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. […]

Source: https://www.usatoday.com, October 18, 2019 By: Kristin Lam Washington state investigators on Thursday fined three companies involved in a crane collapse that killed four people in Seattle in April, determining workers failed to follow manufacturer instructions. Workers disassembling the construction crane removed pins holding together sections too quickly, officials said, and wind gust toppled the unsteady tower onto traffic below.  Read more.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com, October 20, 2019 By: Doha Madani A fourth person has died in a Legionnaires’ outbreak that’s been linked to a hot tub display at a North Carolina state fair last month. Nearly 150 people who attended the N.C. Mountain State Fair were sickened in addition to the four fatalities, according to an update Friday from […]

Source: https://www.environmentalleader.com, October 16, 2019 By: Jennifer Nastu In the largest ever settlement of a Clean Water Act suit brought by private individuals, petrochemical giant Formosa Plastics Corp. has agreed to pay $50 million to fund environmental mitigation in the region around its Point Comfort facility in Calhoun County, Texas. The company – whose Point Comfort, […]

Source: https://www.chicoer.com, October 17, 2019 By: Camille Von Kaenel At least 17 wells in Chico and Oroville have traces of toxic chemicals linked to cancer, according to new state testing released Monday. The testing is part of a multi-year effort by California to regulate the class of chemicals, called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and perfluorooctanoic acids — […]