Source: https://www.wisfarmer.com, September 24, 2019 By: Danielle Kaeding People in the Marinette and Peshtigo area voiced concerns last week about PFAS contamination stemming from treated sewage sludge spread on farm fields. The meeting, held by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, was the first in a series of six listening sessions on contamination resulting from […]

Source: https://www.sfgate.com, September 24, 2019 By: Alix Martichoux We may not have coal power plants polluting the air, but a new book by former New York Times science reporter Tatiana Schlossberg calls Silicon Valley one of the dirtiest places in the country. “Santa Clara County has 23 active Superfund sites, more than any other county […]

Source: https://nmpoliticalreport.com, September 24, 2019 By: Kendra Chamberlain PFAS contaminants have been found in water supplies at White Sands Missile Range, but state officials say no other Army or National Guard bases in New Mexico are at risk of contamination. The contamination was first revealed by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG), which released a […]

Source: https://www.agweb.com, September 25, 2019 The Environmental Protection Agency says it will provide $6 million to fund research to help understand the environmental risks in waste streams posed by harmful chemicals known as P-FAS. The chemicals were used commonly in the 1940’s in fire-fighting foams and are now linked to cancer Purdue University is one […]

Source: https://www.lataco.com, September 23, 2019 By: Samuel Ribakoff Terry Gonzalez grew up hearing stories of a much different Boyle Heights than what the neighborhood, and Los Angeles, looks like now. “My parents told us stories of my great grandfather working on the old Southern Pacific rail line when we were kids. When this was all […]

Source: https://whnt.com, August 14, 2019 Tyson Foods is blaming temporary piping installed by a contractor for pollution that killed tens of thousands of fish in a north Alabama river. An open letter posted by an arm of the agricultural company says about 220,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater was released from a River Valley Ingredients […]

Source: https://www.tallahassee.com, July 3, 2019 By: Jeff Burlew The builder of Canopy at Welaunee has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a Florida Department of Environmental Protection lawsuit filed after erosion and sediment controls failed following heavy rain, leading to offsite flooding and sediment pollution. DEP in August sued Sandco, Inc., which is building the massive […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com, September 20, 2019 By: Dee DePass and Jennifer Bjorhus 3M Co. is idling some manufacturing at an Alabama plant while it works with regulators on compliance issues related to chemical byproducts discharged into the Tennessee River, company officials confirmed Friday. 3M officials said the partial shutdown of the plant in Decatur, Ala., is […]

Source: https://www.fresnobee.com, September 20, 2019 By: Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado Many nights this summer Mardonio Solorio woke up coughing blood and gasping for air. The 45-year-old Fresno man felt like his lungs were burning. Solorio’s wife fixed home remedies she learned how to prepare in their native Mexico. She prayed. She lit candles and placed them at […]

Source: https://www.dandodiary.com/2019/09/articles/insurance-coverage/cal-sup-ct-notice-prejudice-rule-represents-a-fundamental-california-public-policy/, September 16, 2019 By: Kevin LaCroix, RT ProExec Under the so-called “notice-prejudice Rule” applicable in some jurisdictions, insurers can deny coverage for claims based on the policyholder’s late provision of notice of claim only in the event that the late notice materially prejudiced the insurer. In a recent decision, the California Supreme Court, […]

Source: https://www.seacoastonline.com, September 19, 2019 By: Alex LaCasse A contracted engineer firm is eying the town’s fire station as the likely source of PFAS contamination that is impacting businesses in the town center. Read more.

Source: https://www.ctpost.com, September 20, 2019 By: Shawn R. Beals The Metropolitan District Commission has filed its second lawsuit of the summer against the state, now alleging that the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is responsible for PFAS contamination in the groundwater from the closed Hartford landfill. Read more.