BioLab to face lawsuit by Rockdale County after fire at plant resulted in release of chemical ‘plume’ [Video]

Rockdale County will slap BioLab with a lawsuit following a chemical release and fire that erupted last month at a facility in Conyers, Georgia.

During a press conference on Monday morning, county commissioner Sherri Washington said that the county board of commissioners has engaged the firm Napoli Shkolnik to lodge a federal lawsuit.

“BioLab has had at least four instances of negligence in the 20 years that it has operated in this community,” she said, adding that “at this point their risk to our community far outweighs any benefit that we could possibly glean from their operation in this county.”

“I will fight until my last breath to have them removed,” she declared.

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Rockdale County commissioner Doreen Williams said that her family had to evacuate. 

“If you could see the picture of that plume going over our house, you would understand the seriousness of this,” she said.

During a Sept. 29 press …