Media

For all media inquires, please contact us at 1-269-923-7405 or media@whirlpool.com.

Whirlpool Hits Back at Critics

In court filings hitting back at critics, Whirlpool Corp. has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children in the Clyde cancer cluster.

Source: The Sandusky Register | August 30, 2013 | (Link no longer available)

Federal Agency Says Attic Dust Can’t Be Used to Make Connection With Cancer

Test results from dust found in attics of homes where children sickened in the local cancer cluster lived cannot be used to determine whether there is a connection between the dust and cancer, a federal agency said.

Source: The News-Messenger | June 22, 2013 | (Link no longer available)

Burroughs Organizing Pac To Deal With Dirt Contamination

Clyde businessman Steven Burroughs has presented his own theory on what issues are facing the Eastern Sandusky Count region, and he openly rejects blaming Whirlpool  Corporation and a chemical called Benzaldehyde for the cause behind the childhood cancer cluster.

Source: The Clyde Enterprise | June 12, 2013

Proving Chemical Caused Cluster Could Prove Difficult

Scientists said that it could be difficult to prove a commonly found chemical caused the local childhood cancer cluster that sickened more than 30 children.

Source: The News-Messenger | June 5, 2013 | (Link no longer available)

Whirlpool Won’t Test Attics For Benzaldehyde

Whirlpool Corp. does not plan to test the attics of homes that contained elevated levels of a chemical an attorney believes caused the local childhood cancer cluster, an official said.

Source: The News-Messenger | May 21, 2013 | (Link no longer available)

Tests Near Ohio Cancer Cluster Planned for Park

Water and ground testing will begin next month at a former park in an area of northern Ohio where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade.

Source: The Columbia Dispatch | April 28, 2013

$750 Million Class-Action Lawsuit Filed in Clyde, Ohio, Cancer Cluster Case

CLYDE, Ohio (AP) – Lawyers in Ohio have filed a $750 million class action lawsuit against Whirlpool Corp. that’s related to a child cancer cluster between Toledo and Cleveland.

Source: Associated Press | March 28, 2013

Whirlpool Corp. Agrees to do Comprehensive Environmental Study of Clyde Park It Once Owned

CLYDE, Ohio — The Whirlpool Corp. has agreed to do a comprehensive environmental study of a 27-acre park it used to own where recently found contamination is suspected by some to be responsible for a childhood cancer cluster in southeastern Sandusky County.

Source: The Toldeo Blade | December 5, 2012

Whirlpool, Land Owners Seeking Agreement for Testing

Whirlpool officials say they hope further testing will be carried out soon at the former Whirlpool Park in Green Springs.

Source: The Sandusky Register | November 21, 2012 | (Link no longer available)

Whirlpool Responds to Clyde Cancer Cluster Claims

The Whirlpool Corporation released the following statement in response to claims that the company did not disclose an EPA report about toxins found at Whirlpool Park in Clyde.

Source: NorthwestOhio.com | November 14, 2012 | (Link no longer available)