Source: Business Insider, July 28, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com The chemical class known as PFAS became popular in the US around the 1940s when manufacturing companies realized they resist heat, grease, stains, and water. Today, PFAS are considered toxic and have been linked to cancer, liver damage, thyroid disease, and developmental issues. At a congressional hearing on July […]

Source: State (Columbia, SC), July 25, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Energy giant ExxonMobil has agreed to pay federal and state agencies $6.6 million to settle a lawsuit over pollution that killed marine life and degraded salt marshes in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Old fertilizer plant sites the company acquired two decades ago released a cocktail of […]

Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com, July 26, 2019 By: Harriet Washington Monsanto Industrial Chemicals admitted to poisoning residents of Anniston, Alabama with PCBs. Years after a settlement, people are still sick. An excerpt from Harriet Washington’s A Terrible Thing To Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind. Shirley Baker, a nurse, deftly ties on a surgical mask […]

Source: https://www.macon.com, July 24, 2019 By: Tara Copp The Pentagon is launching a task force to look at the potential impact and dangers that chemical compounds used in military firefighting foam have had on military bases and the families who live there, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced on his first day in office. Per-and polyfluoroalkyl […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, July 24, 2019 By: Jef Feeley and Tim Loh The widening legal nightmare over Roundup weedkillers isn’t the only potential multi-billion-dollar liability Bayer AG inherited last year when it acquired Monsanto Co. While thousands of damage claims over Roundup have grabbed headlines and hogged the attention of investors, the German conglomerate also has […]

Source: https://www.nola.com, July 17, 2019 By: Chad Calder The National World War II Museum has sued the structural engineer of its eight-story hotel under construction downtown, saying some of the steel beams used were too short and unable to handle the weight of the building. The lawsuit says mistakes made by subcontractor DeSimone Consulting Engineering […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, July 22, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Bayer AG, the German pharmaceuticals and chemicals group battling legal claims over its Roundup herbicide, said Monday it would sell its Dr. Scholl’s foot-care business to Yellow Wood Partners for $585 million. The unit is one of a series of assets Bayer marked for […]

Source: Water Policy Report, July 22, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Two Northeastern states are pushing ahead to respond to the growing public concern over the emerging contaminants per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), adding to the number of states unwilling to wait for EPA regulatory action. In the latest move, New York last week announced it […]

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com, July 20, 2019 By: Andrew Brown Nearly every major military installation in South Carolina could be polluted with toxic chemicals from a firefighting foam, which has seeped into the environment and fouled drinking water across the country. The Post and Courier revealed several studies earlier this month that confirmed four Air Force bases […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, July 15, 2019 Authorities say Jim Beam will be fined for the warehouse fire that contaminated nearby waters with bourbon and killed fish. Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet spokesman John Mura tells WKYT-TV that there will be a penalty. He says the state Department of Fish & Wildlife may also fine the company. The […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, July 19, 2019 By: Valerie Volcovici The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will not ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to health issues in children, from use on U.S.-grown fruits and vegetables. The agency denied the petition by a dozen environmental groups, led by Earthjustice, to […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, July 19, 2019 Buy: Doublas Busvine Germany’s Bayer AG welcomed on Friday a call by a U.S. judge to cut a $2 billion damages award to a Californian couple by a jury which found that its glyphosate-based weed killer had caused their cancer. The company had in June asked Judge Winifred Y. Smith, […]