Source: Environmental Working Group, April 5, 2011 Posted on: http://www.publicworks.com 2004 Tests Found ‘Brockovich’ Chemical Nationwide Some water utility representatives have protested Environmental Working Group’s report of laboratory tests that found worrisome levels of chromium-6, a suspected carcinogen, in the drinking water of 31 cities across the country. Yet the tap water industry was worried […]

Read here about a $1.2 million waste settlement that the EPA reached with nearly 50 businesses in California.

Source: The New York Times, April 6, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Some 25 years ago, Ellen Wright was driving home through her neighborhood of single-family wood-frame houses here when she noticed that the streets were slick with ”green water.” ”It was a terrible thing,” said Mrs. Wright, now 77, recalling her unease. The liquid turned […]

Source: Datamonitor InsuranceWire, April 6, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com According to Rich Corbett, President of XL Insurance’s North America Environmental operations, “In the US alone, an estimated 400 million electronic units are discarded each year, creating an ever-growing stream of e-waste. As many electronics contain lead, mercury, cadmium and other pollutants, it’s an environmental issue of […]

Source: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, April 6, 2011 By: Tom Bailey, Jr. The same kind of structural engineering design problems that are delaying completion of the Salvation Army Kroc Center are slowing construction of — and adding about $1 million in cost so far to — MATA’s Airways Transit Center. The sleekly designed station […]

Source: http://themorningsun.com, March 31, 2011 By: Linda Gittleman After five long years of negotiations, St. Louis has reached a $26.5 million settlement in its suit against Velcisol Chemical Co. and others over contamination of the city’s water supply. In special meetings on Sunday and again on Tuesday, the St. Louis City Council unanimously approved the […]

Source: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com, March 31, 2011 By: Jessica Hoch Winslow Way reconstruction workers discovered contaminated soil near Madison Avenue this week, but city officials said the amount was not unexpected and the project is moving along without delay. About two to three truckloads of fuel-based contaminated soils were located at the corner of Madison Avenue and […]

Source: http://www.14wfie.com, April 1, 2011 By: Araceli Thiele Is it wise to start removing asbestos from a school when school is still in session? A question being asked in Carmi, Illinois. In March a letter was sent out to parents notifying them of asbestos removal at Carmi White County High School. School officials say although it […]

Read here about the cleanup of a contaminated industrial site in Massachusetts that will begin this week after being delayed for years.

Source: The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, March 29, 2011 By: Christian Hill Later this year, crews will remove arsenic-contaminated soil from play areas at three popular University Place parks – Curran Apple Orchard, Sunset Terrace Park and Colegate/Curtis Playfield. Workers will also do minor cleanup at Cirque/Bridgeport Park. Tests by the state Department of Ecology […]

A design/build contractor incurred in excess of $6,000,000 in additional costs due to significant structural design flaws on the part of the structural engineer at a mixed-use retail and condominium project parking structure. After the design/build contractor and structural engineer could not reconcile, the design/build claim was filed action against the engineer, who, in turn, notified […]

Source: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), March 29, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Empire Cold Storage will pay a $67,142 fine for failing to report the release of an estimated 400 pounds of anhydrous ammonia in 2007 from its Spokane warehouse. No injuries were reported from the leak on July 14, 2007, which occurred over about three hours […]