The Potential Role of Superfund in Toxic Tort Litigation

The relationship of toxic chemicals in landfills to the long-term health of people living nearby is a matter which generates as much controversy in which there are as vigorously defended assumptions and where there are as few reliable facts as any other in environmental law. There is a wide range of opinions. To many citizen activists, the question of a possible nexus does not deserve even serious scientific inquiry. To the extent that one can characterize the in-