Source: http://planetprinceton.com, September 25, 2015 By: Krystal Knapp Samples of materials at the AvalonBay site tested negative for PCBs, but metals and chemicals known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were detected that exceed NJDEP residential standards, town officials said. Because of the findings, AvalonBay is required by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) […]

Source: http://www.bradfordera.com, September 25, 2015 By: Amanda Nichols Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport Borough and at least six residences have switched water sources after a chemical spill contaminated groundwater during drilling operations by JKLM Energy LLC this week. On Thursday, JKLM Energy LLC released information on the company’s ongoing efforts to respond to an incident from […]

Source: http://bakken.com, September 25, 2015 By: Heather Zinger What is America’s most dangerous occupation? It’s oil and gas extraction, according to a 2014 report (based on 2012 data) published by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH).The industry’s fatality rate is now 24.2 deaths for every 100,000 full time workers vs. 3.2 deaths […]

Source: http://kunm.org, September 24, 2015 By: Ed Williams When state environment workers were taking groundwater samples in downtown Albuquerque back in the 1990s, they discovered a large plume of a solvent called trichloroethylene, or TCE—a toxic chemical that causes cancer and birth defects—just 35 feet below the ground. The Environment Department eventually traced the source […]

Source: http://www.ocregister.com, September 24, 2015 By: Aaron Orlowski The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken over cleanup of the northern portion of the largest groundwater basin supplying drinking water to Orange County and is investigating whether to classify it as a Superfund site. The pollution in the North Orange County Groundwater Basin comes from decades-old […]

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com, September 25, 2015 by: Fedor Zarkhin Heather Dickinson watched in alarm last year as a man in a backhoe tore down the one-story Southeast Portland house next door, sending a plume of grayish-brown dust above neighboring rooftops. The dust spread everywhere, creeping into Dickinson’s house, caking her home’s exterior walls, and billowing into […]

Source: Pittsbugh Tribune-Review, September 23, 2015 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com As federal investigators probe a rare mold outbreak at UPMC, experts say the focus will be on how well the hospital handled a nearly impossible task: preventing a common organism from getting into the building. “It isn’t really possible to reduce the risk for fungal infection […]

Source: http://www.waff.com, September 23, 2015 By: Nick Lough The environmental group Tennessee Riverkeeper has mailed written notices to 3M, BFI Waste Systems of Alabama, LLC, Decatur Utilities, and the City of Decatur informing them of their intent to file a federal lawsuit regarding dangerous chemicals in the Tennessee River’s Wheeler Reservoir. The environmental group has significant health […]

Source: http://missoulian.com, September 23, 2015 By: Martin Kidston Representatives of two Missoula neighborhoods sat down with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday night to discuss the cleanup timeline for a defunct industrial site on the city’s north side. The DEQ released its record of decision for the 43-acre White Pine Sash site in […]

Source: http://www.hngn.com, September 24, 2015 By: Jelani James Concerns about Legionnaires’ Disease is on the rise in Chicago after three schools found traces of the disease-causing bacteria in its cooling towers. Following in New York City’s footsteps, a school district in Illinois is now facing it’s own outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease. Legionella, the bacteria that […]

Source: http://powersource.post-gazette.com, September 22, 2015 By: Anya Litvak Since the 1930s, a chunk of land in Beaver County has been growing richer in all the wrong types of ways — building up reserves of lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury. The land, which until last year housed the largest zinc smelter in the nation, is now in […]

Source: http://www.jacksonsun.com, September 21, 2015 By: David Thomas The 22,357 acres at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant may be sacred grounds, but remnants of wars past call for a massive cleanup that is expected to last another 60 years. Britt Locke, the commander’s representative at the plant said ground water contamination affected the Memphis Sand […]