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November 18, 2019

More PFAS found at ex-Chrysler factory next to Huron River

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, November 13, 2019 By: Paula Gardner A former Big Three automotive parts factory located just yards from the Huron River is responsible for PFAS in groundwater at higher levels than previously found, state officials disclosed this month. Existing contamination at 2800 Zeeb Road in Scio Township goes back to when the Dexter-area building was owned […]

November 18, 2019

Navigating a hardening insurance market in construction

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, November 13, 2019 By: Judy Greenwald Formal presentations to underwriters can help risk managers of construction firms navigate the hardening market when buying or renewing insurance, says a broker. “We do that with several clients,” said Steven D. Davis, Birmingham, Alabama-based senior vice president and director of the construction division at McGriff, Seibels […]

November 18, 2019

With mold persisting, Seattle Children's hospital faces lawsuit and closes operating rooms

Source: Seattle Times, November 14, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Seattle Children’s hospital said it is closing all operating rooms on its Seattle campus for at least five days in an effort to get a handle on a recurring mold problem that, since last year, has killed one patient and sickened at least six others. The […]

November 18, 2019

Environmental Impact of Texas Petrochemical Plant Fire Unclear

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, November 13, 2019 Researchers are uncertain about the environmental impact of toxic chemicals used to extinguish a three-day blaze at a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility after some leaked into a busy commercial waterway. The fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company facility in Deer Park began in a naphtha tank March 17, igniting other tanks at […]

November 12, 2019

Seattle Children’s hospital again closes some operating rooms because of mold

Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/, November 11, 2019 By: Ryan Blethen Seattle Children’s has closed three of its operating rooms because of the same fungus that forced the shutdown of all the hospital’s operating rooms earlier this year. The hospital is also looking into two new infections caused by the Aspergillus mold. Read more.

November 12, 2019

PFAS Contaminants Discovered at NJ Trump Golf Course

Source: https://www.lexology.com, November 7, 2019 By: Karen A. Cullinane, Goldberg Segalla LLP Recent utility tests of drinking water on President Trump’s golf property in Bedminster, New Jersey, revealed, for the third time this year, the presence of perflurooctanoic acid (PFOA), which is one of the more common PFAS compounds. A lab retained by the New […]

November 11, 2019

Dry cleaning carcinogen detected in 14 homes in Burlington

Source: https://vtdigger.org/, November 4, 2019 By: Elizabeth Gribkoff State environmental officials are looking to remediate contamination from a dry cleaning chemical found in elevated levels in 14 Burlington homes before winter. At a joint fiscal committee meeting on Monday, lawmakers approved a request from the Department of Environmental Conservation to spend up to $150,000 from […]

November 11, 2019

Cleanup Underway at Former Cleaners Site Spreading Contaminant

Source: https://thepressgroup.net/, November 8, 2019 By: Michael Olohan/span> A two-story office building built on the site of a former dry cleaner at 137 Broadway was knocked down recently as the first step in a long-term site remediation plan put into motion by the State Department of Environmental Protection. “It’s PCE (perchlorethylene) contamination in shallow ground […]

November 11, 2019

Dow Settles for $77 Million in Dioxin Lawsuit

Source: https://chemicalcitypaper.com, November 11, 2019 Under a proposed settlement announced by the United States, the State of Michigan and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, The Dow Chemical Company will implement and fund an estimated $77 million in natural resource restoration projects intended to compensate the public for injuries to natural resources caused by the release of hazardous […]

November 11, 2019

Berkley Construction Professional Has Introduced Faulty Workmanship Liability Coverage

Source: https://www.bossynews.com, November 11, 2019 By: Shahina Khatun Berkley Construction Professional is a division of the Berkley Alliance Managers. Berkley Construction Professional has introduced a Faulty Workmanship Liability coverage which fits consecutively with ISO CGL (Commercial General Liability) policy related to the property damage which has arisen from the faulty workmanship. This Faulty Workmanship Liability […]

November 11, 2019

EPA Continues Work on PFAS Action Plan

Source: https://www.waste360.com, November 8, 2019 As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to help communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the PFAS Action Plan, the agency is releasing the Systematic Review Protocol for five PFAS toxicity assessments for a 45-day public comment period. The assessments are being developed under the Integrated Risk Information […]

November 8, 2019

Mold Plagues ‘Virtually All Buildings,’ Dean Says After Dunster Mold Outbreak

Source: https://www.thecrimson.com/, November 8, 2019 By: Delano R. Franklin and Samuel W. Zwickel Harvard administrators relocated several Dunster House affiliates into temporary accommodations after discovering an outbreak of mold in September, according to several affected students. Kazi Tasnim ’22, who lives in Dunster, said House administrators moved residents of two separate suites to “emergency singles” […]

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