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December 15, 2020
A southern California municipality has sued to recover costs it will have to spend restoring the health of its water supply after tests revealed harmful levels of 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP) therein. On Monday, Corona, California, and its water authority filed a complaint against The Dow Chemical Company, Shell Oil Company, FMC Corporation, and Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc., alleging product liability, tort, and property law causes of action.
The Central District of California complaint claims that the defendants are manufacturers, distributors, and releasers of the highly toxic chemical. The filing explains that TCP is “an inert ingredient, impurity and/or manufacturing byproduct in certain soil fumigant products used to control nematodes (microscopic worms that infest plant roots) that were marketed primarily, although not exclusively, from the 1940s through the 1980s.” TCP also allegedly migrates through soil and groundwater with
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Today, we released our 2020 Citizenship Report, detailing progress across our Citizenship focus areas of Community Impact, Equality & Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability – all built on a foundation of Ethics and Corporate Responsibility.
The past year brought many challenges but we stepped up – from donating tens of million in product, in-kind and cash donations to help with COVID-19 relief efforts to addressing racial inequality in the U.S. with our Take on Race initiative, to achieving important environmental goals like sending zero manufacturing waste to landfill across all P&G manufacturing sites globally.
“The past year is proof that Citizenship cannot be something done on the side; it has to be built into how we do business every day. Not only does it build trust and equity with consumers and the broader set of stakeholders we serve, when done with the right intentions and with meaningful actions, it drives growth and value creation, which allows us to be a forc