Source: https://westfaironline.com, August 9, 2019 By: Phil Hall The owner of a derelict Bridgeport building has paid the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $1.75 million in cleanup costs to settle a lawsuit over environmental hazards on the property. The 6-acre property at 25 Grant St. was the site of a fire in September 2014. After […]

Source: https://whyy.org, August 7, 2019 By: Mark Eichmann Five water wells near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware are known to be contaminated with a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS, including four whose existence was revealed last month. Now Delaware’s congressional delegation is demanding answers and an action plan from U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper. […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, August 2, 2019 By: Thomas S. Lee, Ivan London and John Kindschuh, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (“PFAS”) make up a family of chemicals that are the subject of increasing regulatory attention across a wide range of industries. After providing a brief background, this Client Alert focuses on their […]

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com, August 4, 2019 By: Andrew Brown The fortunes of an American industrial giant that developed Post-it Notes and Scotch Tape could turn in a Charleston courtroom, where 3M Co. is battling claims it contaminated the environment and polluted drinking water across the country. The Minnesota-based company’s long-term profitability may hinge on how well […]

Source: https://www.nj.com, August 2, 2019 By: Michael Sol Warren They only did it to help win the war. Well, both wars. Facing major lawsuits filed by New Jersey, chemical giant DuPont is making the argument that its toxic legacy in the Garden State was created at the behest of Uncle Sam as part of war […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, July 31, 2019 By: Angela Flaherty, Clyde & Co LLP Typical policies for the sector Oil and gas companies have a wide range of exposures in respect of which they seek to buy insurance. There are some liabilities which are compulsory liabilities in respect of which oil and gas companies must buy insurance, […]

Source: https://www.barrons.com, August 1, 2019 By: Al Root An environmental liability appears to be keeping a lid on gains in several stocks, including 3M and DuPont . PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of chemicals, manufactured in the U.S. from the 1940s through roughly the turn of the century, that can harm people’s health, according to […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com, August 1, 2019 By: Paula Gardner A rainy spring slowed progress on testing at a former General Motors Corp. factory site to determine how PFAS is getting into the Flint River. But crews will expand their efforts at the 413-acre former Buick City property on Flint’s north side over coming weeks. More sampling locations […]

Source: https://www.enr.com, July 31, 2019 A year and a half after the Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapsed, killing six and injuring at least eight, victims and their survivors have reached monetary settlements with all but one of the companies implicated in the disaster. Among those signing on to the deal announced in MIami-Dade circuit […]

Source: https://www.cpr.org, July 31, 2019 By: Dan Boyce There’s nothing particularly unusual about the field of recently harvested alfalfa at Venetucci Farm except that for many decades it was a pumpkin patch. The Venetucci family used to grow pumpkins here to give away to Colorado Springs children on Halloween. When the Pikes Peak Community Foundation took over […]

Source: https://www.courant.com, July 30, 2019 By: Gregory B. Hladky More than 100 state and local officials worried about pollution from potentially toxic PFAS chemicals crowded into a meeting room Tuesday to hear a grim review of the situation in Connecticut from a new state task force. There were warnings about the need to test around […]

Source: https://siouxcityjournal.com, July 30, 2019 By: Nick Hytrek Facing 15 lawsuits from South Sioux City homeowners who say toxic odors and gases backed up into their homes, caused health issues and made their homes uninhabitable, Big Ox Energy has struck back. In a recent countersuit, the Wisconsin-based biofuels company says a former ag processor and […]