Source: http://www.dbusinessnews.com, September 19, 2011 Chromium 6 is used in dyes, pigments, leather tanning, wood preserving, and chrome plating. Chromium 6 is a by-product of metal plating and is classified as a carcinogen when inhaled as particles or fumes. When chromium 6 gets into water, the effects are equally as damaging. Out of 1,591 National […]

Source: Reuters, September 20, 2011 Posted on: http://www.businessinsurance.com A lawsuit challenging a small town’s ban on natural-gas drilling could have implications throughout New York state, where officials are poised to approve a controversial drilling method known as fracking. Privately held Anschutz Exploration Corp. filed suit Friday against Dryden, a rural suburb of Ithaca, N.Y., with […]

Source: http://www.tampabay.com, September 20, 2011 By: Craig Pittman A sharply divided Tampa Bay Water board voted Monday to settle its lawsuit against the company that designed its flawed reservoir, with HDR Engineering handing over $30 million — far less than the cost of a repair, which means the ratepayers would likely pick up the rest […]

Source: http://www.signonsandiego.com, September 16, 2011 By: Elizabeth Aguilera, Debbi Baker and Sandra Dibble Federal officials hope to learn in about a week what caused a construction canopy to collapse Wednesday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, sending 11 motorists to the hospital and wreaking havoc for thousands of people trying to cross from Mexico into […]

Source: USA Today, September 16, 2011 Pennsylvania: Turtle Creek – The Allegheny County Health Department said 10 cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been discovered, two at the Hamilton Hills Personal Care Facility and eight at the nearby LGAR Health & Rehabilitation Center.  Water supplies at both facilities are being treated.  The cause of the outbreak […]

Read here about an 8 year groundwater contamination cleanup plan that has been outlined at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland.

Source: http://www.latimes.com, September 15, 2011 By: Sam Quinones U.S. EPA orders the defense contractor to pay for a system to clean up a shallow aquifer in the San Gabriel Valley. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered defense contractor Northrop Grumman to pay $20 million for a system to clean up contamination in shallow groundwater […]

Source: Baltimore Sun, September 3, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Hurricane Irene did more than topple trees and turn out the lights across the Baltimore area. The storm left behind some nasty, stinky reminders of its fury, as sewage spills forced beach closures and triggered warnings to stay away from the water as summer draws to […]

Read here about how fumes at a McDonald’s in Georgia sent 9 people to the hospital.

Source: http://www.daytondailynews.com, September 4, 2011 By: Mark Gokavi Developer failed to obtain proper permits, caused sediment runoff. One of the Miami Valley’s affluent subdivisions — with some homes selling for more than $800,000 — could face millions of dollars in fines for building the development without proper construction permits. The Ohio Attorney General’s office Monday […]

Source: Baltimore Sun, September 1, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A pipeline carrying raw sewage from a western Baltimore County pumping station to a treatment plant in the city has spilled more than 70 million gallons into the Patapsco River since it ruptured over the weekend. The county said the breach, reported late Sunday, would be […]

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 1, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Since 1992, a coal ash pond next to the Ameren power plant here has been ‘seeping,” as the company puts it, leaking into the surrounding area, according to state records. Put another way, one of the plant’s two ponds storing toxic coal waste has been […]