Source: http://www.renewalredevelopment.com, August 2016 By: Kasey Jones As urban revitalization proceeds at a steady pace and construction prices continue to escalate in cities where vacant parcels are all but nonexistent, many property owners and developers are finding that substantial profits can be made through major renovations of existing buildings. Renovation starts in some cities are […]

Source: http://www.philly.com, September 20, 2016 By: Jan Hefler The New Jersey Supreme Court has denied an appeal filed to force two government agencies to contribute to a medical-monitoring fund for the nearly 100 children who were exposed to toxic mercury vapors at their day-care center, Kiddie Kollege, more than a decade ago. The court last […]

Source: http://www.browndailyherald.com, September 20, 2016 By: Kyle Borowski Oxygenating chemical MTBE, discovered in water, makes supply undrinkable The state of Rhode Island filed suit against 34 oil-producing companies Sept. 6, arguing that the entities contributed to extensive contamination of the chemical MTBE — methyl tertiary butyl ether — in groundwater across the state. MTBE is […]

Source: http://www.seattletimes.com, September 19, 2016 By: JoNel Aleccia Bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease have been detected in University of Washington Medical Center devices used to heat and cool patients during heart surgery, the same type of machines linked to different types of deadly outbreaks in other hospitals. Three so-called heater-cooler units, devices used during surgery […]

Source: http://www.kansas.com, September 13,2 016 By: Gabriella Dunn Helen and Bob Harrison have lived in their west Wichita home for 36 years and are now finding out that they’ve been drinking, cooking, bathing and washing their clothes in water contaminated with dry cleaning chemicals. They don’t know how long their well water has been contaminated […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 9, 2016 By: Heidi Hudson Raschke, Carlton Fields 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 […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, September 13, 2016 by: Heidi Hudson Raschke, Carlton Fields 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 […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, September 12, 2016 By: Jonathan D. Salant Just months after adding a Vineland location to the list of federal Superfund sites, the Environmental Protection Agency announced an $8.7 million plan to clean up contaminated soil at 57 nearby homes. The plan announced Monday called for removing about 21,000 cubic yards of soil contaminated by arsenic and lead from the now-defunct […]

Source: http://www.app.com, September 9, 2016 By: Jean Mikle A public hearing is scheduled for Monday on a controversial plan to build more than 300 townhouse and apartment units at the site of the borough’s old landfill. Borough Administrator Joseph Kostecki said the Borough Council is expected to vote Monday on a redevelopment ordinance necessary to […]

Source: Dayton Daily News (OH), September 12, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A fire suppressant foam linked to the shutdown of two drinking water wells at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base injured a firefighter during a training incident and the Defense Department has launched an investigation to determine how widespread the problem is across the nation. The […]

Source: http://www.newyorklawjournal.com, September 2, 2016 By: Jason Grant An insurance company does not have to indemnify Keyspan Gas East Corp.’s environmental cleanup losses connected to periods of time when the relevant insurance was not available in the marketplace, a New York appeals court has found. In an issue of first impression in the state’s appellate […]

Source: http://legalnewsline.com, September 9, 2016 By: Mark Iandolo Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have announced a lawsuit against gasoline manufacturers in order to recover expenses associated with the cleanup of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). “The state has incurred significant costs to […]