Source: https://www.azcentral.com, August 13, 2019 By: Ian James & Andrew Nicla The water beneath a large swath of Phoenix isn’t fit to drink. A plume of toxic chemicals has tainted the groundwater for decades, and it’s now at the center of a bitter fight over how the aquifer should be cleaned up and what should happen […]

Source: https://www.advisen.com, August 12, 2019 A lawsuit filed Monday alleges “negligence in the operation and maintenance of the water systems” caused a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a downtown Atlanta hotel that killed one person and potentially sickened dozens. State and county health officials are investigating the outbreak among people who stayed at or visited the […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com, August 12, 2019 By: Elizabeth Thomas More than eight months after officials in Newark, New Jersey, began handing out nearly 40,000 filters to help protect residents from elevated levels of lead, tests of three homes containing filters earlier this month showed that elevated lead levels in the water remained. In a letter to Newark […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, August 12, 2019 The Nez Perce Tribe has filed a lawsuit to force a Canadian company to clean up an idle central Idaho mining area – which the company says it plans to do if it gets approval from U.S. officials to restart mining at the site. The tribe contends in the federal […]

Source: https://www.argusleader.com, August 8, 2019 By: Jonaythan Ellis and Joe Sneve The developer and construction company behind the collapse of the former Copper Lounge building in downtown Sioux Falls in 2016 have agreed to a settlement worth more than $4 million. The agreement, reached in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota and […]

Source: https://www.wcbi.com, August 9, 2019 Glyphosate faces a test inside America’s homes Bayer, which bought Roundup maker Monsanto last year, has reportedly offered $8 billion to settle thousands cancer claims. Lawyers for the consumers who claim glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, caused their cancer, want $10 billion, according to Bloomberg. Bayer’s stock price has […]

Source: https://www.publicsource.org, August 12, 2019 By: Oliver Morrison Airport officials say they’re doing everything the law requires regarding PFAS. Experts say the law doesn’t go far enough. Reports from former firefighters, airport records, expert scientists and a military study indicate that the Pittsburgh International Airport is likely the source of a PFAS chemical plume. Airport […]

Source: https://www.nj.com, August 11, 2019 By: KarenYi Responding to reports that filters are not protecting residents from elevated lead levels in their drinking water, Newark officials on Sunday said they will distribute bottled water to households with old lead pipes after federal officials urged the city to take action “as soon as possible.” The U.S. Environmental […]

Source: https://westfaironline.com, August 9, 2019 By: Phil Hall The owner of a derelict Bridgeport building has paid the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $1.75 million in cleanup costs to settle a lawsuit over environmental hazards on the property. The 6-acre property at 25 Grant St. was the site of a fire in September 2014. After […]

Source: https://whyy.org, August 7, 2019 By: Mark Eichmann Five water wells near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware are known to be contaminated with a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS, including four whose existence was revealed last month. Now Delaware’s congressional delegation is demanding answers and an action plan from U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper. […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, August 2, 2019 By: Thomas S. Lee, Ivan London and John Kindschuh, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (“PFAS”) make up a family of chemicals that are the subject of increasing regulatory attention across a wide range of industries. After providing a brief background, this Client Alert focuses on their […]

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com, August 4, 2019 By: Andrew Brown The fortunes of an American industrial giant that developed Post-it Notes and Scotch Tape could turn in a Charleston courtroom, where 3M Co. is battling claims it contaminated the environment and polluted drinking water across the country. The Minnesota-based company’s long-term profitability may hinge on how well […]