Source: https://www.heraldnews.com, July 19, 2019 By: Jeffrey D. Wagner The district’s four-year fight to stop manganese contamination in the Macomber Primary School drinking water supply might be coming to an end. Superintendent Gary Reese said $50,000 was approved at a recent School Committee meeting to contract with a company to install a new system. He […]

Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA), July 17, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com As part of a settlement in a decades-old legal battle, several former manufacturers of lead paint will have to pay $305 million to a number of Bay Area cities and counties to clean up the toxic substance. The money — paid by Sherwin-Williams […]

Source: https://axaxl.com, June 14, 2019 By: Matt O’Malley, President, North American Environmental, AXA XL As the saying goes – there is no use crying over spilled milk. For many businesses, dealing with spilled milk is not a likely problem. Instead, the question is – what happens when fuel oil, hydraulic fluid, stored chemicals, or other substances […]

Source: Mondaq Business Briefing, July 16, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com As technology has increased, there has been an inevitable proliferation in the number of electromagnetic and radio-frequency field sources that people are exposed to on a daily basis. These include Wi-Fi, power lines, mobile phones and masts, IT equipment and other electronic devices. There are […]

Source: https://www.ajc.com, July 16, 2019 By: Chelsea Prince A downtown Atlanta hotel has closed its doors while officials test for a rare, and sometimes deadly, form of pneumonia. Three people who stayed at the Sheraton Atlanta on Courtland Street tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease, which is contracted by breathing in mist or swallowing water containing […]

Source: https://www.phillytrib.com, July 15, 2019 By: Mark Eichmann Dover Air Force Base has been testing nearby water wells for contamination of a class of toxic chemicals called PFAS since 2014. Those tests found one contaminated well in 2016. After further tests, Air Force officials thought there were no more contaminated wells. They were wrong. New […]

Source: Business Insider, July 15, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Massachusetts recently issued a public health warning about chemicals called PFAS found in brands of bottled water sold at Whole Foods and CVS in the state. The “forever chemicals” have been associated with cancer, liver damage, and developmental issues. An environmental group has uncovered PFAS at more than 700 sites — including […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com, July 14, 2019 By: Jim Spencer New laws on chemical pollutant may mean billions to Maplewood-based manufacturer.  New federal laws will soon address a national chemical pollution problem and could put 3M and other producers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — better known as PFAS — into a multibillion-dollar financial bind. Once marketed […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, July 11, 2019 by: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: A new federal and civil courthouse in downtown Miami is going to cost at least $1.2 billion, Miami Today reported, but that doesn’t include the costs of ridding the new site of arsenic or lease payments for the property. The $1.2 billion of payments to the selected […]

Source: https://ewma.com PFAS is a top NJDEP contaminant of emerging concern. They pose potential environmental and public health concerns. 1)     Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a subset of man-made fluorinated chemicals containing carbon and fluorine atoms in a chain chemical structure, including PFOS, PFOA, PFNA and many others (thousands, in fact!). These three PFAS chemicals mentioned have been […]

Source: https://www.kctv5.com, July 11, 2019 By: David Harris, Savannah Rudicel Piles of animal product littered the highway for hours. People walking around downtown Thursday morning saw, and smelled, what was left of the spilled pig intestines along Interstate 670. “It made me gag the first time I smelled it,” Marisa Deitrich, resident, said. “It’s pretty […]

Source: https://www.nbc4i.com, July 9, 2019 Another lawsuit has been filed against Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital in connection with a recent outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease at the new facility. Patient Ronald Biegler claims in the suit that he got sick while undergoing tests at the hospital back in mid May. This is the fifth lawsuit connected to the […]