Over 500 years have passed and nowhere in the world do Leonardo’s words resonate with greater truth than in Bayview Hunters Point, where a civil war for environmental justice swells in numbers, showing those who cannot - and will not - see the error of their ways. The Gita depicts the beginning of the great war to save justice and civilization, in which Arjuna, a prince and warrior for the forces of justice shrinks on seeing his nearest relations, teachers and friends in the opposing army. A class action lawsuit filed by Wartnick Law Firm on behalf of plaintiff George Donald Porter, whose contributing cause of death was pulmonary asbestosis, was settled out of court. His source of exposure was determined to be the warehouses sited on the Hunters Point Shipyard where friable man-made asbestos is present and documented in environmental studies including the Finding of Suitability to Transfer for Parcel A. read more

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