Source: http://www.wsws.org, January 26, 2016 By: Nick Barrickman In the context of reports of the poisoning of residents of Flint, Michigan due to lead contamination in the city’s water supply, recent studies have shown lead contamination to be a widespread problem in cities and towns throughout the United States. The populations of major cities such […]

Source: https://www.rawstory.com, January 26,2016 Schools in the Ohio village of Sebring were closed for a third day on Tuesday after elevated levels of lead were found in pipes serving some homes and buildings, making it the second Midwestern region to be plagued by tainted water. Three schools in Sebring, 60 miles (97 km) northeast of […]

Source: The Charleston Gazette (WV), January 23, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Members of the state Public Service Commission tried Friday morning to sort out if, how and when they would continue a long-stalled investigation into West Virginia American Water Co.’s response to the January 2014 chemical spill that contaminated the drinking water supply for hundreds […]

Source: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), January 26, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Porter Ranch business owners filed a class-action lawsuit against the Southern California Gas Co., parent company Sempra Energy and several state regulators that seeks to recover damages from the natural gas leak that began in October. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior […]

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com, January 25, 2016 By: Doug T. Graham The Mobil gas station at the intersection of Northwest Highway and East Main Street in Barrington was shut down Monday after village officials discovered gasoline leaking from the station into a village sanitary sewer. At least two nearby households called the Barrington Fire Department complaining of […]

Source: http://www.wxyz.com, January 22, 2016 Officials at McLaren Flint regional hospital are confirming that low levels of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ Disease has been found in early tests of their water supply. The test was from August of 2014 and the hospital says that safeguards have since been put into place, and that they […]

Source: http://www.grandhaventribune.com, January 23, 2016 By: Andrea Goodell Routine inspection and maintenance activities on a gasoline pipeline at a Holland school hit a snag recently when the excavation pit dug for the repairs filled with groundwater. Wolverine Pipe Line Co. crews pumped the groundwater out of the pit for nearly a month before being told […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, January 22, 2016 By: Jesse Glickstein, Brian Kenyon, John Renneisen, Eric Rothenberg | O’Melveny & Myers LLP With most state legislative sessions in recess and federal legislative action unlikely until after the November 2016 election, it was no surprise that there were only a handful of new developments in the fracking world during […]

Source: http://eastcountymagazine.org, January 22, 2016 esidents in San Diego’s East County have raised fears of spreading Valley Fever spores in their arguments against projects ranging from a sand mine in Lakeside to solar projects in Boulevard and Jacumba.  Now a jury in Northern California has shown just how expensive a verdict might be for a […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, January 22, 2016 By: Brendan J. Lyons Hoosick Falls village officials secretly hired a Glens Falls public relations firm last month to help develop “an overall communications program” as criticism mounted about their decision to not warn residents to stop drinking water contaminated with a toxic chemical. The hiring of Behan Communications, which […]

Source: http://woodtv.com, January 21, 2016 The state health department says it can’t confirm if a spike in cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Genesee County was related to lead contamination in Flint water — but it can’t rule out the bad water as the cause, either. In a report released Thursday, the Michigan Department of Health […]

Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com, January 21, 2016 By: Naseem S. Miller Florida Hospital Orlando’s water tested positive for the respiratory germ Legionella last week leading the hospital to hire a firm to flush its water system. Hospital officials said that there are currently no confirmed cases of hospital-acquired Legionnaires’ disease. They added that the hospital’s water is […]