Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, November 13, 2019 Researchers are uncertain about the environmental impact of toxic chemicals used to extinguish a three-day blaze at a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility after some leaked into a busy commercial waterway. The fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company facility in Deer Park began in a naphtha tank March 17, igniting other tanks at […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, November 7, 2019 By: Karen A. Cullinane, Goldberg Segalla LLP Recent utility tests of drinking water on President Trump’s golf property in Bedminster, New Jersey, revealed, for the third time this year, the presence of perflurooctanoic acid (PFOA), which is one of the more common PFAS compounds. A lab retained by the New […]

Source: https://chemicalcitypaper.com, November 11, 2019 Under a proposed settlement announced by the United States, the State of Michigan and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, The Dow Chemical Company will implement and fund an estimated $77 million in natural resource restoration projects intended to compensate the public for injuries to natural resources caused by the release of hazardous […]

Source: https://www.waste360.com, November 8, 2019 As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to help communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the PFAS Action Plan, the agency is releasing the Systematic Review Protocol for five PFAS toxicity assessments for a 45-day public comment period. The assessments are being developed under the Integrated Risk Information […]

Source: https://www.thecrimson.com/, November 8, 2019 By: Delano R. Franklin and Samuel W. Zwickel Harvard administrators relocated several Dunster House affiliates into temporary accommodations after discovering an outbreak of mold in September, according to several affected students. Kazi Tasnim ’22, who lives in Dunster, said House administrators moved residents of two separate suites to “emergency singles” […]

Source: https://abc7ny.com/, November 7, 2019 Concerned parents of students at a middle school on Long Island are held a sickout Thursday after ongoing reports about foul odors. Northport Middle School has been the repeated focus of inquiries related to air quality and the improper storage and disposal of potential contaminants. Read more.

Source: https://pamplinmedia.com/, November 8, 2019 By: Darryl Swan The St. Helens School District is suing a company it had hired to oversee asbestos abatement at the St. Helens Middle School in 2009 and again in 2018, alleging the company failed to successfully complete its work despite signing a certification to that effect. As a result, […]

Source: https://www.unionleader.com/, November 7, 2019 By: Kimberly Houghton The Saint-Gobain contamination zone now under investigation by the state has more than quadrupled in size. With newer, more stringent state standards in place for perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, thousands of additional private wells in the region will need to be tested for contamination, according to officials. […]

Source: https://www.usnews.com/, November 7, 2019 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Multistate Trust representatives held an information session at a Mississippi city hall on environmental contamination from a shut-down wood treating facility. The Meridian Star reports an investigation discovered contaminated soil and ground water at the former Kerr-McGee wood treating facility.

Source: https://time.com/, November 8, 2019 By: Mahita Gajanan A Buffalo Wild Wings manager in Massachusetts died Thursday after being exposed to toxic fumes caused by a noxious combination of chemical cleaning products in the restaurant’s kitchen. At least 13 others were hospitalized, officials say.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/, November 8, 2019 By: Lauren Weber The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported 9,933 cases in 2018 of Legionellosis, which includes both Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever. Legionnaires’ disease made up the vast majority of cases, according to the CDC. Read more.

Source: https://www.consumersafety.org/ By: Caitlin Hoff The past few years have brought awareness to an old occupational health risk appearing in a modern industry. Workers who manipulate “engineered stone” countertops are falling ill with a disease known as silicosis. Silicosis is a potentially deadly disease that takes the lives of 100 American workers each year. As […]