Source: https://www.law.nyu.edu/, January 17, 2020 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are bioaccumulative and environmentally persistent, have been widely used in commercial applications since the 1950s and have been linked to a series of human health harms, including cancer, kidney disease and birth and developmental disorders. The chemicals have been detected in the drinking water of more than six million Americans at a […]

Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/, January 21, 2020 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let residents of Flint, Michigan pursue a civil rights lawsuit against the city and government officials that accused them of knowingly allowing the city’s water supply to become contaminated with lead. The justices turned away two appeals by the city and the state and […]

Source: https://www.yoursun.com/, January 20, 2020 By: Betsy Calvert By Monday, no one had publicly shared a plan yet on how to fix a leak of phosphate manufacturing fluids at Mosaic Company’s Bartow plant discovered Oct. 23. This may impact a decision by state regulators about a discharge permit that Mosaic needs to keep operating its […]

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/, January 15, 2020 A judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging an Indiana university breached its contract by provided substandard living assignments to thousands of students staying in residential halls where mold was found. Circuit Court Judge Holly Harvey’s Monday ruling comes as Indiana University’s residence centers Foster and McNutt are […]

Source: https://www.omaha.com/, January 16, 2020 By: Brody Hilgenkamp Groundwater vapor contamination related to a former Olde Towne Bellevue dry cleaning business poses immediate health threats to the area and has prompted federal action to clean up the site. The Environmental Protection Agency will hold two public meetings related to the former Carriage Cleaners site, which sat […]

Source: https://www.wnem.com/, January 14, 2020 By: Rachel McCrary and AnnMarie Kent The governor and attorney general are demanding that 17 companies responsible for using PFAS pay up. “The lawsuit is an important part of fighting PFAS contamination,” Attorney General Dana Nessel said. Nessel claims that these companies including 3M and Dupont not only knew about […]

Source: https://www.wzzm13.com/, January 16, 2020 Officials of Michigan’s environmental agency says the cleanup of an industrial site in suburban Detroit from which contaminated water leaked last month will likely cost millions of dollars. Tracy Kecskenmeti of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy on Wednesday told Michigan lawmakers efforts to contain the leak […]

Source: https://www.mprnews.org/, January 14, 2020 By: Kirsti Marohn State researchers have found foam containing elevated levels of PFAS, sometimes known as “forever chemicals,” in two streams in the east Twin Cities metro area. Officials from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Department of Health said that there’s no immediate health threat to the […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, January 16, 2020 By: David Eggert Michigan on Jan. 14 sued 3M, DuPont and other companies for financial damages from contamination caused by potentially harmful “forever” chemicals that are turning up in drinking water across the industrial state. The lawsuit filed in state court alleges that 17 defendants deliberately concealed the dangers of […]

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, January 16, 2020 By: Corbin Hiar and Lisa Riordan Seville Last May, an air monitor on the border of the East Coast’s largest oil refinery recorded a level of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, more than 21 times the federal limit. In June, an explosive early morning fire rocked the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, terrifying nearby […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, January 17, 2020 By: Albert M. Cohen, Loeb & Loeb LLP Over the past few years, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have come under increased scrutiny by a variety of regulatory agencies. In March 2019, the California State Water Board (Water Board) initiated a statewide effort to assess the scope of contamination by […]

Source: Detroit Free Press, January 15, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ The state of Michigan filed suit Tuesday against 3M, DuPont and 15 other companies on accusations of contaminating the state with dangerous PFAS chemicals — known as “forever chemicals” because they are so slow to break down in the environment. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney […]