Source: http://www.dispatch.com, November 26, 2015 By: Earl Rinehart DuPont has settled a 2009 lawsuit with a southeastern Ohio water district whose well fields were contaminated with the chemical used to make Teflon. The Little Hocking Water Association signed an agreement with the chemical giant in U.S. District Court in Columbus on Monday. The details were […]

Source: http://krwg.org, November 26, 2015 Two families in rural North Texas have sued oil and gas drilling companies for contamination of their water wells. The state’s oil and gas regulator, the Texas Railroad Commission, said in a report that one of the family’s well water contained chemicals that may pose “adverse health effects” and an […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, November 27, 2015 By Terrence T. McDonald Two groups are asking a federal judge to stop New Jersey City University from constructing a building on chromium-contaminated land on the city’s West Side. The groups, Interfaith Community Organization and Hackensack Riverkeeper, filed a motion in federal court on Nov. 16 alleging the construction violates a 2010 court […]

Source: http://www.buffalonews.com, November 29, 2015 By: T.J. Pignataro More toxins found in Lackawanna parcel The land surrounding the former Lackawanna incinerator is more contaminated with heavy metals and carcinogenic chemicals than originally thought. That’s why state environmental and health officials are calling for a more than 55 percent expansion of the incinerator’s Superfund site footprint […]

Source: http://www.nwitimes.com, October 26, 2015 A dry cleaners in Valparaiso is undergoing a soil and groundwater contamination cleanup without disrupting its business operations. Mercury Cleaners has been operating at the same site near the Porter County Courthouse at 356 W. Lincolnway in Valparaiso since 1950. Mercury Cleaners was cited by the Indiana Department of Environmental […]

Source: http://www.kingstonx.com, November 25, 2015 By: Jesse J. Smith Officials at RUPCO say that they’re working to address lead contamination in 32 apartments at the recently opened Lace Mill artists’ housing complex in Midtown Kingston. The remediation effort, already under way, could force some residents to relocate while crews treat contaminated floors. The Lace Mill […]

Source: http://www.wgem.com, November 23, 2015 By: Kendra Whittle A portion of Hannibal’s Best Western on the River hotel remains closed after state officials report tests were positive for Legionella bacteria in four of the 79 rooms at the hotel at 401 N. 3rd Street. According to Ryan Hobart,  communications director with the Missouri Department of Health […]

Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov, November 23, 2015 EPA Region 7 has reached a settlement with the current and former owners of the Toastmaster small appliance manufacturing facility in Macon, Mo., to address trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination on and around the property. Spectrum Brands, Inc., the successor corporation to Toastmaster, Inc.; and Compton’s LLC, which purchased the 10-acre facility […]

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 […]