Source: http://www.whig.com, December 28, 2015 By: Doug Wilson QUINCY, IL — A waterborne bacteria sickened 54 residents and led to 12 deaths at the Illinois Veterans Home between July and September, among the nation’s most widespread outbreaks of an ailment that was first diagnosed in 1976. Centers for Disease Control environmental health specialists cited an […]

Source: The Charleston Gazette (WV), December 26, 2015 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com At least 90 residents will see the value of their property diminish when crude MCHM leaks out of a Putnam County landfill and into Hurricane Creek, according to attorneys who represent a woman who lives in the area. Those attorneys have asked a judge […]

Source: http://www.democratandchronicle.com, December 6, 2015 By: Steve Orr Environmental remediation at a Gates company has been successfully completed just as similar work is beginning at a commercial property in Brighton. The remediated property is Buell Automatics, a precision-machined parts maker at 381 Buell Road near Greater Rochester International Airport. There, the owners enrolled in the state […]

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com, December 15, 2015 By: Lauren Abbate At the second public hearing on the ongoing environmental cleanup, a Maine Department of Environmental Protection representative proposed two possible means of remediation. WILTON — The town of Wilton has two realistic options for the environmental cleanup of the Forster Mill site, but both come with a […]

Source: http://www.sfreporter.com, December 18, 2015 By: Elizabeth Miller Plan for chromium plume aims to stop shift, but holds off on broader remedy More than 40 years after contaminated water was dumped into canyons around Los Alamos and nine years after they started studying the problem, the US Department of Energy now has a short-term strategy for […]

Source: http://trib.com, December 18, 2015 By: Benjamin Storrow A 30-month state investigation costing more than $900,000 concludes fracking is unlikely to have contaminated drinking water east of Pavillion but leaves many other questions unresolved about the role natural gas operations may have played in polluting the water. Samples taken from 13 water wells in 2014 […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 18, 2015 By: Richard C. Bennett, Cozen O’Connor Courts in a number of American states, notably California, have found that pollution exclusions in first-party policies are “inherently ambiguous” and that the purpose of such provisions is “to address liability arising from traditional environmental pollution, and not ‘ordinary acts of negligence involving harmful […]

Source: http://www.stripes.com, December 17, 2015 By: Travis J. Tritten WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday it plans to cover eight diseases newly linked to toxic contaminants once found in drinking water at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Veterans who served at the Marine Corps between 1953 and 1987 could be eligible for medical care […]

Source: http://www.pamplinmedia.com, December 17, 2015 By: Joseph Gallivan Cleaning up 100 years of toxic sludge in the Willamette riverbed could cost anything from tens of millions to a couple of billion dollars, according to experts. However, who will pay for the costly cleanup, no one knows yet. Interested parties on a panel called “Portland Harbor […]

By: Eileen Escudero Wisor, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC New and potentially costly concerns come to the surface for redevelopment and property transactions. Long time in the making, EPA released its final vapor intrusion guidance document in June 2015. Vapor intrusion is the migration of hazardous vapor from contaminated soil or groundwater into the indoor […]

By: Maydelis Torres, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC Many markets now provide Environmental Casualty coverage.  The combination offering of general liability, pollution, automobile and umbrella liability continues to grow. As the market expands, new customers are taking advantage of this innovative way to cover their exposures. Two key exposures that these polices are meant to […]

Source: http://xlcatlin.com, November 23, 2015 Legionella bacteria are one of the top three causes of non-epidemic, community-acquired pneumonia, and are cited as the indoor building contaminant bacteria most likely to result in mortality. Legionella bacteria are found naturally in the environment, usually in warm water. People breathe mists or water vapor that is contaminated with […]