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 […]

Hayley Seymour’s son was only six days old when he had open-heart surgery at Seattle Children’s hospital on Oct. 1. A month later, he was fighting for his life as mold infected his heart. The venerated hospital has been struggling to contain Aspergillus mold for nearly two decades. On Monday, the Seymours became the latest […]

A new analysis confirms drinking water or groundwater contamination at 328 installations across the country that have levels of “forever chemicals” that never break down and pose health risks. Three of those incidences of contamination were confirmed in Utah including at Hill Air Force Base, Camp Williams and the Salt Lake City International Airport. Read more.…

Two bodies of construction workers who died in the Hard Rock New Orleans’ hotel collapse on Oct. 12, 2019 remain in the rubble of the crumbling structure six months later. Workers were vocal about the project prior to the collapse of the 18-story hotel at 1031 Canal St. They questioned health and safety measures as […]

Iowa environmental officials are concerned about the aftermath of a semi-rollover Monday near Mt. Pleasant. On Monday, KTVO brought you exclusive video of the tanker rollover. Now the Iowa DNR is investigating a fertilizer spill at the accident site near the interchange of U.S. Highways 34 and 218. Read more.…