Source: https://www.wunc.org, August 13, 2019 By: Dan Boyce For decades, the Venetucci family ran a small farm in Colorado Springs. Each Halloween, they grew pumpkins that they gave away to local children. When the Pikes Peak Community Foundation took over the farm in 2006, it continued the pumpkin tradition and also grew organic vegetables – until chemical […]

Source: https://www.azcentral.com, August 13, 2019 By: Ian James & Andrew Nicla The water beneath a large swath of Phoenix isn’t fit to drink. A plume of toxic chemicals has tainted the groundwater for decades, and it’s now at the center of a bitter fight over how the aquifer should be cleaned up and what should happen […]

Source: http://article.sapub.org Abstract Delay in pipeline construction projects in the oil and gas industry attributed by schedule and budget overruns is a major challenge in oil and gas industry. A total of 47 delay factors were identified and ranked where timely project completion alongside with adherence to the budget, quality and safety standards were found […]

Source: https://www.waterworld.com/, November 1, 2007 By: Dr. Jey K. Jeyapalan, P.E. There are more than eight million miles of pipeline nationwide, with the number of pipeline failures and serious accidents now on the rise. Multiple Mistakes Take for example what happened in Boston on the Big-Dig. After years of unstoppable leaks needing continuous pumping of […]

Source: https://www.advisen.com, August 12, 2019 A lawsuit filed Monday alleges “negligence in the operation and maintenance of the water systems” caused a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a downtown Atlanta hotel that killed one person and potentially sickened dozens. State and county health officials are investigating the outbreak among people who stayed at or visited the […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com, August 12, 2019 By: Elizabeth Thomas More than eight months after officials in Newark, New Jersey, began handing out nearly 40,000 filters to help protect residents from elevated levels of lead, tests of three homes containing filters earlier this month showed that elevated lead levels in the water remained. In a letter to Newark […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, August 12, 2019 The Nez Perce Tribe has filed a lawsuit to force a Canadian company to clean up an idle central Idaho mining area – which the company says it plans to do if it gets approval from U.S. officials to restart mining at the site. The tribe contends in the federal […]

Source: https://www.argusleader.com, August 8, 2019 By: Jonaythan Ellis and Joe Sneve The developer and construction company behind the collapse of the former Copper Lounge building in downtown Sioux Falls in 2016 have agreed to a settlement worth more than $4 million. The agreement, reached in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota and […]

Source: https://www.wcbi.com, August 9, 2019 Glyphosate faces a test inside America’s homes Bayer, which bought Roundup maker Monsanto last year, has reportedly offered $8 billion to settle thousands cancer claims. Lawyers for the consumers who claim glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, caused their cancer, want $10 billion, according to Bloomberg. Bayer’s stock price has […]

Source: https://www.publicsource.org, August 12, 2019 By: Oliver Morrison Airport officials say they’re doing everything the law requires regarding PFAS. Experts say the law doesn’t go far enough. Reports from former firefighters, airport records, expert scientists and a military study indicate that the Pittsburgh International Airport is likely the source of a PFAS chemical plume. Airport […]

Source: https://www.nj.com, August 11, 2019 By: KarenYi Responding to reports that filters are not protecting residents from elevated lead levels in their drinking water, Newark officials on Sunday said they will distribute bottled water to households with old lead pipes after federal officials urged the city to take action “as soon as possible.” The U.S. Environmental […]

Source: https://www.msn.com, August 12, 2019 By: Jacqueline Howard, CNN An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease tied to a prominent Atlanta hotel is the largest recorded Legionella outbreak in Georgia, an official with the public health department told CNN on Sunday. One person died of the disease and 11 other cases were confirmed after stays or visits […]