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Covington resident wins $20 million in case against Becton Dickinson
Gary Walker argued that exposure to a carcinogenic gas at the Covington site caused his cancer.
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A five-year analysis of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) modeling recently mapped out and published by news company ProPublica shows that EtO emissions from Becton Dickinson & Co. in Covington added an estimated 1 in 1,100 excess lifetime cancer risk within the community. BD officials say the data used was outdated and not based on real air monitoring. - photo by Special to The News
A Gwinnett County jury awarded 75-year-old Covington resident Gary Walker $20 million last Friday in his years-long legal case against Becton Dickinson.