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 […]

Source: https://www.journal-news.com, May 12, 2019 By: Michael D. Pitman The site of a former gas station on Ohio 4 will be cleaned up with funds from the state. Property owner Mo Hamed purchased 5852 Dixie Highway through an estate sale, but development options are restricted, said Alex Kraemer, Fairfield’s economic development manager. “Mr. Hamed has […]

Source: https://wkzo.com, May 13, 2019 By: John McNeill New revelations suggest that 3M, the giant Minnesota conglomerate that produced PFOS, knew for decades that it might be toxic, but covered it up. Documents revealed in a Detroit Free Press story suggest that internal company tests as far back as the 1950’s revealed it was causing […]

Source: https://www.actionnewsnow.com, May 12, 2019 By: Tammy Leitner Crews are working to contain a massive chemical spill in Houston’s shipping channel. The channel is still partially closed. It is one of the world’s busiest waterways. Salvage crews are scrambling to contain the mess. The spill occurred on Friday when a tug boat pushing two barges […]

Source: https://www.wvlt.tv, May 10. 2019 By: Anne Brock The gate is locked at Swan Pond Sports Complex, where people have walked, played soccer and enjoyed the outdoors near the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant. Roane County and the Tennessee Valley Authority are awaiting soil sampling done in cooperation with state environmental authorities. The park site was […]