Source: https://www.newburyportnews.com, October 30, 2019 By: Jack Shea The city’s contractor is set to begin work next month to remove PCB-contaminated soil from a riverfront stretch of the Clipper City Rail Trail that has been closed for more than two years. The PCBs were found during soil testing behind the wastewater treatment plant on Water Street in spring […]

Source: https://www.nj.com, October 25, 2019 By: Blake Nelson and Michael Sol Warren State and local officials announced six lawsuits Friday targeting polluters in poor communities around New Jersey. Speaking at a press conference in Newark, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the state and the nation hadn’t done enough to protect minority neighborhoods from polluters. […]

Source: https://www.constructionbusinessowner.com, October 24, 2019 By: Jeff Cavignac Whether you are sued or receive a threatening or demanding letter criticizing your work, it’s hard not to take it personally. While the natural reaction is to immediately respond in one way or another, what you really need to do is take a deep breath, step back […]

Source: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com, October 24, 2019 A lawsuit filed on Maui blames birth defects on chemicals from Monsanto corn fields. The families who filed suit all lived in the same Kihei subdivision ― downwind from seed corn fields where their attorneys say pesticides and herbicides were heavily used. Read more.

Source: https://www.newsday.com, October 24, 2019 By: John Asbury A Merrick dry cleaning business, whose owner has been cleaning up contaminants for 25 years, was designated a state Superfund site for a contaminated groundwater plume. The state Department of Environmental Conservation classified Busy Bee Cleaners on Merrick Road as a Superfund site for PCE, or tetrachloroethene, in […]

Source: https://auburnpub.com, October 24, 2019 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it has finalized a cleanup plan for a plume of contaminated groundwater that stretches from Auburn to Union Springs. The contamination stretches from the former General Electric site in Auburn, also known as the Powerex Facility, to the village of Union Springs, and […]

Source: https://www.nbcbayarea.com, October 23, 2019 Two Oakland high schools sit atop land that is contaminated with lead, according to Oakland Unified School District officials. The “elevated lead levels” were discovered under pavement on the campuses of Ralph Bunche Academy in West Oakland and Street Academy in North Oakland after crews took soil samples in preparation […]

Source: https://wfpl.org, October 23, 2019 By: Ryan Van Velzer It’s in food packaging, non-stick pans, paint, cleaning products and firefighting foams. It’s likely in your blood. It’s probably in my blood. And if it wasn’t there before, it could be there now. That is, if you’re drinking Louisville tap water. Read more.

Source: News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), October 22, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Officials at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh say they have taken steps to make sure fairgoers are safe from Legionnaires’ disease, a lung ailment that has killed four people who attended the N.C. Mountain State Fair last month. A total of […]

Source: https://www.theoaklandpress.com, October 20, 2019 By: Tammy Webber and Martha Irvine At first, teachers at Sky Valley Education Center simply evacuated students and used fans to clear the air when the fluorescent lights caught fire or smoked with noxious fumes. When black oil dripped onto desks and floors, they caught leaks with a bucket and […]

Source: https://www.inquirer.com, October 18, 2019 By: Wendy Ruderman and Kristen A. Graham A few weeks into the school year, Benjamin Franklin High and Science Leadership Academy parents received an urgent note: Damaged asbestos had been discovered inside ducts in the boiler room and first-floor SLA commons. The Philadelphia School District shut the building to students on […]

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com, October 18, 2019 Many contracts include a choice-of-law provision in which the parties agree to use a particular jurisdiction’s set of laws to govern the contract. These provisions promote predictability. No matter where a dispute may arise under the contract, the contract will always be interpreted under the laws of the chosen jurisdiction. […]