Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, February 3, 2017 By: Andrea Wells With “smart” building becoming the gold standard in today’s commercial construction world, builders, building owners, workers and insurers are dealing with new technologies and risks. These smart technologies — from high tech gadgets aimed at increasing building efficiencies to wearable devices aimed at improving safety — are […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA), February 1, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A health care laundry oversight group that accredited the linen vendor embroiled in two wrongful death lawsuits connected to the UPMC mold crisis said Tuesday that its standards are extensive and rigorous. “Those standards deal with processing health care laundry in the safest manner possible […]

Source: http://www.stargazette.com, February 2, 2017 By: Amanda Renko The state Department of Environmental Conservation has recommended cleanup of the former Corning Hospital site under the state’s brownfield program. A site investigation turned up elevated levels of groundwater and soil contaminants at the two-parcel site in the City of Corning, according to information released Thursday by […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, February 2, 2017 By: William C. Wagner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Two commercial property owners find themselves responsible for decades-old environmental contamination because they failed to conduct proper environmental due diligence before their purchase and they bought short-tail, claims-made insurance policies with a claims-in-process exclusion that did not offer any protection against […]

Source: http://www.njspotlight.com, February 2, 2017 By: Tom Johnson Top court rules that insurers remain liable for cleaning up pollution even if original policy has been reassigned due to corporate mergers or restructuring The state Supreme Court yesterday ruled that insurers can be held liable for cleaning up environmental pollution at a site even though the […]

Source: http://news10.com, February 1, 2017 By: Noel McLaren As more questions arise about the chemical contamination coming from an abandoned dry cleaning shop in Ballston Spa, it turns out the village wasn’t notified about the concerns until months after an investigation had already begun. The EPA says Saratoga County called them to investigate the Ricketts […]

Source: http://www.mycentraljersey.com, February 1, 2017 By: Nick Muscavage Five years after a metal smelting company agreed to investigate and clean up potential contamination in the yards of nearby homes, some borough residents began receiving letters from the company informing them that their properties contain contaminants above New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s clean-up and action levels. […]

Source: http://www.csindy.com, February 1, 2017 By: Pam Zubeck Toxic legacy On March 4, 2013, Kat Tudor stood in a parking lot in downtown Colorado Springs and got slapped in the face with dust from the lot next door. “I was covered with dirt and choking,” she recalled a few weeks later. Crews were busy tearing […]

Source: http://www.oleantimesherald.com, January 28, 2017 By: Kelsey Boudin A day after publicly discussing a pending roof replacement at the Manufacturers Hanover building, the city’s Urban Renewal Agency on Friday reported that mold contaminates the long-vacant structure. The mold, discovered during a recent air quality test, was not visually apparent on any surfaces on the first […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 27, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Bed linens supplied to UPMC and possibly hundreds of other health care facilities carried fungus linked to a deadly mold crisis, according to an internal report commissioned by UPMC. The report, filed Thursday in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas as part of two ongoing wrongful […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, January 24, 2017 By: Alex Napoliello The U.S. Air Force is actively testing drinking water wells used by private residences in four Burlington and Ocean county towns surrounding Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL). Tech Sgt. Chris Powell said requests to test water samples were hand delivered to residences in New Hanover, Pemberton, Manchester […]

Source: http://news10.com. January 23, 2017 By: Carmen Chau The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was at a meeting in Ballston Spa Monday after chemicals were found leaking at a local dry cleaner. Rickett’s Dry Cleaning has been closed for three years. In summer 2016, the Department of Environmental Conservation told the EPA to test for chemicals, […]