Source: https://www.wcax.com, June 27, 2019 Vermont has filed lawsuits targeting major companies that manufacture products containing PFAS, a class of potentially toxic chemicals that have contaminated groundwater in Vermont and around the country. In the lawsuits filed Wednesday, the Vermont Attorney General’s office says companies including DuPont and 3M are responsible for damages caused to […]

Source: https://www.10news.com, June 26, 2019 By: Jonathan Horn A group of City of San Diego employees is suing the city after they were exposed to asbestos inside their office for months. The class-action lawsuit, filed in Superior Court June 21, accuses high-ranking city officials of knowing about the asbestos at 1010 Second Avenue, but keeping […]

Source: https://energynews.us, June 26, 2019 By: Kari Lydersen The pollution control board will hold additional public hearings to determine a remedy for the violations. Illinois environmental groups say they will press for strict measures to deal with coal ash contamination at four NRG power plants after state regulators ruled last week that the company is […]

Source: http://www.postschell.com, June 25, 2019 By: Paul M. Schmidt Despite increasingly onerous regulatory obligations placed on health care, hospitality, and commercial facilities, reported incidents of Legionnaires’ disease remain on the rise. These include recently reported outbreaks in Ohio, New Jersey, New York, California, Texas, and Nevada – the majority of which have been attributed to […]

Source: https://www.clickondetroit.com, June 25, 2019 By: Amber Ainsworth Wayne State University’s Old Main building will be without air conditioning or cooling fans for several days after legionella was discovered in a cooling tower. Legionella is bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease. According to the school, the cooling system is expected to be off for two or […]

Source: https://queenannenews.com, June 24, 2019 By: Brandon Macz Construction of a 93-unit apartment building in Lower Queen Anne is being delayed in order to clean up the site, where a Texaco station once operated and petroleum hydrocarbons were first detected in the 1980s. Vibrant Cities was cleared by the West Design Review Board to seek […]

Source: https://www.southcoasttoday.com, June 25, 2019 By: Jennette Barnes Contaminated soil has been uncovered at new locations in the Bliss Corner neighborhood as part of a state investigation into industrial waste found in the area last year. Tests show four new places on McCabe, East Wordell and Donald Streets where toxic waste exceeds residential standards, plus […]

Source: https://www.constructionexec.com, June 16, 2019 By: Bill Webb, RT Specialty, National Environmental and Construction Professional Practice As the commercial construction industry continues to evolve and grow, design-build methodologies are becoming increasingly popular for their ability to speed completion rates, control costs and produce an overall more efficient process under the guidance of the design-build contractor […]

Source: https://www.ktoo.org, June 19, 2019 By: Rashah McChesney There are thousands of open contaminated sites in Alaska.  Typically, when one is discovered, it’s up to the landowner — or the person responsible for making the mess — to clean it up.  But there are dozens of sites where this process has broken down — where it isn’t […]

Source: https://www.juneauempire.com, June 20, 2019 By: Ben Hohenstatt Addressing chemical contamination comes at a price PFAS contamination is a widespread problem in Alaska and the U.S., and addressing it is going to be costly. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of super-resilient, man-made chemicals, which according to the Environmental Protection Agency, are associated with […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, June 19, 2019 By: Scott H. Reisch, Marta Antonina Orpiszewska and REbecca H. Umhofer, Hogean Lovells Introduction Companies operating in the aerospace, defense, and government services (ADG) industry are increasingly being impacted by regulatory scrutiny of a group of man-made materials called per- and poly-fluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS). Beginning in the 1970s, PFAS […]

Source: https://thepublicsradio.org, June 19, 2019 There’s growing concern over a chemical spill into the Farmington River that happened earlier this month. An accident June 9 at Bradley Airport released 50,000 gallons of firefighting foam containing chemicals known as PFAS — and a substantial amount of it made its way from the sewer system into the […]