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 […]

Source: https://www.nj.com, October 4, 2019 By: Michael Sol Warren Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is a national hot spot of pollution. It’s among the 100 U.S. military bases most-contaminated by PFAS pollution, according to a list compiled by the advocacy organization Environmental Working Group. It is the only military installation in New Jersey that cracks the list. Read more.

Source: https://www.kenoshanews.com, October 3, 2019 By: Chris Hubbuch An environmental watchdog is criticizing state and local officials for not doing more to warn the public that potentially dangerous levels of hazardous chemicals made their way into Lake Monona in the days after the July 19 transformer explosion in Downtown Madison. Water samples collected on July […]

Source: https://www.kxlh.com, October 2, 2019 By: Maren Siu A Montana lawmaker says the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still on track to hand over responsibility for Libby asbestos monitoring to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Lincoln County, capping nearly 20-years of cleanup. Millions of dollars have been spent eradicating asbestos from decades […]

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com, October 2, 2019 By: Mathew Brock he Curry County Board of Commissioners approved a motion to file a tort claim notifying of a potential lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force during its Tuesday morning meeting. The lawsuit in question would seek damages from groundwater contamination caused by the use of fire-fighting foam at […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, October 3, 2019 The former superintendent of public works in a Connecticut town and the head of a local construction company have pleaded not guilty in connection with an alleged scheme to dump contaminated waste on town property. The Connecticut Post reports that former Fairfield public works chief Scott Bartlett, and Jason Julian, […]

Source: Baltimore sun, October 2, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Baltimore County soon may ask a federal judge to force agriculture chemical company Monsanto to pay for the cleanup of environmental toxins, following a series of similar lawsuits filed by a dozen cites and states in recent years. County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. wants the County […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, September 26, 2019 By: Oliver E. Twaddell, Goldberg Segalla LLP PFOA and PFOS, the most notorious compounds in the PFAS family, still contaminate many areas of the country despite being phased out of production (PFOS was phased out in 2002, and PFOA by 2015/2016.) Although human studies have shown these chemicals to be […]

Source: https://www.law.com, September 27, 2019 By: Lidia Dinkova The historic Coral Rock House in Miami Beach was supposed to reopen as a cigar store and lounge but stands vacant amid allegations of major structural defects including corroded rebar, failing concrete and leaks. The tenant and building owner C&A Collins LLC, affiliated with New York-based real […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, September 30, 2019 A company that’s facing lawsuits and public scrutiny over pollution from a north Alabama plant says it’s suspending some manufacturing work because of environmental reasons. A statement issued by 3M Co. says it is temporarily halting some operations at its factory in Decatur, but no layoffs are expected. Read more.