Read here about a former dry cleaning site in North Carolina that is being investigated for groundwater contamination.

Read here about an egg producer in Ohio that has been fined as a result of pollution complaints.

Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com, April 5, 2011 What used to be the old Zurbrugg Hospital in Riverside, NJ is now a pile of rubble. And now the State Division of Criminal Justice says preliminary reports indicate industrial products containing asbestos were found during a search by hazardous materials crews last week. The products were found in bags, […]

Source: http://www.wflx.com, April 6, 2011 By: Rachel Leigh The intersection of Midway and Glades Cut-Off roads shut down Wednesday morning following a spill of liquid fertilizer officials said. Liquid fertilizer reportedly was being transported in a tanker and there was a leak in the tank St. Lucie County Fire District spokeswoman Catherine Chaney said. The […]

Source: St. Petersburg Times, April 7, 2011 By: Craig Pittman The company that designed Tampa Bay Water’s troubled reservoir says it doesn’t need a multimillion-dollar repair job that would raise customers’ rates, as utility officials contend. Instead, according to HDR Engineering’s senior vice president, Tim Connolly, all the reservoir needs is regular monitoring for any […]

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 […]