Source: http://abcnews.go.com, April 17, 2015 By: Matthew Larotonda Home improvement giant Lowe’s Companies Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 after federal investigators found its home renovation contractors in nine states had violated safety standards for lead paint. The retail chain was also unable to provide documentation proving some contractors employed by the company were certified […]

Source: http://www.wtae.com, October 4, 2015 Authorities say three water fixtures at the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs hospital have tested positive for bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease. Veterans Affairs officials said Friday that the affected fixtures at the Oakland hospital include a patient shower, a staff sink and a public sink, but the type of Legionella bacteria […]

Source: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com, October 2, 2015 By: Thomas Barlas The U.S. government wants an entire neighborhood to take health precautions after discovering lead and arsenic contamination, which also threatens the Maurice River, in an area recommended for the federal Superfund cleanup list. Federal documents say the contamination comes from the former pesticide plant at the Kil-Tone […]

Source: http://www.rmmagazine.com, October 1, 2015 By: Caroline McDonald A recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York killed 12 people and sickened at least 127 others. The origin was traced to the Opera House Hotel in the South Bronx, where a high concentration of Legionella bacteria was found in water in the hotel’s cooling towers. […]

Source: http://www.lohud.com, September 30, 2015 By: Matt Spillane No reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease he bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease has been discovered at Manhattanville College, officials said. Legionella bacteria was found in a large water chiller on the campus in Purchase, spokesman JJ Pryor said. Manhattanville was notified of the test results Tuesday by a company […]

Source: http://longisland.news12.com, October 1, 2015 Detectable concentrations of legionella bacteria were found in the cooling towers of Smithtown East and West high schools, according to Smithtown Central School District. The testing was conducted in response to the recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Bronx. The state Department of Health had issued emergency regulations requiring […]

Source: http://www.insidecounsel.com, September 30, 2015 By: Michael S. Mostow In transactions involving property that is or may be contaminated, the environmental questions typically boil down to 1) Is this property contaminated, and if so, how contaminated? 2) What will it cost to clean up this site to appropriate levels? and 3) Which party will be […]

Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov, September 30, 2015 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up contaminated soil from residential properties at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site in Gibbsboro and Voorhees, N.J. The site includes a former paint manufacturing plant and the waters of Hilliards Creek, which flow into Kirkwood Lake. The soil and […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, September 29, 2015 By: Dave Hutchinson Wyeth Holdings, a subsidiary of Pfizer Corporation, has agreed to perform nearly $194 million worth of cleanup work at the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater Township, federal authorities said on Tuesday. The cleanup work will address six disposal areas at the site, where chemicals were manufactured […]

Source: http://columbustelegram.com, September 30, 2015 By: Tyler Ellyson One building is already gone and two more are coming down soon as part of the cleanup effort at three sites linked to groundwater contamination in Columbus. Work began this week on a $3.4 million remediation project ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to control a […]

Source: http://www.dailybusinessreview.com, September 25, 2015 By: Ronald L. Kammer Construction litigation is booming, and two recent decisions potentially broaden coverage for builders who are sued for defective construction. In Carithers v. Mid-Continent Casualty, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit expanded what constitutes covered property damage. Before, there was a bright-line rule that […]

Source: http://www.nytimes.com, September 28, 2015 By: Marc Santora Seven people in the Morris Park section of the Bronx have Legionnaires’ disease, officials said on Monday, spurring an investigation into the potential source. Dr. Jay Varma, deputy commissioner for disease control at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said that all seven […]