Weitz & Luxenberg Calls for Answers on Contamination in Lindon Park, Arizona Environmental Lawyers Question Decades of Neglect in Cleanup of Plume

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. (www.weitzlux.com) believes the families of Lindon Park
in Tempe, Arizona have waited far too long for answers about the water
contamination beneath the homes in their neighborhood. History reveals over two
decades of neglect in cleaning up chemicals leaked and spilled by nearby
industry. Residents of Maricopa County are worried about just how safe the area
is for their children, and why more hasn`t been done to mitigate the potential
health risk of living above a toxic plume. Información en Español

"It`s been over 20 years since the discovery of this pollution and we still
don`t know whether people in this neighborhood are breathing in dangerous
vapors," said Robin Greenwald, head of the Environmental and Toxic Torts unit of
Weitz & Luxenberg (www.weitzlux.com). "Families here have a right to know how
extensive this problem is, who is affected, and how community members can
harness their right to a safe environment."

As far back as 1982, Motorola, former owner of the Motorola 52nd Street Plant
located on McDowell Road, discovered that the volatile organic compound
trichloroethylene (TCE) from an underground storage tank was leaking at their
facility. TCE was widely used for metal degreasing in industrial operations and
is now a common contaminant at hazard waste sites and many federal facilities.

Further government investigations determined that the soil and groundwater was
contaminated with a variety of chlorinated solvents that were used in Motorola's
semiconductor manufacturing operations. According to the Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality, spills at the Motorola 52nd Street Plant, and other
facilities in the area, such as at the Honeywell 34th Street facility (formerly
AlliedSignal), caused the groundwater contamination, which has spread westerly
for several miles.

Families in Lindon Park are concerned about whether vapors from the contaminated
water are rising into their houses through basement slabs via a process known as
"vapor intrusion." TCE vapors, if breathed in small amounts, can cause
dizziness, headaches or skin irritations. According to the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), breathing high levels of TCE over a
long period of time can cause nerve, kidney and liver damage.

Our law firm has learned through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
that it is currently negotiating an Administrative Order on Consent with
Freescale Semiconductor, which owns the former Motorola site, to perform the
fieldwork to collect soil gas samples late this summer. Those samples will
determine whether indoor air testing will be needed to identify possible vapor
intrusion in people`s homes.

Kevin Madonna, cofounder of the Kennedy & Madonna, LLP environmental law firm
and who has joined forces with Weitz & Luxenberg said, "Residents should be
concerned about both their health and their property values and deserve answers
as to why this plume of contamination was allowed to migrate through their
community."

For more information about the contamination in Lindon Park and how our
environmental unit may be able to help you, please visit the Weitz & Luxenberg
website, www.weitzlux.com.

About Weitz & Luxenberg P.C.

Weitz & Luxenberg, founded in 1986, is one of the leading plaintiffs' litigation
law firms in America. The firm has played leading roles in national and local
litigations involving mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer, as well as
defective medicines and medical devices such as shoulder pain pumps, Yazbirth
control, Zimmer Durom Hip implants, Advanced Bionics cochlear implants,
Hydroxycut, transvaginal mesh (TVT mesh) and Zicam, and general negligence and
medical malpractice, among others. A forerunner in the legal fight against
polluters, Weitz & Luxenberg has worked with clients harmed by the TVA coal ash
sludge spill in Tennessee, industrial de-greasers PCE/TCE in groundwater and
indoor air, the gasoline additive MTBE in water supply wells, hydraulic
fracturing (fracking) and PERC/PCE in coal float-sink test operations.

Weitz & Luxenberg P.C.
Client Relations Department
1-800-476-6070
clientrelations@weitzlux.com

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