Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, July 31, 2019 The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources says it has notified public drinking water system operators to start testing for a class of potentially toxic chemicals. It said that the move is part of an expanded effort to identify sources of PFAS contamination in the environment. All public and non-community water […]

Source: https://www.ajc.com, July 28, 2019 By: Zachary Hansen and Helena Oliviero The Legionnaires’ outbreak linked to the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel appears to be much wider than previously thought, with state health officials reporting 55 more “probable cases” Monday. The Georgia Department of Public Health said the 55 probable cases have not been confirmed in a […]

Source: https://www.insidesources.com, July 29, 2019 By: Hiram Reisner A year ago, Clovis County dairy farmer Art Schaap learned that his New Mexico business — and possibly his family’s health — were at high risk due to fire-fighting chemicals leaked from nearby Cannon Air Force Base into the groundwater on his farm. These chemicals, called PFAS, […]

Source: https://wwmt.com, July 29, 2019 By: Mikenzie Frost Contaminated drinking water in the Great Lakes State is unfortunately nothing new; the Flint Water Crisis put the national spotlight on clean water but lead isn’t the only problem Michigan’s water supply is facing. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been found in dozens of communities, dotting […]

Source: AFP World News, July 29, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Pressure rose on French authorities Monday after an environmental group said it had filed a lawsuit accusing officials of failing to quickly contain the risks of lead poisoning after the fire that ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris last April. Worries about exposure to the toxic […]

Source: https://nypost.com, July 28, 2019 As news keeps breaking of unbelievable bungling at the city Housing Authority, the city’s still waiting for the guy who’s supposed to lead the turnaround. Increasingly, it looks like Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to accept a federal monitor, and so oust acting NYCHA chief Stanley Brezenoff, was a net […]

Source: https://www.nhpr.org, July 18, 2019 By: Annie Ropeik New Hampshire on Thursday adopted the country’s most sweeping limits for PFAS chemical contamination in drinking water. The strict standards won approval from the state legislature’s administrative rules committee, along roughly party lines. It makes New Hampshire the first state to require local water systems, landfills and wastewater plants […]

Source: https://www.messenger-inquirer.com, July 28, 2019 By: Jef Feeley and Tim Loh Bloomberg The widening legal nightmare over Roundup weedkillers isn’t the only potential multi-billion-dollar liability Bayer inherited last year when it acquired Monsanto Co. While thousands of damage claims over Roundup have grabbed headlines and hogged the attention of investors, the German conglomerate also has […]

Source: July 29, 2019 By: Jon Hurdle Advocates claim links between illness and chemical contamination as companies feud over who would pay to clean soil and water In the South Jersey town of Carneys Point, Dr. Mohamed Salem recalled a patient who came to him about a year ago with unexplained symptoms of fatigue and […]

Source: Business Insider, July 28, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com The chemical class known as PFAS became popular in the US around the 1940s when manufacturing companies realized they resist heat, grease, stains, and water. Today, PFAS are considered toxic and have been linked to cancer, liver damage, thyroid disease, and developmental issues. At a congressional hearing on July […]

Source: State (Columbia, SC), July 25, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Energy giant ExxonMobil has agreed to pay federal and state agencies $6.6 million to settle a lawsuit over pollution that killed marine life and degraded salt marshes in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Old fertilizer plant sites the company acquired two decades ago released a cocktail of […]

Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com, July 26, 2019 By: Harriet Washington Monsanto Industrial Chemicals admitted to poisoning residents of Anniston, Alabama with PCBs. Years after a settlement, people are still sick. An excerpt from Harriet Washington’s A Terrible Thing To Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind. Shirley Baker, a nurse, deftly ties on a surgical mask […]