| FENNVILLE, MI (WZZM) - Famous environmental | | | | "She gets results," adds resident Carol Church. |
| crusader Erin Brockovich is helping to investigate | | | | "That's what we are looking for, results." |
| groundwater pollution near the Bird's Eye cannery | | | | Brockovich and her team are asking Fennville |
| in Fennville. | | | | residents to answer questions about their |
| "It appears to be an arsenic problem in quite a | | | | property, how long they have lived there and any |
| few people's wells," says Brockovich. | | | | illness or symptoms they have. After the Los |
| Tuesday night, Brockovich met with Fennville | | | | Angeles lawyers she represents review the |
| residents to discuss wastewater discharges from | | | | answers, they willdecide if they will file a lawsuit |
| the Bird's Eye factory. Tests show some wells | | | | against Bird's Eye asking for damages. |
| near the plant have high concentrations of metals | | | | "Sure, sometimes we win big money and people |
| and arsenic. | | | | win a big award," says Brockovich. " But that |
| Brockovitch led a fight with Pacific Gas and | | | | doesn't begin to compensate for the cancer and |
| Electric that ended with a $300 million settlement. | | | | problems they have gone through." |
| The case became a moviestarring Julia Roberts. | | | | In a written statement Bird's Eye says they are |
| Fennville residents hope Brockovich can help them | | | | waiting for state approval to build a $3 million |
| too. | | | | waste water treatment system. |
| "I'm hopeful she can push something out of them | | | | The company has also dug new wells for some |
| - get them to do something," says Royal | | | | residents and is providing others with bottled |
| Streiecher, who lives near the plant. | | | | drinking water. |