Source: https://e360.yale.edu, September 18, 2019 Scientists have discovered that a soil microbe commonly found in New Jersey wetlands can break down one of the toughest class of pollutants, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Often referred to as “forever chemicals,” PFAS are found in household products from non-stick pans, to dental floss, to water-repellant fabric. […]

Source: https://www.wtnh.com, September 18, 2019 People in the Fairfield community are voicing their anger over contaminated soil around town. The State Division of Criminal Justice organized a meeting on Wednesday to answer residents’ concerns. It came two years after the finding of contaminants at the city’s public works yard. In August 2019, toxic materials were […]

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com, September 18, 2019 By: Kelsey Hammon Boulder Heights residents were eager for answers Wednesday night as they packed the Boulder Mountain Fire Protection District’s Station 2 for a public meeting to address PFAS contamination at one of the station’s wells. In April, Boulder Mountain Fire Chief John Benson said that fluorochemicals, known as […]

Source: https://chicago.cbslocal.com, September 17, 2019 The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday was investigating whether a construction site might be the cause of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Batavia. The construction site is located on Fabyan Parkway. A crew using any aerosol or water device could spread Legionella bacteria, the IDPH said. Read more.

Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com, September 17, 2019 By: Gabrielle Masson Health officials on Sept. 12 confirmed two additional Legionnaires’ cases in the surrounding community of a Batavia, Ill.-based senior living home, which reported 12 cases in late August, according to the Daily Herald. Officials are warning residents of Covenant Living at the Holmstad and those living within a […]

Source: https://www.newstrib.com, September 16, 2019 A local manufacturer will pay a penalty of $850,000 stemming from a pollution incident in 2014. Friday, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced his office reached a consent order with chemical manufacturer Flint Hills Resources in Peru that addresses a lawsuit filed in May 2014 by then Attorney General Lisa […]

Source: https://www.bendbulletin.com, September 17, 2019 By: Michael Kohn The supply of drinking water at the Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program on Dodds Road near Bend, as well as nine other national guard facilities in Oregon, contains toxic fluorinated chemicals, according to data released by a Washington, D.C.-based environmental organization. While the levels of PFAS […]

Source: https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org, September 18, 2019 By: Greg Barnes Near the end of a congressional hearing last week, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz grilled executives of the 3M, DuPont and Chemours chemical companies about their willingness to compensate people harmed by fluorinated compounds. The hearing, before a U.S. House subcommittee on environmental oversight and reform, was the third […]

Source: Daily Camera (Boulder, CO), September 17, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Golden-based Stratus Redtail Ranch, LLC recently filed a lawsuit against New York-based IBM Corp. for what it terms improper disposal of hazardous substances at a housing development site near Erie. The site, about 2 miles southeast of Erie, is part of a 290-acre parcel […]

Source: https://www.bellinghamherald.com, September 12, 2019 By Tara Copp The price tag to clean up contaminated water sources at all military installations is likely to climb higher than the $2 billion original cost estimate, the Pentagon said Thursday. Defense Secretary Mark Esper in July directed the Pentagon to establish a task force to not only look […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com, September 11, 2019 By: Emily Holden Chemical company executives have denied responsibility for a category of toxic fluorinated chemicals that have contaminated water supplies around the US and are now found in the bodies of nearly all Americans. Three companies – the 3M Company, the Chemours Company and DuPont – appeared before US […]

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com, September 12, 2019 By: Ben Kesslen A 47-year-old California woman has been in a semi-comatose state for weeks after using a Ponds-labeled skin cream tainted with methylmercury. It is the first reported case of methylmercury poisoning from a skin cream in the U.S, Sacramento County health officials said. Read more.