Source: https://abc7ny.com/, July 7, 2026 Several floors of a Midtown Manhattan office building that’s under construction are caving in on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of several adjacent buildings and street closures. A structural column buckled on the 21st floor and additional structural issues were subsequently discovered, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. “The building remains unstable,” Mamdani […]

Source: https://www.wilentz.com/, May 29, 2026 By: Lynn M. Kizis and Philip A. Tortoreti In Keyport, New Jersey, ongoing concerns about cancer cases have left many residents wondering who could potentially be held responsible if environmental contamination is involved. While a direct connection between any specific source and reported cases has not been confirmed, toxic exposure […]

Source: https://www.audacy.com/, July 6, 2026 By: Kristen Johanson The families of three long-time Philadelphia police officers who died from brain cancer are suing the owner of the building where they worked. They claim the officers got sick from highly toxic chemicals at the Frankford Arsenal. Just last month, former narcotics officer Joe Cooney died of […]

Source: https://news.ssbcrack.com/, July 5, 2026 The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) has traced a discharge that introduced the bacterium Cupriavidus gilardii into the city’s wastewater treatment system back to Goat Systems LLC, a contractor for Meta’s data center campus under construction in the High Plains Business Park. Frank Strong, the engineering and water resource […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/. July 6, 2026 By: Andrew G. Simpson The New York City Health Department is investigating a cluster of 18 cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the Upper East Side neighborhoods of Carnegie Hill and Yorkville. The city reports there have been no deaths associated with this cluster. Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia. […]

Source: https://www.wglt.org/, July 2, 2026 By: Ben Howell A Morton farmer faces a potential $250,000 fine by the Illinois Department of Agriculture [IDOA] for allegedly applying pesticides on a farm near the Bethel Lutheran School while the school hosted an outdoor event. In the notice of the possible fine, Mark Eigsti also received notice of the revocation […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, June 30, 2026 By: Alexandra Simon, Kerri Corrado Shelter-in-place and evacuation orders have been lifted after a train derailment in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The train was traveling east when about 16 train cars derailed, Bensalem Public Safety Director Bill McVey said during a press conference. The train had a total […]

Source: https://www.airforcetimes.com/, June 26, 2026 By: Karen Jowers The Department of Justice has issued about $17 million in payments to 629 people, mostly military family members, in connection with the toxic fuel spills that poisoned their water in Hawaii in 2021. These are the first payments for settlements resolving about 3,600 claims resulting from the poisoned water, […]

Source: https://www.chemistryworld.com/,June 30. 2026 By:James Urquhart Painted surfaces in the built environment will likely pose a delayed environmental risk from harmful per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) decades down the line, according to a new study. The researchers showed that painted surfaces act like a long-lived reservoir, gradually releasing PFAS into the environment across their lifetime, […]

Source: https://www.wpr.org/, June 25, 2026 By: Danielle Kaeding The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge in a 2019 spill in Jefferson County. The state alleged Enbridge violated the spills law by failing to report a release from a faulty valve that occurred on its Line 13 pipeline in Fort Atkinson […]

Source: https://www.berkleysp.com/, June 2026 A Practical Guide for Navigating Financial-Loss Exposures in Manufacturing Manufacturers operate in a world where even small deviations (such as an out-of-tolerance component, an ambiguous drawing, a mislabeled control panel) can trigger meaningful financial loss for their customers. These claims arise when a product does not perform as expected, causing costly […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, June 16, 2026 By: Chad Hemenway Complicated risks are presented with the proliferation of data centers across the U.S. to bolster critical infrastructure for artificial intelligence. A new report from AM Best outlines “substantial insurance demand” evolving for the warehouse-sized facilities of computer servers. “With the number and size of AI data centers growing rapidly, […]