California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) on Tuesday announced a $2.5 million multi-party settlement with an Oakland metal manufacturer that allegedly emitted the potent carcinogen hexavalent chromium without warning residents.
AB&I Foundry, which had operated a metal casting plant in East Oakland since 1906, and its parent company McWane Inc. will pay $1.3 million to the state Department of Justice and another $1.2 million to settle claims with the California Air Review Board.
About half of each settlement allocation will go toward supplemental environmental projects, including Oakland mobile health clinics serving patients with respiratory issues, and a foundation to promote ...
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