Source: https://www.thegazette.com, September 2, 2019 By: Thomas Friestad The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has required Iowa City officials to install monitoring wells to determine the extent of “legacy” groundwater contaminants dating back decades at Chauncey Swan Park. Multiple volatile organic chemicals, or VOCs, turned up in underground samples taken from the park, some in concentrations higher than permitted under Iowa law, […]

Source: https://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com, August 30, 2019 By: Rachel Scharf Six out of the 10 town fields tested last week showed low levels of contaminated soil. The town announced results from Aug. 22-23 tests Friday night, saying they will remediate contaminated sites despite notice from experts that the levels detected are not dangerous. Read more.

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com, August 30, 2019 By: Judy Greenwald In what is described as a pro-policyholder ruling, the California Supreme Court held Thursday that it is a fundamental policy that California policyholders can proceed with their claims even if they give late notice, unless their insurer can prove it substantially prejudices it. Read more.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com, August 30, 2019 By: Martin Wisckol Wells of nearly two dozen Southern California water agencies have reportable levels of PFAS, a chemical family increasingly linked to cancer, liver and kidney damage, thyroid disease, high cholesterol, low fertility, low birth weight and ulcerative colitis. Six of those agencies have shut down wells in the […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com, August 29, 2019 By: Paula Gardner One year after warnings about PFAS in the Huron River shocked Southeast Michigan, communities along the waterway are still fighting to eliminate all sources of contamination. A major industrial polluter dramatically reduced its PFAS flowing into the river, but many concerns – and the investigation into additional sources of […]

Source: https://www.newscentermaine.com, August 29, 2019 By: Vivien Leigh A state task force wants to find out if farm land across Maine is at risk for contamination from so-called ‘forever chemicals’. PFAS is a class of industrial chemicals used to make household goods to fire fighting foam. The chemicals have been linked to serious health problems […]

Source: https://thenevadaindependent.com, August 29, 2019 Byu: Daniel Rothberg It took nearly two decades of legal wrangling, but workers have started to clean a Las Vegas groundwater plume that was caused by the improper disposal of a dry-cleaning chemical known as perchloroethylene, or perc. The groundwater cleanup began on June 19. Read more.

Source: https://www.pennlive.com, August 29, 2019 By: Christine Vendel Cleanup of the Harrisburg wall collapse site next to the Mulberry Street Bridge in Harrisburg is expected to cost about $6 million, engineers revealed Wednesday, putting a pricetag on the project for the first time. Read more.

Source: https://www.reformer.com, August 28, 2019 By: Jim Therrien Residents seeking damages over PFOA contamination of groundwater in an area around former ChemFab Corp. plants in Bennington have won another round in their suit against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford has ruled that the suit can go forward as a class action.  […]

Source: https://www.wamc.org, August 27, 2019 By: Pat Bradley A federal judge says a civil lawsuit filed by Vermont residents seeking damages from PFOA contamination in their Bennington neighborhood can proceed as a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled that the suit against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, which means qualified property owners can join […]

Source: Newsday (Melville, NY), August 27, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com The Village of Mineola is among three Long Island communities suing DuPont and 3M, alleging both companies knowingly sold household products with harmful ingredients that have polluted drinking water. Drinking water wells in Mineola have been contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOA and […]

Source: https://www.bladenjournal.com, August 19, 2019 By: Alan Wooten Insurance companies of farmers tied to lawsuits already lost by Smithfield Foods’ subsidiary Murphy-Brown could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages. Eleven insurance companies of Murphy-Brown were named defendants in the case filed in North Carolina Business Court on March 5. Judge Gregory […]