Source: https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com, May 24, 2019 By: Shawn Raymnundo In an effort to recoup its losses associated with fighting allegations that the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park contributed to pollution in San Juan Creek, the city of San Juan Capistrano is suing the park’s insurance provider, as well as the company managing the facility. According to […]

Source: https://nmpoliticalreport.com, May 24, 2019 By: Laura Paskus New Mexico officials find themselves stonewalled by the United States military over water contamination from two U.S. Air Force bases in the state. In early May, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas and New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Secretary James Kenney sent a letter to the U.S. Air Force […]

Source: The Washington Post, May 23, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com The family of an 18-year-old University of Maryland freshman who died of adenovirus in the fall has filed a notice of claim against the college, setting the stage for a possible lawsuit. Ian Paregol said the death of his daughter, Olivia Shea Paregol, could have […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, May 6, 2019 By: Jane Luxton, Amanda L. Tharpe and William Walsh, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP A once obscure group of chemicals known as perfluorinated chemical substances (PFAS) have gripped national headlines in recent months, due to increasing concerns over potential health risks. PFAS have been used for many years in […]

Source: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), May 22, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com 3M Co. has agreed to pay the city of Lake Elmo $2.7 million and give it 180 acres of farmland to settle the city’s nearly decades-old claims that the company’s PFC chemicals contaminated the city drinking water and forced costly fixes. The settlement with […]

Source: Mondaq Business Briefing, May 22, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com A once obscure group of chemicals known as perfluorinated chemical substances (PFAS) have gripped national headlines in recent months, due to increasing concerns over potential health risks. PFAS have been used for many years in a wide variety of products, such as non-stick cookware, cleaning […]

Source: https://nypost.com, May 18, 2019 By: Melissa Klein Lower Manhattan moms are feverishly fighting the Howard Hughes Corp. over its plans to dig up and develop the site of a former thermometer factory — possibly exposing school kids across the street to long-buried mercury. They’re worried that work at the 400-space parking lot on Water […]

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com, May 18, 2019 A faulty container was being blamed for a chemical spill Saturday morning that leaked about 200 gallons of liquid fertilizer into a storm drain in suburban Volo, officials said. Lake County sheriff’s deputies were sent to North Cornerstone and Remington drives at about 10:10 a.m. Police said in a prepared […]

Source: https://news.wbfo.org, May 15, 2019 By: Mike Desmond Albany is working on a plan to clean up the former American Axle plant on East Delavan. Though there is still activity in the remaining buildings, one section of the vast complex has already been cleaned up and covered over.  The public turned out last night to […]

Source: https://q13fox.com, May 14, 2019 By: Steve Kiggins Crews continue cleaning up an oil spill that has impacted a river, a lake and several parks in the South Sound. The problem: oil leaking from an old electrical transformer at the Olympia Brewery began in late February, but also mixed in with the oil is a […]

Source: https://www.nj.com, May 13, 2019 By: Michael Sol Warren We won’t pay. That’s the message that a group of major chemical companies have in response to being ordered by the state of New Jersey to pay for the cleanup of what are known as “PFAS” chemicals (short for polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances). The five companies […]

Source: https://news.bloombergenvironment.com, May 10, 2019 Chemours Co., 3M Co. and DuPont are taking a stand against what one company called an “unprecedented” New Jersey order, saying they won’t pay for a statewide investigation of fluorinated chemical contamination. The companies asserted they aren’t responsible for contamination under the state’s Spill Compensation and Control Act, which prohibits […]