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July 13, 2021

What caused the Surfside condominium building to collapse?

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, July 6, 2021 By: Christine G. Barlow, CPCU On June 24th, a large condominium building collapsed in the middle of the night in Surfside, Florida, a town several miles north of Miami. About 55 of the building’s 136 units collapsed within seconds. As of July 6, 32 people have been confirmed dead, and another […]

July 13, 2021

Minnesota: Legionnaires’ disease cases linked to Ramada by Wyndham Albert Lea hotel

Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/, July 10, 2021 Minnesota state health officials report investigating  two laboratory-confirmed cases so far among people from unrelated groups who were at the Ramada by Wyndham Albert Lea and spent time in the pool/hot tub area around the last weekend of June. These people became ill between late June and early July. One […]

July 13, 2021

Construction company sued over water run-off

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/, July 9, 2021 By: william Dean A lawsuit claims negligence during construction of Oak Hill Estates caused significant water damage to their property. The suit, filed by Ed Dunn Road residents Kenneth and Jessica Davis, seeks monetary relief for damages, interests, punitive damages, legal costs and other relief deemed appropriate. Read more.

July 12, 2021

NJ towns sue makers of ‘forever chemicals,’ saying companies must pay for cleanup

Source: https://www.njspotlight.com/, July 9, 2021 By: Jon Hurdle Four New Jersey towns and an investor-owned water supplier are suing 3M, DuPont and other makers of PFAS — so-called forever chemicals — saying the companies knew their products would contaminate drinking water but continued to sell them, and must now pay for their cleanup. Camden and […]

July 7, 2021

Polluters, Not Taxpayers, Should Pay to Clean Up Environmental Damage: EU Auditors

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, July 6, 2021 By: Kate Abnett Taxpayers are too often being forced to pay to clean up environmental damage while the companies responsible dodge the costs, the European Court of Auditors said on Monday. The European Union’s executive Commission will propose rules this year to force companies to find and fix risks to […]

July 6, 2021

Hurricane Andrew transformed Florida’s building codes. The Champlain Towers collapse could usher in a new era of regulations.

Source: The Washington Post, June 30, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Shortly after 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 24, 1992, meteorologist Bryan Norcross grabbed his notebook and stepped off the set of WTVJ, Miami’s NBC affiliate, to head for the safest place in the station. “When you see us move, and you’re watching us, we want you […]

July 2, 2021

Airport sues over PFAS pollution in Snake River Aquifer

Source: https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/, June 30, 2021 By: Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole Airport is joining a consolidated lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina that charges aviation firefighting foam manufacturers with knowingly keeping quiet the health hazard of one of their product’s chemical constituents: polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. To date there are over 500 plaintiffs […]

July 1, 2021

Residents Fed Up Over Inaction Of Toxic Chemicals Cleanup Around Thornton Shopping Center: ‘Call It Incompetence’

Source: https://denver.cbslocal.com/, July 1, 2021 By: Kati Weiss Residents in the city just a short ride north up the interstate from Denver are fed up, saying for 15 years, the owner of the Thornton Shopping Center has failed to clean up toxic dry cleaning chemicals that are seeping into nearby neighborhoods. They feel the city […]

July 1, 2021

Forever chemicals in all samples at Clover Flat Landfill

Source: https://napavalleyregister.com/, June 29, 2021 By: Flint Ellsworth One particular issue with UVDS’s operation of Clover Flat Landfill (CFL) that should be of concern to everyone is that of PFAS. PFAS (“forever chemicals”) are a class of man-made chemicals that are highly resistant to breaking down. They accumulate in the body over time and are […]

July 1, 2021

Board President Warned of Need for Repairs

Source: Dow Jones News Service, June 29, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ The president of the Champlain South Towers condo association told residents in April their building was in desperate disrepair and urged them to pay the $15 million in assessments needed to fix structural problems, in a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The […]

June 30, 2021

Environmentalists sue over Florida wastewater reservoir leak

Source: https://www.advisen.com/, Associated Press, June 24, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Efforts to clean up a leaky reservoir that dumped tens of millions of gallons of potentially hazardous gypsum wastewater into Tampa Bay must be overseen by a federal judge to guard against continued mismanagement, environmental groups claimed in a lawsuit filed Thursday. More than 215 […]

June 30, 2021

99 feared missing in rubble of collapsed condo in Surfside as search, vigil continue

Source: Miami Herald, June 24, 2021 Posted on:https://www.advisen.com/ Search and rescue teams continued the delicate work of picking through a mountain of rubble in Surfside on Thursday afternoon, looking for even the faintest signs of life that might be buried inside the two-story-high remains of the partial collapse of the 12-story oceanfront building, Champlain Towers […]

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