Source: Business Insider, July 15, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Massachusetts recently issued a public health warning about chemicals called PFAS found in brands of bottled water sold at Whole Foods and CVS in the state. The “forever chemicals” have been associated with cancer, liver damage, and developmental issues. An environmental group has uncovered PFAS at more than 700 sites — including […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com, July 14, 2019 By: Jim Spencer New laws on chemical pollutant may mean billions to Maplewood-based manufacturer.  New federal laws will soon address a national chemical pollution problem and could put 3M and other producers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — better known as PFAS — into a multibillion-dollar financial bind. Once marketed […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, July 11, 2019 by: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: A new federal and civil courthouse in downtown Miami is going to cost at least $1.2 billion, Miami Today reported, but that doesn’t include the costs of ridding the new site of arsenic or lease payments for the property. The $1.2 billion of payments to the selected […]

Source: https://ewma.com PFAS is a top NJDEP contaminant of emerging concern. They pose potential environmental and public health concerns. 1)     Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a subset of man-made fluorinated chemicals containing carbon and fluorine atoms in a chain chemical structure, including PFOS, PFOA, PFNA and many others (thousands, in fact!). These three PFAS chemicals mentioned have been […]

Source: https://www.kctv5.com, July 11, 2019 By: David Harris, Savannah Rudicel Piles of animal product littered the highway for hours. People walking around downtown Thursday morning saw, and smelled, what was left of the spilled pig intestines along Interstate 670. “It made me gag the first time I smelled it,” Marisa Deitrich, resident, said. “It’s pretty […]

Source: https://www.nbc4i.com, July 9, 2019 Another lawsuit has been filed against Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital in connection with a recent outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease at the new facility. Patient Ronald Biegler claims in the suit that he got sick while undergoing tests at the hospital back in mid May. This is the fifth lawsuit connected to the […]

Source: https://www.nrdc.org, July 10, 2019 By: Erik D. Olson Recent months have brought a spate of Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks across northern New Jersey. In May, press outletsreported that at least three Newark residents had been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. Three weeks later, officials in neighboring Union County announced that five people had died from Legionnaires’ disease, […]

Source: https://www.nbcmiami.com, July 10, 2019 By: Tony Pipitone Six more companies involved in the failed FIU pedestrian bridge project – including the bridge designer, FIGG Bridge Engineers — have agreed in principle to settle lawsuits against them and pay an as-yet undisclosed sum of money into a pool set aside for victims as part of […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, July 10, 2019 3M says it is expanding an investigation of possible chemical contamination around its north Alabama plant in Decatur. WAAY-TV reports the company issued a statement Monday saying it’s looking at old landfill sites in Morgan and Lawrence counties to test for waste that may include substances called PFAS. The landfills […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, July 10, 2019 Bourbon that leaked from a fire that destroyed a Jim Beam barrel warehouse in Kentucky is making its way to the Ohio River. State environmental officials say they’re assessing wildlife impacts and doing fish kill counts along the waterways near the Woodford County facility. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet […]

Source: EHS Today, July 3, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Any kind of environmental release at one of your facilities creates the potential for distracting regulatory investigations, stinging fines and costly litigation. Some of that can be ameliorated by conducting the right kind of internal investigation of a leak immediately after it occurs. Internal investigations may […]

A second round of testing is now underway across the Burlington airport to see whether chemical contamination at the Vermont Air National Guard base has spread underground beyond the security perimeter. A first round of soil and water testing, in 2017, confirmed the presence of polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals. Guard leaders say the contamination came from […]