Source: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com, October 12, 2019 By: John Myers More widespread groundwater and surface water contamination has been discovered on and near the Duluth Air National Guard base from the chemicals known as PFAS — the stuff left behind by firefighting foam, nonstick cookware, Scotchgard and other products. Several sites on and near the base now […]

Source: https://www.internationalairportreview.com, October 11, 2019 Much has been said about contamination with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in and around military installations, but the environmental impact of their use in civilian airports remains largely on the side lines. The term PFAS denotes a large group of manmade fluorocarbon chemicals, of which approximately 650 are in commercial use […]

Source: https://www.lohud.com, October 8, 2019 By: Isabel Keane The Environmental Protection Agency needs to stop “dragging its feet” as toxic arsenic seeps into the soil and water from an abandoned mine in Kent, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said. Arsenic that has been spilling onto private property since 1987 and exposing residents to contaminated water and soil, and has even hospitalized […]

Source: https://www.whio.com, October 8, 2019 The Darke County stream contaminated when manure leaked into it from a field is being cleaned, an Ohio EPA official said in a prepared statement. The cleanup is ongoing and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is monitoring the situation, Dina Pierce, an Ohio EPA spokeswoman, said. “A manure spill was […]

Source: https://www.cpr.org, October 8, 2019 By: Dan Boyce Local environmental activists and state lawmakers gathered near Colorado Springs on Tuesday to call for more federal support to clean up toxic chemical contamination near some of the state’s military bases, including the U.S. Air Force Academy. Firefighting foams used regularly on military bases for decades leached per- and […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, October 10, 2019 By: Richard Cowen Restoration of one of Passaic County’s “sickest” buildings, the 120-year-old county courthouse annex, is behind schedule and running $2 million over budget due mainly to asbestos removal, officials say. Built in 1899, the annex is so loaded with asbestos that workers are still removing the cancer-causing material […]

Source: https://www.whio.com, October 8, 2019 Thousands of fish have turned up dead after manure used for farming leaked into the waterways. People who live in the area say they’re worried for their own health after seeing multiple environmental agencies testing water near their homes. Several residents said they noticed the Ohio EPA, the ODA and […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com, October 8, 2019 By: Lee Bergquist A first round of sampling of hazardous chemicals by state environmental investigators found the highest concentrations in a Madison stream and in the Wisconsin River near Rhinelander. The Department of Natural Resources said Monday it found varying levels of contamination from perfluorinated chemicals, known generically as PFAS, […]

Source: https://theintercept.com, October 8, 2019 By: Sharon Lerner PFAS CHEMICALS HAVE been identified in synthetic turf, according to lab tests performed on several samples of the artificial grass that were shared with The Intercept. The presence of the chemicals, members of a class that has been associated with multiple health problems, including cancer, adds to growing concerns about […]

Source: https://www.advisen.com, October 7, 2019 South Carolina’s pluff mud, the slick, dark muck that will swallow shoes whole, makes up much of the state’s coastal marshes. The smell, depending on whom you ask, is either the sweet smell of home or an awful stink. But the mud holds a secret that could help clean up […]

Source: https://www.cnn.com, October 8, 2019 By: Theresa Waldrop and Elizabeth Joseph Three infants have died and five others have become ill from a waterborne bacterial infection at the neonatal intensive care unit of a Pennsylvania hospital, a spokesman said. One baby is still receiving treatment and four others have recovered, said Geisinger Medical Center spokesman […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, October 7, 2019 North Carolina health officials say hot tub displays inside a building at a fair are likely to blame for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease last month. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said on its webpage Thursday that early findings show that people diagnosed with the disease likely visited […]