Source: https://www.thenewlede.org/, March 31, 2025 By: Shannon Kelleher Residues of harmful industrial chemicals, including some phased out of production 20 years ago, have been found in household dust in research that shows exposure risks go beyond contaminated food and water, according to a study published Monday. The study analyzed kitchen dust collected in 2019 from 65 […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, March 29, 2025 By: Audrey Whitaker Drinking water in more than 21,000 Battle Creek-area homes and businesses carried elevated levels of a toxic contaminant over the last 12 months on average, city officials said. The spike, ironically, was caused by efforts to prevent contamination, officials said. More than 21,000 homes and businesses in […]

Source: https://www.counton2.com/, March 28, 2025 By: Raymond Owens Berkeley County and the engineer responsible for construction on Red Bank Road have been named in a lawsuit over construction delays. News 2 has reported on construction delays along the busy Goose Creek road and how it has impacted business owners and residents who travel the road. […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, March 20, 2025 A new report identifying commercial litigation waves likely to pick up steam in 2025 highlights one particular theme that could further lengthen the tail of general liability claims for insurers writing policies for contractors and builders. The 2025 “Commercial Litigation Outlook,“ published by the law firm Seyfarth Shaw provides an […]

Source: https://whyy.org/, March 6, 2025 By: Zoe Read Water provider Aqua Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Arkema Inc., alleging the chemical manufacturer contaminated the greater West Chester area’s water supplies with the toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS. The so-called “forever chemicals,” widely used in consumer products such as nonstick cookware and waterproof […]

Source: https://www.dnronline.com/, March 23, 2025 By: Wyatt Grantham-Philips A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff. The verdict marks the latest in a long-running series of court battles Monsanto […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, March 20, 2025 Soundview Transportation faces a series of penalties and payments totaling $350,000 over a November 2022 oil tanker accident in Norfolk, Connecticut, announced state Attorney General William Tong. In addition to the penalties, Soundview has take responsibility for the ongoing remediation and clean-up of the site, which is expected to cost […]

Source: https://1019por.com/, March 20, 2025 Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals is under a Notice of Violation by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for failure to clean up contamination. The company’s manufacturing facility on the Penobscot River in Orrington released heavy mercury contamination during its operations between the late 1960s and early 1980s The contamination was released into the surrounding […]

Source: https://wset.com/, March 20, 2025 By: Robert Locklear Six people were injured during a release of acid vapor at a chemical plant in Giles County on Thursday morning. The incident happened at Celanese Corporation’s chemical plant location in Narrows around 10 a.m., according to a spokesperson from the company. Read more.

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, March 20, 2025 A new report identifying commercial litigation waves likely to pick up steam in 2025 highlights one particular theme that could further lengthen the tail of general liability claims for insurers writing policies for contractors and builders. The 2025 “Commercial Litigation Outlook,“ published by the law firm Seyfarth Shaw provides an […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com/, February 28, 2025 By: Patrick Wielinski Domino toppling involves standing up dominoes in a sequence known as a domino run and then knocking down the first one in line to strike  the next, which knocks that one down to strike the next, and so on, creating a chain reaction referred to as a […]

Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/, March 10, 2025 By: Katie Lauer A “toxic plume” at a gas station on Mt. Diablo Boulevard has contaminated the neighborhood’s air and soil, according to a February legal complaint filed by the former owner of an eco-friendly dry cleaning business next door. The complaint claims that regional environmental agencies failed to hold […]