Source: http://www.morningjournalnews.com, December 20, 2018 By: Katie White Cleanup efforts are ongoing at the site where a few thousand gallons of diesel fuel spilled into Bull Creek on Tuesday along state Route 46 when a Cuyahoga Landmark Inc. tractor trailer overturned. New Waterford Fire Chief Greg VanPelt said Wednesday evening that Environmental Management Specialists Inc. […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com, December 20, 2018 By: Paula Gardner Federal officials already removed 1,100 containers of chemical waste from the site of a closed Jackson factory – and now state officials are confronting the need to clean up PFAS there, too. Testing results from fall showed that the per- and poly-fluorinated chemicals are contaminating the groundwater […]

Source: https://www.stargazette.com, December 19, 2018 By: Tom Wilber Elmira High School is one of 1,290 active and 220 potential toxic legacy sites statewide, according to an analysis of state records by the Elmira Star-Gazette. Some, like the former IBM site in Endicott now owned by i3 Electronics, are still working factories. Others, such as the Morse […]

Source: https://fox17online.com, December 19, 2018 Wolverine Worldwide has filed a lawsuit in federal court against 3M, the company that made and manufactured Scotchgard™, the substance which contains PFAS that has contaminated groundwater. “3M made it, 3M sold it at a profit to thousands of companies and millions of consumers for decades, and 3M can no […]

Source: https://www.courierpostonline.com, December 14, 2018 By: Carly Q. Romalino At least one beaver is dead and another in the care of an animal rescue group after being “oiled” in a fuel spill that started on Route 55, but leaked into Mantua Creek through a highway storm drain. Crews expect a long cleanup for the four […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, December 17, 2018 A study by environmental groups says 11 coal powered plants in Georgia are leaking chemicals into ground water. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice released the study Thursday that says 10 of the 11 plants are owned by Georgia Power. The utility says repeated tests […]

Source: https://www.latimes.com, December 12, 2018 By: Alene Tchekmedyian Lockheed Martin has agreed to expand its cleanup efforts of contaminated groundwater in the San Fernando Basin as part of a settlement agreement reached with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Under the agreement, Lockheed Martin will treat and transfer 1.5 billion gallons of drinking […]

Source: https://connectingvets.radio.com, December 12, 201 Veterans and family members who lived and worked aboard the former Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, NH,. are urging the government to collect data about their health and disease rates and how that may tie into chemicals they were exposed to on the military installation. During a listening session, […]

Source: https://www.kingstonist.com, December 12, 2018 By: Michelle Allan When Jennifer Kehoe brought her son home sick from school, she initially thought he was feigning illness. She’d been called to pick him up from Molly Brant Elementary six of the past 12 school days, but his nausea, headache, and sore throat seemed to go away within […]

Source: https://www.wltx.com, December 11, 2018 By: Nic Jones Some in a Columbia community are thinking about moving after a gas odor at a nearby gas station has been impacting people for weeks. It’s been a pain for this community since before Thanksgiving. Back on November 19th, Play Pals Day Care off of Broad River Road […]

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com, December 10, 2018 By: Kimberly Fornek The Illinois Attorney General and the DuPage County State’s Attorney offices have reached a settlement of their lawsuit against Speedway LLC, that requires the company pay a $75,000 penalty. The state and county sued Speedway in 2017 after gasoline leaking from underground storage tanks at a Speedway […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A cooling tower at Disneyland was the likely source for all 22 cases in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak last year near the theme park, an Orange County health official testified Tuesday. Most of those who fell ill visited the park in the fall of 2017. […]