Source: https://www.news10.com/, April 27, 2020 By: Sarah Darmanjian At the beginning of March, Bennington College conducted a water and soil study of four sites in close proximity to Norlite, in Cohoes. Researchers are now releasing results from the sampling in that area. The college was testing for PFAS contamination upon learning that Norlite burned toxic firefighting foam in […]

Source: https://capitalandmain.com/, April 27, 2020 By: Dan Ross Terry Cano and Joe Gonzalez are sick to their back teeth. The sister and brother are both battling chronic health issues. Gonzalez, 63, was diagnosed in 2014 with a rare form of cancer of the nasal cavity that has since spread, and says his prognosis is terminal. Cano, […]

Source: https://westfaironline.com/, April 27, 2020 By: Bill Heltzel A hotel developer is demanding that Revlon Inc. help pay for cleaning up discarded cans of contaminated Mitchum antiperspirant that were dumped in a Tuckahoe landfill decades ago. Bilwin Development Affiliates of Eastchester sued Revlon Consumer Products Corp. of  Manhattan on April 17 in U.S. District Court […]

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/, April 25, 2020 Work is expected to begin soon in a Vermont town to remove vestiges of PFOA chemicals from the former ChemFab Corp. factory. Richard Spiese, of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, says the state has received a corrective action plan for the North Bennington plant. Read more.

Source: https://madison.com/, April 24, 2020 By: Steven Elbow Test results of PFAS in troubled Starkweather Creek sediment show high levels for one of the more toxic varieties of the chemical group. The results add to concerns about PFAS pollution in the creek, where water, foam and fish have already been found to have high levels […]

Source: https://auburnpub.com/, April 24, 2020 New York state environmental and health officials are taking public comments on a plan to clean up soil and groundwater contamination at an electrical substation site in Auburn. A 30-day public comment period began Wednesday on the proposed remediation plan at a New York State Electric & Gas property on […]

Source: https://www.reuters.com/, April 24, 2020 By: John Shiffman Commercial buildings shuttered for weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus could fuel another grisly lung infection: Legionnaires’ disease. Public health experts are urging landlords across the globe to carefully re-open buildings to prevent outbreaks of the severe, sometimes lethal, form of pneumonia. Read more.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/, April 21, 2020 By: Elvia Malagon and Gregory Pratt Cleanup efforts are expected to begin soon at the shuttered Crawford Generating Station that is at the center of controversy after a demolition on the property sent a cloud of what appeared to be dust into residential parts of Little Village. The city’s departments of buildings […]

Source: https://www.enr.com/, April 21, 2020 By: Mary B. Powers Workers involved in cleanup of a massive coal-ash spill more than a decade ago from a Tennessee Valley Authority fossil-fuel power  plant now must prove at trial that claimed exposure to toxic materials made them ill—after rejecting a settlement from project manager Jacobs Engineering made public […]

Source: https://www.newsday.com/, April 21, 2020] By: Vera Chinese East Hampton Town is suing one of its own villages and fire departments over the use of fire suppression foam containing perfluorinated compounds — chemicals linked to reproductive and other health impacts — at its Wainscott airport and the subsequent contamination of nearby drinking wells. The town filed a […]

Source: https://www.inquirer.com/, April 17, 2020 By: Andrew Maykuth Bankrupt Philadelphia Energy Solutions says it will reimburse the city $1.8 million for the costs of emergency response last year after the South Philadelphia refining complex suffered a massive fire and explosion that led to its permanent closure. Mark J. Smith, the refinery’s chief executive officer, said the company’s […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, April 16, 2020 Wisconsin state officials say additional private wells around Marinette and Peshtigo have elevated levels of harmful chemicals which may be linked to a firefighting foam manufacturer. Johnson Controls and its subsidiary, Tyco Fire Products in Marinette, have been directed to provide three more homeowners with bottled water after higher level […]