A pair of Wisconsin property owners have sued SPX Corp. and others over allegations that materials contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls were buried instead of being sent to a specially designated landfill after a facility was demolished at an SPX-owned site. Property owners William and Nancy Liebhart asked a Wisconsin federal court Friday to force SPX and two […]

It’s been a month since the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – declared a public health emergency due to the continued spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). News over this past weekend that several people in the United States are infected despite having no known connection to previous cases, so called “community spread,” is beginning to have […]

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a collection of over 7,000 manmade chemicals. The original PFAS chemical compounds were created in the 1940s, with thousands of additional compounds developed over time. PFAS have unique physical properties, including high resistance to heat and degradation, and incredible ability to repel water and oil — all of […]

A jury in a U.S. District Court in Columbus awarded $50 million Monday to a man who suffered two bouts of testicular cancer, along with his wife, after he spent years drinking water contaminated with forever chemicals. Attorneys were seeking $105 million for Travis Abbott and $15 million for his wife, Julie, of Pomeroy, Meigs […]

Perhaps your morning ritual includes reaching for a nonstick pan to prevent your perfectly runny sunny-side-up eggs from becoming a scramble. But what is the magic that prevents foods from sticking to nonstick pans? The answer: per-/polyfluoro alkyl substances or PFAS. What are PFAS? PFAS are a diverse group of ~4,700 unique synthetic chemicals, the […]

Charlie Parker stood at the edge of the pond, his fishing rod in hand. He cast his lure into the air, landing it about 30 feet away in the dark water. His fishing rod made a clicking sound as he reeled the lure back to shore. If he catches a fish, he’ll have to throw […]

The Air Force says it’s spent almost $500 million on cleaning up a family of toxic “forever chemicals” that have polluted bases across the country. Senators pointed to mixed results in some communities. The cost for clearing chemicals such as perfluorinated carboxylic acid, or PFAS, used in firefighting foam was cited by Air Force Secretary […]

A massive group of health care, chemical and defense companies urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to revive their recovery claim against a slew of other companies over costs associated with the cleanup of long-accumulated contamination at a California Superfund site, arguing that their claim isn’t time-barred. During oral arguments, E. Joshua Rosenkranz of Orrick Herrington […]

The Huntsville Housing Authority found high levels of radioactive gas inside more than 60 public housing units last fall but never told the tenants they were breathing cancer-causing radon. Residents of Butler Terrace Addition knew nothing until reporters from AL.com and its affiliate, The Oregonian/OregonLive, made contact with some of them last week. Read more.…

A second person has died in Washington state and five more people have tested positive with the novel coronavirus, health officials said Sunday. Four of the new cases, including the second death, are among residents of a long-term nursing facility where officials have been investigating a possible outbreak of coronavirus. Read more.…

Robin Andrews of Pedricktown, New Jersey, has been fighting an autoimmune disease and thyroid condition for the past three years, suffering severe dental problems, hair loss and other symptoms. All, she believes, are the result of exposure to drinking water tainted by a group of chemicals called PFAS, used widely for decades in products like […]

Two more wells near Dover Air Force Base have been found to have possible high levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), dangerous chemicals which are contained in firefighting foam. The U.S. Air Force and Dover Air Force Base have notified Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) that preliminary results […]