Mann vs. Ford
Mann vs. Ford
In late 1960’s Ford bought a large sum of land in Ramapough, New Jersey to build a factory for their car assembly. With all the production going on they had ton’s upon tons of waste. Since Ford owned a large area of land they found wooded areas to dump the waste they had created and they felt it was fine because they paid for the land. Even though Ford bought the land from a Native American tribe, some of those Indians still lived on the land. Even with the Natives living on the land Ford still dumped their waste on the land which was close to the Natives. Ford was dumping about 6,000 gallons of waste paint every day. The Natives tried to file a lawsuit against Ford but the suit was dropped. Soon, during and after the suit Ford was leaving copper, aluminum and other special materials which kept the Native Americans fairly quiet. Letting Ford continue to dump was one of the worst decisions to make. This let them continue to make more areas contaminated. Kid’s started finding these places and found them fun to slide down in the paint sludge dump sites. The kids would also make “mud” pies and eat them. All of these things the kids did gave them small bumps and growths all over their bodies. Later, when they started feeling ill, they got so sick they would go to the doctors. The doctors would find that the kids would have cancer but did not know why because the kids would not tell them about playing and eating the paint waste because the kid’s did not know it was bad. In 1971 the New Jersey Government finally stepped in ordering Ford to stop dumping near the water because it was contaminating one of New Jersey’s biggest water supplies. Ford just found another spot to dump the waste. Ford then donated to an organization to build houses for the Native Americans in an underlying attempt to keep the Natives quiet again. Finally the Environmental Protection Agency listened to the Natives complaints after many years declaring the area a Super
In late 1960’s Ford bought a large sum of land in Ramapough, New Jersey to build a factory for their car assembly. With all the production going on they had ton’s upon tons of waste. Since Ford owned a large area of land they found wooded areas to dump the waste they had created and they felt it was fine because they paid for the land. Even though Ford bought the land from a Native American tribe, some of those Indians still lived on the land. Even with the Natives living on the land Ford still dumped their waste on the land which was close to the Natives. Ford was dumping about 6,000 gallons of waste paint every day. The Natives tried to file a lawsuit against Ford but the suit was dropped. Soon, during and after the suit Ford was leaving copper, aluminum and other special materials which kept the Native Americans fairly quiet. Letting Ford continue to dump was one of the worst decisions to make. This let them continue to make more areas contaminated. Kid’s started finding these places and found them fun to slide down in the paint sludge dump sites. The kids would also make “mud” pies and eat them. All of these things the kids did gave them small bumps and growths all over their bodies. Later, when they started feeling ill, they got so sick they would go to the doctors. The doctors would find that the kids would have cancer but did not know why because the kids would not tell them about playing and eating the paint waste because the kid’s did not know it was bad. In 1971 the New Jersey Government finally stepped in ordering Ford to stop dumping near the water because it was contaminating one of New Jersey’s biggest water supplies. Ford just found another spot to dump the waste. Ford then donated to an organization to build houses for the Native Americans in an underlying attempt to keep the Natives quiet again. Finally the Environmental Protection Agency listened to the Natives complaints after many years declaring the area a Super