claims emissions include several known carcinogens and that “due to exposure to the poisoned air, plaintiffs have suffered severe injuries, including blood cancers, lung cancer, liver cancer and breast cancer — and one has died as a result.”…