Source: https://www.bnd.com/, July 28, 2022 By: Lexi Cortes Officials have released more details about an airborne chemical leak over the weekend at an East St. Louis manufacturing plant. A chemical transport trailer containing hydroxyethyl acrylate over-pressurized, possibly due to excessive heating, on Saturday morning at the Allnex USA, Inc. plant, spokeswomen for the company and […]

Source: https://www.daytondailynews.com/, July 27, 2022 By: Nick Blizzard The city of Fairborn is suing 32 businesses, including several corporations which manufacture chemicals, over potential contamination of its water sources. The lawsuit filed in Greene County Common Pleas Court seeks compensation and damages “as a result of actions and/or inactions” of the defendants involving potentially harmful […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, July 27, 2022 By: Joe Malinconico The Rev. William Bishop, a retired clergyman, faces a $25,000 fine because of contamination on the property where he wanted to open a preschool, a site used as a gas station decades ago. That pending fine is entangled in a convoluted lawsuit Bishop filed against the New Jersey Department of Environmental […]

Source: https://247wallst.com/, April 9, 2022 By: Josie Green Thousands of industrial facilities in the United States pump toxic carcinogens into the air. While the Environmental Protection Agency dictates the amount of these chemicals that individual facilities can legally emit, they have done little to address the compounding risk for residents living in concentrated industrial zones. […]

Source: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/, July 12, 2022 By: Jane Musgrave When Jennifer Dunsford, her husband and three children moved into a new house in The Acreage in 2003, they expected it to be their “forever home.” However, five years later, her youngest son was diagnosed with brain cancer. Soon, Dunsford discovered that three other youngsters in the sprawling rural […]

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, July 25, 2022 On July 20, 2022, the state of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit against 18 manufacturing companies in which the state seeks to recover “billions of dollars” that it says that it has and will spend on remediating PFAS issues in the state. While the Wisconsin PFAS lawsuit targets PFAS manufacturers and AFFF […]

Source: https://www.iamagazine.com/, July 25, 2022 By: John J. Heft The potential for environmental exposures is ever-present when it comes to developmental projects. In fact, a review of the RT Specialty’s Environmental and Construction Professional Practice (RT ECP) book of business from 2020 to 2021 found an uptick in soil and groundwater contamination exposures faced by […]

Source: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/, July 23, 2022 By: Len Besthoff State and local health officials have been working with a Windsor Locks senior living community after the discovery of bacteria in its water system that can cause a serious respiratory illness. NBC Connecticut Investigates obtained a July 14 letter from Stonebrook Village to its residents and families, […]

Source: https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/, July 22, 2022 By: Jared Strong The construction of a northwest Iowa facility that captures methane from cow manure was started without permission from state regulators, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Gevo, based in Colorado, has three manure digesters in Lyon and Sioux Counties. They catch gas from the manure […]

Source: ttps://www.intelligentinsurer.com, July 25, 2022 Markel’s Tom Williams highlights the opportunities brought about by the historic US government bill. Billions of additional dollars are now flowing into a large number of construction projects across the US, thanks to the federal government’s historic Infrastructure Bill. With this $1 trillion wave of investment also comes a significant […]

Source: https://www.fox19.com/, July 21, 2022 By: Quinlan Bentley A Monroe, Ohio-based construction company is suing two Cincinnati-area subcontractors, claiming the firms are responsible for the partial collapse of a Downtown mixed-use redevelopment, according to our media partners at the Enquirer. Baker Concrete Construction Inc. filed the lawsuit late last month against Gateway Concrete Forming Services Inc., Advantage […]

Source: https://www.ctinsider.com/, July 22, 2022 By: Alexander Soule The developer of the SoNo Collection mall in Norwalk is accusing the architect of the development of sigificant design flaws in the building that cost $11 million to fix, according to a lawsuit filed in state Superior Court. Brookfield Properties claims several mistakes by a Connecticut affiliate […]