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 […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, September 29, 2016 By: Don E. Woods The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency anticipates spending $15 million to remove arsenic from a former chemical company Superfund site that was originally cleaned in the 1990s. The Vineland Chemical Company produced arsenic-based herbicides at the Mill Road facility from 1949 to 1994. Arsenic contaminated the soil and […]

Source: http://www.scienceworldreport.com, September 29, 2016 In the midst of Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak, investigation links a Memphis motel to 6,000 confirmed cases. On September 22, the Shelby County Health Department closed the La Quinta Inn located at 2979 Millbranch Road. According to Wreg, there were 6,000 reservations in the motel between July 1 and September 22, […]

Source: http://www.courierpostonline.com, September 23, 2016 By: James M. O’Neill A New Jersey agency has proposed adopting what would be the most stringent standard in the nation to control levels of a cancer-causing chemical linked to an array of health problems and which is prevalent in drinking water systems across the state. The chemical, commonly called […]

Source: http://www.reuters.com, September 28, 2016 By: Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell In this industrial northwest Indiana city, hundreds of families who live in a gated public housing community with prim lawns and a new elementary school next door are searching for new homes. Their own places have been marked for demolition. The school, temporarily closed, […]

Source: http://www.seattletimes.com, September 27, 2016 By: JoNel Aleccia A 32-year-old woman from Washington state had a heart transplant Aug. 8 at the University of Washington Medical Center, and later learned she was part of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. She plans to sue. A 32-year-old Vancouver, Wash., woman who struggled with heart failure for […]

Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN), September 24, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com An Alabama water utility is suing North Georgia’s carpet manufacturers, saying they polluted the Conasauga and Coosa rivers with toxic chemicals that have undermined the quality of drinking supplies and encouraged many customers to switch to bottled water. The Gadsden Water Works and […]

Source: http://www.annistonstar.com, September 23, 2016 By: Zach Tyler The Alabama Department of Environmental Management on Friday announced a New Jersey-based company has filed a plan to clean up the remaining residue of an underground gasoline leak at an Oxford convenience store. The cleanup and monitoring of earth beneath the Texaco-branded Expressmart may continue for the […]

Source: http://www.dailyuw.com, September 26, 2016 By: Brendan Gerrity Following four infections and two deaths at the hospital’s Cascade Tower, the UW Medical Center (UWMC) has been straining to recover from and prevent further infections by the Legionella bacterium. The bacteria, which causes Legionnaires’ disease (a form of pneumonia), has so far been found in a […]