Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/, April 14, 2023 By: Mike Lindblom and Ellen Banner For a couple of years already, Interstate 90 travelers have seen construction workers toil in the former express lanes, striving to repair flawed track supports along Sound Transit’s future light-rail extension. But after futile attempts to adjust, jackhammer or patch these pieces like a dentist filling teeth, […]

Source: https://www.timesnewspapers.com/, April 14, 2023 By: Colin Suchland Demolition of a bridge spanning Deer Creek has incited the ire of watchful Webster Groves residents and resulted in violations from state authorities over foam-plastic pollution in the waterway. Beginning in early March, a contractor working for the city of Brentwood, KCI Construction, began removing the bridge […]

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, April 14, 2023 By: Aria Bendix and David K. Li A plastics fire in Indiana spewed various toxic chemicals into the air, including hydrogen cyanide and benzene, according to test results from the Environmental Protection Agency. Officials said Friday that air monitors detected hydrogen cyanide, benzene, chlorine, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds in the […]

Source: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/, April 11, 2023 By: Alison Novak As Vermont lawmakers debate the fate of an ambitious, first-in-the-nation program to test hundreds of schools for PCBs, another community is dealing with the fallout from finding elevated levels of the chemicals in parts of its school. Read more.

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/, April 11, 2023 By: Aleks Phillips A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of soil contaminated with toxic chemicals from the train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio crashed on Monday evening while en route to a disposal site. In a statement, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that roughly half of the tractor-trailer’s load […]

Source: https://wpln.org/, April 12, 2023 By: Caroline Eggers Two hours south of Nashville, black mold is spreading. Playground swings look gunky. Road signs are unreadable. Trees are dying.  This is the scene unfolding in Mulberry, a small town in Lincoln County that borders the sprawling Jack Daniel’s whiskey operation — the food source for an […]

Source: https://www.cnn.com/, April 12, 2023 By: Sara Smart and Nouran Salahieh A fire that started Tuesday afternoon at a recycling plant in the eastern Indiana city of Richmond was emitting toxic smoke and has forced evacuation orders for about 2,000 people as it is expected to burn for days, officials said. Early air monitoring results […]

Source: https://www.fox6now.com/, April 5, 2023 By: Madalyn O’Neill With no end in sight for evacuated residents, tests are still finding high concentrations of a dangerous chemical at Milwaukee’s “Community Within the Corridor” apartments. CWC developers must keep the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in the loop or face prosecution. Read more.

Source: https://www.irmi.com/, March 17, 2023 By: Jeff Slivka Many contractors professional liability (CPrL) insurance claims are denied simply on the basis that the error, incident, and/or circumstance was reported after the date required within the insured’s policy. As a result, CPrL insurance holders should be well-versed in all the facets of their policies, especially the […]

Source: https://www.wkms.org/, April 3, 2023 By: Ryan Van Velzer Kentucky is suing manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’ for contaminating the state’s natural resources. A 2012 medical study of nearly 70,000 people in Parkersburg, West Virginia, found exposure to one particular forever chemical known as PFOA likely contributed to a range of health problems including birth defects, cancer, […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, April 4, 2023 By: Claire Wilkinson A proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to impose federal limits on a group of chemicals known as PFAS in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act would bring added liability and regulatory risks for utilities and municipalities. Public water system operators and other potentially […]

Source: https://rollcall.com/, March 31, 2023 By: Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone The federal government filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Corp. over last month’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, pointing out that the company’s operating costs on safety-related measures have dropped over the past four years. The Justice Department filed the complaint Thursday on behalf […]