Source: http://www.themorningsun.com, November 21, 2015 By: Adrian Hedden For generations, a nearby chemical company was poisoning the town of St. Louis. Opening a plant in St. Louis in the 1930s, Michigan Chemical—later Velsicol Chemical Corp.—produced several dangerous chemicals that seeped into the town’s groundwater until the plant was closed in the 1970s. Decades after the […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, November 23, 2015 By: Hasime Kukaj Saturday’s train derailment in Nutley is under investigation, according to authorities. Nutley police responded to the intersection of Hillside Avenue and High Street at 2:53 p.m., after someone reported a cargo container fell off the tracks. Upon arrival, police observed several cargo containers leaning hazardously off the […]

Source: http://www.oceancitytoday.net, November 19, 2015 By: Josh Davis Older people more likely to contract disease caused by inhalation of infected water Officials with the Worcester County Health Department this week confirmed that testing for Legionnaire’s Disease at an Ocean City condominium came back positive for the presence of Legionella bacteria. An investigation was triggered after […]

Source: http://www.tbo.com, November 22, 2015 By: Howard Altman Late last year, the bacteria that can cause the potentially fatal Legionnaire’s disease was found in half the sites tested in the mental health treatment building at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center. No patients or staff in the building contracted the disease and tests after cleanup […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, November 22, 2015 By: John J. Heft, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC A rebounding industrial real estate sector only emphasizes the need for insurance to cover pollution legal liability, even the hint of which can derail a property sale. John J. Heft, a senior vice president and the director of the real estate […]

Source: https://kobi5.com, November 17, 2015 By: Lyle Ahrens A $30,000,000 dollar cleanup project is scheduled to get underway next year on an asbestos-contaminated subdivision in Klamath Falls. North Ridge Estates homeowner Gail Bailey says the cleanup project has been a long time coming… “It’s been so many years, that yes – we are glad.” The […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, November 12, 2015 By: Jeanine L.G. Grachuk, Beveridge & Diamond PC The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MassDEP”) has been updating its policy and guidance to address improvements in scientific understanding as well as its experience in addressing site contaminants.  As we previously reported, significant changes to the Massachusetts site cleanup regulations, known locally […]

Source: http://www.thedaonline.com, November 16, 2015 By: Robert Lee, Ethan Rohrbaugh & Madison Smith Morgantown’s drinking water faces a threatening levels of a chemical byproduct from fracking that can cause cancer, experts say. By itself, bromide, a salt compound that is naturally occurring and also found in discharges from fracking and mining, is of little concern. […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, November 12, 2015 By: Kristin Suga Heres, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP On March 1, 2015, television news magazine “60 Minutes” aired a report concluding that Chinese-manufactured laminate flooring sold by Lumber Liquidators contained and “off-gassed” formaldehyde at levels exceeding health and safety standards promulgated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). […]

Source: http://www.courant.com, November 13, 2015 By: Peter Marteka The town will keep its pollution liability insurance policy on the old tank farm for another five years, but will lower it to $3 million. The farm – more than a dozen huge, rusting oil tanks – was once located where the Riverfront Community Center and fairgrounds […]

Source: http://www.info.gibsonins.com/blog/, August 19, 2015 Pollution liability should not be overlooked. Claims, and the costs associated with those claims, can be expensive. They can test the financial stability of even the best of companies. Standard commercial general liability policies will often exclude coverage for the escape of pollutants and the associated clean-up costs. In many […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com, November 12, 2015 By: Jessie Van Verkel Negotiations between owner and state unsuccessful so far. Any company or municipality that used a Burnsville landfill over its two decades of operation could be on the hook to help pay millions to clean it up if the property owner and the state can’t agree on […]