Complaint – Environment Ohio v. Campbell Soup

Groups take Campbell Soup to court to stop company's water pollution of Maumee River

This is a lawsuit filed by Environment Ohio and Lake Erie Waterkeeper against Campbell Soup Supply Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Campbell Soup, Inc., for thousands of alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act at its canning factory on the banks of the Maumee River in Napoleon, Ohio.

The non-profit groups Environment America (d/b/a Environment Ohio) and Lake Erie Waterkeeper filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against Campbell Soup Supply Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Campbell Soup, Inc., for thousands of alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act at its canning factory on the banks of the Maumee River in Napoleon, Ohio.

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John Rumpler

Clean Water Director and Senior Attorney, Environment America

John directs Environment America's efforts to protect our rivers, lakes, streams and drinking water. John’s areas of expertise include lead and other toxic threats to drinking water, factory farms and agribusiness pollution, algal blooms, fracking and the federal Clean Water Act. He previously worked as a staff attorney for Alternatives for Community & Environment and Tobacco Control Resource Center. John lives in Brookline, Mass., with his family, where he enjoys cooking, running, playing tennis, chess and building sandcastles on the beach.

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