Source: Associated Press, January 15, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Environmental issues make up the top five risks to the global economy for the coming decade, organizers of next week’s World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos said Wednesday. Citing a survey of hundreds of key decision-makers, the WEF pointed to potentially catastrophic […]

Source: South Florida Sun Sentinal, January 16, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ An actress in the popular Netflix movie “Marriage Story” claims she had to be hospitalized after suffering severe bed bug bites on a Princess Cruises voyage over Thanksgiving weekend in 2018. Connie Flores, who had a small role in the movie that stars Adam […]

Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/, November 18, 2019 By: Daniel Gilbert and Ryan Blethen Seattle Children’s chief executive disclosed Monday that 14 patients have been sickened by Aspergillus mold since 2001 — six of whom died — blaming his hospital for failing to recognize a connection between the infections and the air-handling units serving its operating rooms. Dr. Jeff Sperring, […]

Source: https://scienmag.com/, January 15, 2020 Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in North America. Researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) have developed a new method to degrade it that combines a new nanostructured material and sunlight. Atrazine is found throughout the environment, even in the drinking water of […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com/, January 14, 2020 by: Jennifer Bjorhus State pollution regulators have found high levels of the toxic compounds called PFAS in two east metro creeks, prompting them to alert neighbors and question the effectiveness of a long-running effort to control the spread of the “forever chemicals.” In addition, they have notified 3M Co., the […]

Source: https://www.fox29.com/, January 14, 2020 By: Kelli Johnson and Shelly Insheiwat Jet fuel dumped from a Delta airliner preparing to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport fell over a wide swath of the area, sending hazardous-materials teams to multiple schools, but only minor injuries were reported and nobody was hospitalized, authorities said. […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com/, January 13, 2020 By: Dee DePass 3M Co. said Monday that it will begin drilling and collecting deep-soil samples in Alabama next week as it searches for PFAS chemicals it dumped decades ago at a former landfill site that later became a middle school. The soil and groundwater tests at the now shut […]

Source: https://www.wuwm.com/, January 10 2020 By: Susan Bence Residents in Marinette, Wis., and neighboring Peshtigo have been calling for action on PFAS chemicals for years. On Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced that a well outside that area has been contaminated. PFAS is short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group of thousands of […]

Source: https://www.greenbiz.com/, January 13, 2020 By: Lauren Phipps Recently, PFAS has received a growing amount of attention — and scrutiny — from everyone from environmental groups to the mainstream media, and its story continues to unfold. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a new PFAS bill that’s designed to manage this class of cancer-linked chemicals leaching into […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, January 10, 2020 Three employees were sickened by a cleaning chemical at an Amazon warehouse in New Hampshire, fire officials said Thursday. Firefighters in Nashua responded at about 4 a.m. for a report of a chemical reaction that happened while a crew was mixing chemicals, Deputy Fire Chief Karl Gerhard told WMUR-TV. Read […]

Source: https://www.freep.com/, January 9, 2020 By: Keith Matheny The environmental messes from a now-imprisoned Madison Heights electro-plater may have spread to the Thumb area. Personnel from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy were on the scene Tuesday at a property owned by Gary Sayers in Sanilac County’s Marion Township, where they found strewn […]

Source: https://wqad.com/, January 9, 2020 Seattle Children’s Hospital knew for years that a mold infestation in its facilities could be related to its air-handling system, but “engaged in a cover-up” that sickened many patients and resulted in the deaths of six children, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of patients […]