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HINKLEY, CARLIFORNIA NEWS FORUM
01 August 1993
WATER CONTAMINATION IN HINKLEY
I am Erin Brokovich; I am a twice-divorced mother of three young children aged between 9 months to 8 years old. I believe the $28 billion company Pacific Gas and Electric has poisoned the water supply of Hinkley, California with hexavalent chromium. In 18 months, I hope with the help of 634 plaintiffs and Masry law firm to sue PG&E for 333 million dollars for the water contamination in Hinkley.

PG&E is a $28 billion electric utility company, which has purchased several homes and will purchase many more in the Hinkley area to build a freeway off-ramp to their plant. I suspect that PG&E has actually purchased the properties because the nearby power plant has …show more content…
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