Source: https://www.consumersafety.org/ By: Caitlin Hoff The past few years have brought awareness to an old occupational health risk appearing in a modern industry. Workers who manipulate “engineered stone” countertops are falling ill with a disease known as silicosis. Silicosis is a potentially deadly disease that takes the lives of 100 American workers each year. As […]

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/, November 6, 2019 By: Kevin Miller A wastewater treatment plant in Somerset County that discharges into the Kennebec River accepted more than 250,000 gallons of liquid runoff from a New Hampshire landfill that was potentially contaminated with the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. While the wastewater accounted for a small amount of the […]

Source: https://nj1015.com/, November 7, 2019 By: David Matthau A new analysis finds dangerous and sometimes potentially toxic chemicals have been detected in drinking water supplies across the Garden State. David Andrews, a senior scientist the Environmental Working Group, said a review of state and federal data was conducted “and we found that over 500 water […]

Source: Saginaw News (MI), November 5, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Enbridge Energy’s pledges to cover cleanup costs from a Line 5 oil spill may not be legally enforceable, according to a risk analysis commissioned by the Whitmer administration. “In the event of a catastrophic oil spill, the people of the state of Michigan could be […]

Source: https://www.nola.com/, November 1, 2019 By: David Hammer and John Simerman The builders of the Hard Rock Hotel removed temporary support posts just three days after pouring heavy concrete on the building’s top floor, despite industry standards that say concrete should set for a bare minimum of two weeks, according to a steelworker who was […]

Source: https://www.alaskapublic.org/, November 1, 2019 By: Tim Ellis A judge has begun deliberation of a lawsuit filed five years ago by the State of Alaska against a former owner of the North Pole Refinery. The state seeks tens of millions of dollars from Williams Alaska Petroleum for contaminating the area’s groundwater and to help pay […]

Source: https://www.inquirer.com/, November 2, 2019 By: Justine McDaniel and Laura McCrystal In August, investigators tramped again onto Angela Goodwin’s property. This time, they weren’t testing the water, which she already knew had been contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foam. Instead, they bored small holes in her West Rockhill backyard. A machine called a Geoprobe pushed […]

Source: https://www.publicradioeast.org, November 1, 2019 By: Jared Brumbaugh Nearly six months after PFAS was found in Maysville’s well water supply, officials are still trying to determine the cause of the contamination and identify a long-term solution to provide safe water to residents. Aqueous film forming foam, which was used in firefighting applications, is most likely […]

Source: https://www.whec.com, October 30, 2019 By: Kaci Jones There’s a smelly situation out in Brighton. Homeowners on Howland Avenue say there’s an odor in the air making them sick. It’s been there for a couple days. Neighbors have been worried it could be something toxic. News10NBC learned the root of the problem. Aces Energy and […]

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk, October 29, 2019 By: Megan Sheets When the Salesforce Transit Center and Park opened last fall, the $2.2billion architectural marvel promised to revolutionize commuting in the Bay Area as the cornerstone of an expanded and improved network of trains, buses and streetcars. Six weeks after a triumphant ribbon-cutting at the so-called ‘Grand Central of […]

Source: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com, October 30, 2019 By: Matt Austin People in Windsor are looking for answers from experts about potentially dangerous chemicals in firefighting foam. There have been two incidents at Bradley International Airport that led to some of that foam making it into local waterways. Read more.

Source: https://www.newburyportnews.com, October 30, 2019 By: Jack Shea The city’s contractor is set to begin work next month to remove PCB-contaminated soil from a riverfront stretch of the Clipper City Rail Trail that has been closed for more than two years. The PCBs were found during soil testing behind the wastewater treatment plant on Water Street in spring […]