A new environmental study has found people and wildlife face higher-than-normal health risks from long-term exposure to toxic contaminants in the Patapsco River near Sparrows Point, the legacy of pollution from more than a century of steel-making on the outskirts of Baltimore's harbor.
The risk assessment commissioned by the Maryland Port Administration determined that people who swam their whole lifetime in the waters off the Coke Point area of Sparrows Point would be two to five times more likely to develop cancers or other health problems as people who did the same elsewhere in the harbor. Click here to read the full Baltimore Sun Article.
The risk assessment commissioned by the Maryland Port Administration determined that people who swam their whole lifetime in the waters off the Coke Point area of Sparrows Point would be two to five times more likely to develop cancers or other health problems as people who did the same elsewhere in the harbor. Click here to read the full Baltimore Sun Article.
If you believe that you have been affected by pollution in the Patapsco River or Coke Point in the area of Sparrows Point, contact the Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC, 410-288-2900 to discuss a possible claim.
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Dundalk Personal Injury Lawyer
Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC
6914 Holabird Avenue, Suite A
Dundalk, Maryland 21222
410-288-2900 (Phone) Available 24/7
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