Source: https://www.ocregister.com, August 30, 2019 By: Martin Wisckol Wells of nearly two dozen Southern California water agencies have reportable levels of PFAS, a chemical family increasingly linked to cancer, liver and kidney damage, thyroid disease, high cholesterol, low fertility, low birth weight and ulcerative colitis. Six of those agencies have shut down wells in the […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com, August 29, 2019 By: Paula Gardner One year after warnings about PFAS in the Huron River shocked Southeast Michigan, communities along the waterway are still fighting to eliminate all sources of contamination. A major industrial polluter dramatically reduced its PFAS flowing into the river, but many concerns – and the investigation into additional sources of […]

Source: https://www.newscentermaine.com, August 29, 2019 By: Vivien Leigh A state task force wants to find out if farm land across Maine is at risk for contamination from so-called ‘forever chemicals’. PFAS is a class of industrial chemicals used to make household goods to fire fighting foam. The chemicals have been linked to serious health problems […]

Source: https://thenevadaindependent.com, August 29, 2019 Byu: Daniel Rothberg It took nearly two decades of legal wrangling, but workers have started to clean a Las Vegas groundwater plume that was caused by the improper disposal of a dry-cleaning chemical known as perchloroethylene, or perc. The groundwater cleanup began on June 19. Read more.

Source: https://www.pennlive.com, August 29, 2019 By: Christine Vendel Cleanup of the Harrisburg wall collapse site next to the Mulberry Street Bridge in Harrisburg is expected to cost about $6 million, engineers revealed Wednesday, putting a pricetag on the project for the first time. Read more.

Source: https://www.reformer.com, August 28, 2019 By: Jim Therrien Residents seeking damages over PFOA contamination of groundwater in an area around former ChemFab Corp. plants in Bennington have won another round in their suit against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford has ruled that the suit can go forward as a class action.  […]

Source: https://www.wamc.org, August 27, 2019 By: Pat Bradley A federal judge says a civil lawsuit filed by Vermont residents seeking damages from PFOA contamination in their Bennington neighborhood can proceed as a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled that the suit against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, which means qualified property owners can join […]

Source: Newsday (Melville, NY), August 27, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com The Village of Mineola is among three Long Island communities suing DuPont and 3M, alleging both companies knowingly sold household products with harmful ingredients that have polluted drinking water. Drinking water wells in Mineola have been contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOA and […]

Source: https://www.bladenjournal.com, August 19, 2019 By: Alan Wooten Insurance companies of farmers tied to lawsuits already lost by Smithfield Foods’ subsidiary Murphy-Brown could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages. Eleven insurance companies of Murphy-Brown were named defendants in the case filed in North Carolina Business Court on March 5. Judge Gregory […]

Source: https://www.inredisputesblog.com, July 11, 2019 By: Larry P. Schiffer Construction projects are often subject to myriad claims.  Subcontractors can cause damage to third-parties and their property, the project can be delayed by municipal inspections or citations, workers can get injured, and property can be damaged by fire, collapse or weather.  To organize construction projects, sometimes […]

Source: New York Times Online, August 24, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com In the year after receiving test results showing alarming levels of lead in this city’s drinking water, Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark made a number of unexpected decisions. He mailed a brochure to all city residents assuring them that “the quality of water meets […]

Source: https://www.cnbc.com, August 21, 2019 By: Adam Reed The proposed site for David Beckham’s new Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise, Inter Miami, has been closed “until further notice” by city officials following environmental analysis that revealed high levels of arsenic and other pollutants in the soil. Read more.