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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: Listen: Dozens of Workers Sue Factory Over Alleged Lead Exposure
Description: Former employees of Florida’s only lead smelter allege their workplace exposed them to dangerous levels of lead dust and other toxic chemicals.Gopher Resource is defending against several lawsuits that involve dozens of former workers and their family members – the most recent of which was filed just last week.The latest complaint contends that Gopher’s Tampa factory was often so full of lead dust that the accumulated material looked like “piles of dirt.” The workers reportedly say that they took the material into their cars and homes and exposed their children and families to potenti...