16 children affected by exposure to toxic chemicals before birth
The long running court battle fought by the families of sixteen children for compensation for their birth defects has ended in a landmark victory for the claimants. High Court Judges ruled that the defects had been caused by exposure to toxic materials released during work by Corby Borough Council at a disused steel plant in the town.
Between the mid 80’s and the late 90’s, Corby Steelworks, once one of the largest industrial sites in Europe, was demolished by contractors appointed by Corby Borough Council. They were tasked with removing the toxic waste that had accumulated in the buildings and the ground at the site, which once provided jobs for 10,000 local people before it closed in 1980. However those working on the clean up operation were found to be negligent in the way they dealt with the toxic wastes, which led to many thousands of people being exposed to a “soup of toxic materials” over a period of 15 years.
Corby Borough Council liable in public nuisance, negligence and breach of statutory duty
Speaking at the end of the trial, Judge Mr Justice Akenhead said of Corby Borough Council, “There was an extended period between 1983 and 1997 in which Corby Borough Council was extensively negligent in its control and management of the sites which the had acquired from British Steel… Corby Borough Council is liable in public nuisance, negligence and breach of statutory duty…” The judge also said that the level of birth defects in the children of women who lived or worked near the site was “statistically significant.”
The children of those exposed suffered from a variety of birth defects, most often deformities of the arms and hands. Many of children were born with missing fingers and thumbs, and some have been left in constant pain as a result of deformities in their bones. As well as the deformities, a higher level of cancerous tumours has been reported in children in the local area, when compared with the national average.
As a firm of solicitors who have represented people injured industrial accidents and harmed by exposure to substances such as asbestos and other unsafe chemicals, Camps has been closely following the developments in this important case.
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