Settlement Details

The Settlement Class Health & Education Project (the Health Project) was authorized and funded through the settlement of the Class Action, Jack Leach, et al. v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.  The litigation involved contamination of human drinking water supplies with a chemical known as C-8.  Persons having consumed drinking water for at least one year before December 3, 2004 supplied by (1) Little Hocking Water Association of Ohio, (2) City of Belpre, Ohio, (3) Tuppers Plains Chester Water District of Ohio, (4) Village of Pomeroy, Ohio, (5) Lubeck Public Service District of West Virginia, (6) Mason County Public Service District of West Virginia, or (7) private water sources within these areas that have been contaminated with C-8.

The sole purpose of the Health Project is to gather data from the members of the class participants so that a science panel can determine if there is a probable link between C-8 exposure and human disease.  Data collection will be initiated by the use of the Proof of Claim and Health Questionnaire, provided by BrookMar, Inc.  BrookMar is an independent corporation appointed by the court to oversee and manage the project.  Completion and submission of the questionnaire will serve as evidence of a class member's wish to voluntarily participate in the C-8 Health Project.  As necessary and to the extent possible, health information will be validated through examination of medical records.  The member will then be asked to voluntarily submit to blood sampling to determine C-8 levels as well as findings from other basic blood chemistries similar to what any physician may order.