SLUDGE VICTIMS

SLUDGE VICTIMS - THE ZANDER FAMILY, LYNDEN, WASHINGTON

The story of the Zander's sludge nightmare appeared in "Farm Journal, March, 1992" Dr. Susan Cook; (360)647-7926 investigated.

In June 1998 their attorney filed suit in the Washington Appeals Court to overturn a lower -court ruling that the Zanders are barred from recovering their losses by the "public duty doctrine'. That court apparently found that the "public duty doctrine" frees municipalities from responsibility for polluting wells, ruining crops, poisoning livestock and contaminating farms with toxic sewage sludge.The Zanders have been denied their day in court

Ray and Linda Zander are slowly trying to regain their health and rebuild their life. Linda has formed a support group "Help for Sewage Victims".

Linda Zander, 803 East Main St., Everson,Wash..98247, (360)966-8829

"WE WANT TO SERVE AS A WARNING to other farmers not to allow this stuff (sludge) on their land,' say Lynden, Wash., dairy farmers Linda and Raymond Zander. "You don't get something for nothing. There is a cost, and the cost could be your farm."