Nearly a decade after IBM reached a settlement with 1,000 plaintiffs stemming from toxic spills at the company’s former Endicott manufacturing plant, the Village of Endicott has filed a lawsuit against the company in federal court.
Work began to dismantle the former IBM office building on North Street in Endicott on Dec. 31. In a lawsuit filed earlier in December, the village called for financial compensation from IBM, alleging the company’s actions contaminated the village water supply with toxic substances in the soil and groundwater, which have since entered the village’s water supply wells, forcing them to be shut down.
The lawsuit claims IBM improperly disposed of hazardous materials including 1,4 Dioxane, PFAS and various other toxic substances tied to developmental problems, kidney and liver damage as well as cancer…