Philips Electric sued for alleged employee exposure to toxins

A News item from Business Respect, Issue Number 20, dated 29 Dec 2001

Nearly 800 employees at a factory owned by Philips Electric Co. have filed a suit against the company suggesting that its executives knowingly allowed the exposure of workers to toxic chemicals.

The suit argues that many of the workers have become sickened as a result, with some dying.

The conditions are said to have led to high death rates from cancer, leukaemia, lung diseases and other ailments associated with toxins such as mercury and arsenic.

Article source: AP

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