Source: https://www.military.com, June 10, 2019 By: Tony Davis, The Arizona Star, Tucson The same chemical compounds that have tainted drinking wells from Tucson’s south side to Marana have been found polluting groundwater underneath the Air National Guard base adjoining Tucson International Airport, a consultant’s report for the Air Guard says. Perfluorinated compounds, commonly known as PFAS, turned […]

Source: Muskegon Chronicle (MI), June 9, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com A local livestock and produce farm is being sued by Dalton Township and the farm’s next-door neighbor, according to court documents. Both lawsuits were filed in Muskegon County Circuit court in early May against the owners and operators of Hidden Creek Farm, 1230 W. River […]

Source: https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com, June 6, 2019 By: Kyle Bagenstose A Navy official said last week that after a “proactive” initiative to remove 3,500 tons of contaminated soil went awry, the department likely won’t be trying it again anytime soon. An official in charge of closed Naval facilities on the East Coast said at a meeting last […]

Source: https://theconversation.com, June 5, 2019 Australian building owners face a bill that could run into billions of dollars to replace combustible cladding of the sort that fuelled the Greenfell tower fire in the UK, which killed 72 people, as well as fires in Australia and overseas. The cost estimate is based on our calculations for Victoria, which has had […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com. June 4, 2019 By: Claire Wilkinson Construction companies are stepping up risk management efforts and making greater use of technology in response to a growing number of fire and water damage claims during construction projects, according to industry sources. At sites where buildings are under construction, catastrophic fires in major metropolitan areas and […]

Source: https://www.journal-news.net, May 31, 2019 The city of Martinsburg will be reimbursed $4,915,628 by the U.S. Air Force for expenses related to the cleanup of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — or PFAS — found in the city’s water supply in 2016. Both Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. assisted with the […]

Source: https://www.reuters.com, By: Jonathan Stempel Los Angeles County sued Monsanto Co on Thursday, seeking to force the unit of Germany’s Bayer AG to help pay for reducing PCB contamination in dozens of bodies of water. The most populous U.S. county, which has about 10.1 million people, said the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in products […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com, May 31, 2019 By: Gabriele Crognale, PE Global seismic changes have begun to play a greater role in risk associated with the built environment. Consider recent severe flooding in New Orleans, New York and Boston, and along coastal towns in the paths of hurricanes and Nor’easters. Besides the destruction of property, such calamities […]

Source: https://axaxl.com/fast-fast-forward, April 23, 2019 By: Mary Ann Susavidge, Chief Underwriting Officer, Environmental Insurance, AXA XL Environmental liabilities were once notorious for killing business deals. Most businesses didn’t know how to handle their own environmental liability issues, much less take on someone else’s. Fortunately, that’s not the case today. Given the abundance of merger and […]

Source: https://www.iowapublicradio.org, May 29, 2019 By: Kate Payne The Des Moines Water Works is putting pressure on state regulators to clean up contamination at a nearby military base. In letters to the state Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, the utility called the chemicals a public health concern. Earlier this year, a government report obtained by […]

Source: https://www.ehn.org, May 29, 2019 By: Oliver Morrison “The issue is that the chemicals will still very likely be in the groundwater 100 years from now unless someone cleans them up.” Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between PublicSource and Environmental Health News on PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania and was funded in part […]

Source: https://patch.com, May 29, 2019 By: Tony Schinella Officials hope to receive per- and polyfluoroalkyl damages to cleanup, restore, and treat groundwater, wildlife, other natural resources. The state of New Hampshire has entered into two lawsuits against chemical and fire-retardant companies seeking damages by PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) to cleanup and restore groundwater and […]