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Rikers Island Guards File Suit Alleging Cancer-Causing Toxin Exposure

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2012 by Mark Wilson published in Prison Legal News February, 2012, page 22
Filed under: Cancer, Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Asbestos, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation. Location: New York.
The Rikers Island jail in New York City was built atop a toxic landfill that is causing cancer, according to lawsuits filed by seven cancer-stricken Rikers employees.

“That island is toxic and it’s killing people,” said guard Vanessa Parks, 49, who was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2009. “I’ve spent …

 

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