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 […]

Source: https://www.philly.com, April 29, 2019 By: Frank Kummer A Pennsylvania environmental board has essentially scrapped two state actions that would have paved the way for developer Brian O’Neill to build housing on a contaminated Chester County site. The ruling on Friday appears to be a major setback for Constitution Drive Partners, a limited partnership involving […]

Source: http://www.newsminer.com, April 30, 2019 By: Sam Friedman The Fairbanks city government announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit against two companies whose products polluted groundwater around the city’s fire training center. The suit seeks at least $4.3 million from manufactures to recoup costs the city has spent cleaning up the site and providing clean drinking […]

Source: https://wfpl.org, April 26, 2019 By: Ryan Van Velzer One of the oldest federally-recognized hazardous waste sites is right here in Louisville. And more than 20 years after the government declared it was no longer a top priority, the site is still contaminating groundwater flowing into the Ohio River, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. […]

Source: https://ny.curbed.com, April 26, 2019 By: Caroline Spivack A privately-owned East Fourth Street building is the latest in the area where tenants suffered lead exposure An East Village apartment building owned by a Hollywood accountant tested for abnormally high levels of lead, after renovations caused dust to coat spaces throughout the six-story building—exposing tenants, including […]