Source: http://www.thetimesherald.com, October 17, 2016 By: Liz Shepard A Port Huron gas station is making progress in removing soil contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks. “They’ve been very cooperative, they really have,” Paul Owens, DEQ district supervisor for the remediation and redevelopment division, said of the Sunrise Convenience Stores. “They’re working with us, we’ve had […]

Source: http://www.boiseweekly.com, October 13, 2016 By: Annelise Eagleton A new report from the environmental watchdog group EWG asserts too many of America’s children could be exposed to toxic chemicals in thousands of U.S. schools. The report, The ABC’s of PCBs, authored by Harvard University professor Dr. Robert Herrick, concluded that as many as 26,000 U.S. schools […]

Source: http://www.reporternewspapers.net, October 14, 2016 By: John Ruch A possible buyer for North Springs Center at 7300 Roswell Road is working on a pollution cleanup deal that could speed the 9-acre shopping center’s redevelopment, according to the state Environmental Protection Division. The shopping center’s owner, North Springs Associates, has been working for a year to […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 9, 2016 By: Heidi Hudson Raschke A recent article in the Sports section of The Miami Herald read “Shooting coach helps Winslow.” Perhaps, but it probably didn’t help the coach much. The admonition to “eat every carrot and pea on your plate” undoubtedly elicits laughs from the children to whom it is […]

Source: http://www.thehour.com, October 12, 2016 By: Emilie Munson Five years after the discovery of PCBs and other contaminants in the ground at Greenwich High School, much remediation work has been completed, but a long and expensive path to clean soil remains. With no timeline for finishing in sight, Greenwich’s Public Works Director Amy Siebert said […]

Read here about American Airlines’ increased safety precautions as the bacteria known to cause Legionnaires’ disease were found in some Texas hangers.

Read here about the closure of a Kentucky State University dorm after mold was found.

Source: http://michiganradio.org, October 6, 2016 By: Steve Carmody Legionella bacteria has been detected at a residence hall at the University of Michigan-Flint. Legionella bacteria turned up in three water samples in the Riverfront Residence hall. No illnesses have been reported. “Please let me reassure you that in checking with the Centers for Disease Control I […]

Source: http://www.csnews.com, October 6, 2016 By: Bill Selman, The Graham Co. Cleanup costs and third-party claims can be significant. One of the many ways convenience stores differ from their retail counterparts is the significant environmental risk related to their operations. The industry began offering gasoline in the 1970s and has taken great strides since then […]

Source: http://www.ibamag.com, October 4, 2016 As awareness around the impacts of pollution and environmental damage seeps deeper into the public consciousness, businesses are doing more than ever to adopt green practices. But accidents do happen, and if your clients are in a certain industry, these accidents can lead to significant environmental and financial damage. This […]

Source: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com, October 4, 2016 Investigators are focusing on seven cooling towers in Hopkins as they continue to search for the cause of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that left 23 sick and one dead. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the seven cooling tower locations under scrutiny are: SuperValu east, SuperValu west, Thermo-Tec, […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, October 5, 2016 By: Scott Fallon One of the nation’s largest chemical companies will pay $165 million toward the cleanup of the lower Passaic River under an agreement reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, officials announced Wednesday morning. The settlement with Occidental Chemical Corp., of Houston, is a fraction of the $1.38 […]