Source: https://www.floridatoday.com/, September 30, 2025 By: J.D. Gallop A day after an orange mist escaped from a Palm Bay chemical plant, Brevard County officials confirmed the gas was made up of vaporized bromine and sodium cyanide — both toxic to humans. The Brevard County HazMat team — which tested inside and outside of the FAR […]

Source: https://www.wxyz.com/, September 24, 2025 By: Ruta Ulcinaite A General Motors engineering building will be closed for the rest of the week after two employees tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease and the company continues to rid the building of any illness, a GM spokesperson confirmed to 7 News Detroit. The Cole Engineering building in Warren […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, September 29, 2025 By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. The United States District Court (S.D. Indiana) (“Court”) in a September 23rd Order addressed insurance coverage issues associated with an apartment complex contaminated by perchloroethylene (“PCE”). See Thompson Thrift Development, Inc., et al., v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, 2025 WL 2711770. Read more.

Source: https://pix11.com/, September 23, 2025 By: Eileen Lehpamer More legal action as a result of the deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak this past summer in Harlem. Attorney Ben Crump and attorneys with Weitz & Luxenberg have now filed three lawsuits against the construction company, Skanska. They have also filed 18 notices of claim against New York City, […]

Source: https://www.benningtonbanner.com/, September 23, 2025 By: Susan Smallheer In June 2004, a dramatic fire at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant forced plant owner Entergy Nuclear to declare an unusual event and temporarily shut down the plant. Area firefighters, along with Entergy’s own “fire brigade,” fought the fire at the large transformer, an electrical installation, […]

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/, September 23 2025 By: Chris Melore Fears are mounting that a 749-foot-tall Los Angeles skyscraper could collapse if a historic earthquake eventually strikes the city. Officials have refused to release seismic reports which detail the Gas Company Tower’s ability to survive the long-feared ‘Big One.’ Los Angeles County purchased the 52-story skyscraper last year with […]

Source: https://www.kcur.org/. September 15, 2025 By: Jim Meadows Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening public water systems, making water temporarily unusable, and forcing some cities and towns to take […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, September 12, 2025 By: Chris Davis Insurers have long bundled pollution liability into one-size-fits-all environmental policies. But as regulation tightens and ESG expectations grow, that model is losing relevance fast. “ESG regulations change and have a very big impact and a widening impact on our clients’ regulatory and compliance requirements,” said Christine Collins, […]

Source: https://www.constructionexec.com/, September 10, 2025 By: David Chmiel A priority for every construction firm, regardless of size, is the effective management of risk. The industry is rife with dangers, more than any other. Too often, risks—of various types—are underestimated or overlooked, making it critical to closely follow and manage policies and practices to guard against […]

Source: https://okcfox.com/, September 2025 By: Robert Hagan The Oklahoma County Jail’s new behavioral health care center is facing additional costs and potential delays due to the discovery of contaminated soil at the construction site. The project, which includes a $700 million jail and a $44 million care center, now requires an additional $481,000 for soil removal. […]

Source: https://www.kazu.org/, September 3, 2025 By: Erin Malsbury On a sunny day next to a Salinas Valley produce field, Drew McCown fills up two small bottles of water from a well. “I’ve sampled about 400 wells this season,” he says. He’s a project manager at Monterey Bay Analytical Services. The samples will be tested for nitrates, […]

Source: https://www.mondaq.com/, August 28, 2025 By: Kenneth Ryan & Thomas Benjamin Boley The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, applying New York law, has determined that an insurer had a duty to defend an insured because a carve-out to the relevant pollution exclusion applied. Town of Harrietstown v. Westchester Fire Ins. […]