Source: https://pamplinmedia.com/, November 8, 2019 By: Darryl Swan The St. Helens School District is suing a company it had hired to oversee asbestos abatement at the St. Helens Middle School in 2009 and again in 2018, alleging the company failed to successfully complete its work despite signing a certification to that effect. As a result, […]

Source: https://www.unionleader.com/, November 7, 2019 By: Kimberly Houghton The Saint-Gobain contamination zone now under investigation by the state has more than quadrupled in size. With newer, more stringent state standards in place for perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, thousands of additional private wells in the region will need to be tested for contamination, according to officials. […]

Source: https://www.usnews.com/, November 7, 2019 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Multistate Trust representatives held an information session at a Mississippi city hall on environmental contamination from a shut-down wood treating facility. The Meridian Star reports an investigation discovered contaminated soil and ground water at the former Kerr-McGee wood treating facility.

Source: https://time.com/, November 8, 2019 By: Mahita Gajanan A Buffalo Wild Wings manager in Massachusetts died Thursday after being exposed to toxic fumes caused by a noxious combination of chemical cleaning products in the restaurant’s kitchen. At least 13 others were hospitalized, officials say.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/, November 8, 2019 By: Lauren Weber The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported 9,933 cases in 2018 of Legionellosis, which includes both Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever. Legionnaires’ disease made up the vast majority of cases, according to the CDC. Read more.

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 […]