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A lawsuit was filed against Dupont Chemicals in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. It was accused of allowing hazardous and toxic substances to be discharged from its premises into streams that flowed through residential neighborhoods. This resulted in personal injury and death, including cancer and neurological disorders, decreased property value, and "diminution of the quality of life, risk, and fear of developing cancer."1 I do not feel that there is any sufficient link between the chemicals and residents’ long term illnesses. Although some exposure to these chemicals may have caused harm and damage to residents. Dupont has spent more than $130 million removing contaminated soil and replacing stream banks and back yards as well as cleaning up its own property.2 It tore down most of its buildings an