Source: https://www.dtnpf.com, May 1, 2019 By: Chris Clayton Food may be the next frontier in research on a wide array of potentially toxic chemicals increasingly showing up in drinking water and groundwater nationally. Art Schaap and Fred Stone milk dairy cows more than 2,000 miles from each other, but right now, neither one of them […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, May 1, 2019 By: Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting recent decisions by U.S. juries that found that it caused cancer in people. The EPA announcement reaffirms earlier findings from the agency about the safety of glyphosate, […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com, April 19, 2016 By: Garret Ellison What are brownfields? “Brownfields” are properties where redevelopment is hampered by the presence of environmental contamination from past industry. Toxic chemicals from dry cleaning facilities, power plants, gas stations and other long-gone businesses make property cleanup and redevelopment cost prohibitive without some public aid, either through loans, […]

Source: https://www.usnews.com, August 3, 2018 By: Gary McWilliams A Texas grand jury on Friday indicted chemicals manufacturer Arkema North America and two of its executives for releasing emissions that allegedly endangered the public after a 2017 hurricane. The U.S. arm of the French chemicals firm, its Chief Executive Richard Rowe and the manager of its […]

Source: https://www.stltoday.com, February 6, 2019 By: Denise Hollinshed Cleanup continued Wednesday here after 200,000 gallons of used oil spilled from a company’s storage tanks, a portion of it contaminating nearby ground and the city sewer system, the Illinois Environment Protection Agency said. The spill prompted the agency to seek an order banning storage of oil […]

Source: https://www.newsadvance.com, February 12, 2019 By: Shannon Keith The state of Virginia has awarded more than $500,000 in Brownfields Remediation Grants for redevelopment projects in Bedford and Amherst counties. A $295,000 grant is earmarked for Amherst County for a project to redevelop the old Phelps Road School in Madison Heights into apartments. Another $220,000 grant […]

Source: https://www.townofcary.org, February 15, 2019 A sewer spill on February 14 along Holly Springs Road north of Ten-Ten Road occurred when a private contractor installing communication lines hit an inactive wastewater pipeline. Town staff were alerted to the sewer spill at 1:30 p.m. and stopped the spill around 7:30 p.m. About 13,500 gallons of waste reached […]

Source: https://www.kctv5.com, February 26, 2019 By: Susan Scutti Radioactivity was detected on the oven, vacuum filter and bone crusher of an Arizona crematory where a deceased man who’d received radiation therapy was incinerated, according to a new case report. Worse still, a radioactive compound unrelated to the dead man was detected in the urine of […]

Source: https://www.isssource.com, March 11, 2019 Two demolition workers remain in intensive care in critical condition after a spill of a hazardous chemical at a former factory off Jefferson Road in Henrietta, NY. Crews were called around 9:20 Monday morning to the Amesbury Truth building for a report of a chemical leak. Five people ended up […]

Source: https://www.timesgazette.com, March 13, 2019 By: David Wright Adient employee exposed to TDI in Greenfield A male employee of Adient in Greenfield was transported to the hospital Wednesday morning with non-life-threatening injuries after being exposed to TDI in a chemical spill, authorities said. There was no reported hazard to the public after the spill, in […]

Source: https://www.ishn.com, April 3, 2019 A fire at a Houston chemical plant yesterday morning killed one person, left two with critical injuries and caused residents living within a mile of the facility to shelter in place. It is unclear whether the victims were employees at the plant. News sources say the incident at KMCO plant […]

Source: http://dailybruin.com, April 17., 2019 By: Isabella Fortier One student sustained minor injuries in a chemical explosion Tuesday night. The Molecular Sciences Building was closed for the night after a chemical explosion occurred around 8 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. LAFD crews responded to the incident and rinsed the student to prevent […]