Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, January 16, 2020 By: Corbin Hiar and Lisa Riordan Seville Last May, an air monitor on the border of the East Coast’s largest oil refinery recorded a level of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, more than 21 times the federal limit. In June, an explosive early morning fire rocked the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, terrifying nearby […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, January 17, 2020 By: Albert M. Cohen, Loeb & Loeb LLP Over the past few years, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have come under increased scrutiny by a variety of regulatory agencies. In March 2019, the California State Water Board (Water Board) initiated a statewide effort to assess the scope of contamination by […]

Source: Detroit Free Press, January 15, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ The state of Michigan filed suit Tuesday against 3M, DuPont and 15 other companies on accusations of contaminating the state with dangerous PFAS chemicals — known as “forever chemicals” because they are so slow to break down in the environment. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney […]

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 […]