Source: https://www.nbc12.com, August 6, 2019 Cleanup with additional contractors is set to begin Aug. 13 at schools with cooling towers in Chesterfield County. “Chesterfield County Public Schools is working with three independent contractors to accelerate a schedule to clean and provide preventative maintenance to water cooling towers found outside on school grounds, in light of […]

Source: https://www.healio.com, August 15, 2019 The Sheraton Atlanta Hotel evacuated guests on July 15 due to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed one person and may have infected dozens of others. The hotel has voluntarily remained closed until the source of the outbreak is located, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Read […]

Source: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com, August 14, 2019 Bu: Jennifer Mayerle There are new developments surrounding a manufacturing plant that released a cancer-causing chemical into the air for years. We now know chemicals were found on Water Gremlin‘s property in White Bear Township. Experts found the toxic chemical TCE in shallow ground water and in vapors below the plant. […]

Source: https://www.thealpenanews.com, August 14, 2019 By: Julie Goldberg Mold found last month at the Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District building will cost the district $27,000 in damages. Superintendent Scott Reynolds said Tuesday $15,000 of mold removal will be 100% covered by insurance, but the district will pay $12,000 for new siding. Mold was found in July […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, Environmental Insider Summer 2019 The environmental insurance market continues to grow by adopting past best practices to handle new and emerging risks.  Working together with diverse practice groups in law, brokerage, engineering, and the sciences; environmental insurance serves a critical client need on property transactions and contractors risks. Standard industry practices evolve on […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, Environmental Insider Summer 2019 With continued public and regulatory attention on emerging contaminants such as Poly and Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and 1, 4-dioxane, environmental insurance should be a ‘must-have’ for owners facing pollution exposure. However, the status of the emerging regulations or even the facility regulatory lifecycle phase, can significantly alter the nature […]

Source: https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com, August 13, 2019 By: Michelle Brunetti Post The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a $36 million cleanup of about 40 nonresidential properties contaminated by the former pesticide manufacturer Kil-Tone Co. Read more.

Source: https://www.wunc.org, August 13, 2019 By: Dan Boyce For decades, the Venetucci family ran a small farm in Colorado Springs. Each Halloween, they grew pumpkins that they gave away to local children. When the Pikes Peak Community Foundation took over the farm in 2006, it continued the pumpkin tradition and also grew organic vegetables – until chemical […]

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 […]