Source: https://www.epa.gov/, May 18, 2022 Today, EPA is taking an important step forward to protect people from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by adding five PFAS chemicals for a total of six PFAS chemicals to a list of risk-based values that help EPA determine if response or remediation activities are needed. EPA’s action provides the […]

Source: https://www.ul.com/, March 23, 2022 By: Chelsea Lane The California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for implementing and issuing public rulings about the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also known as Proposition 65. Prop 65 was enacted to protect citizens and the […]

Source: https://www.newsobserver.com/, June 1, 2022 By: Adam Wagner A bipartisan bill under consideration this week would allow the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to declare a company responsible for contaminating drinking water with so-called “forever chemicals” and force it to pay for treatment upgrades. House Bill 1095, “PFAS Pollution and Polluter Liability,” has four primary […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, June 1, 2022 By: Garret Ellison The bucolic farmland along the Newaygo and Oceana county border seems far removed from the perils of industrial pollution. Yet, that is exactly what the state is investigating this year at two properties where crops and livestock were farmed on land tainted by manufacturing waste once used […]

Source: https://thehill.com/, May 31, 2022 By: Rachel Frazin The Defense Department is reporting high levels of toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water near several of its bases, according to new data released by the department. Drinking water testing near bases in Washington state, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan found levels of the chemicals well […]

Source: https://www.courierpostonline.com/, May 31, 2022 By: Phaedra Trethan and Jim Walsh A report prepared for the New Jersey Department of Transportation blames a “complex” failure for the collapse of a retaining wall at a Direct Connection roadway reconstruction site. Among the failures: heavy rains, but also the wrong type of sand used in the wall’s […]

Source: https://www.wect.com/, May 27, 2022 By: Michael Praats Nearly five years ago residents relying on drinking water from the Cape Fear River learned about the pollution of the river with the chemical known as GenX. The revelation spurred lawsuits, federal intervention, and anger from those impacted by the pollution; but so far, polluters have largely avoided paying […]

Source: https://www.stateaginsights.com/, May 27, 2022 On April 28, 2022, the California Attorney General launched an investigation into the “fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their role in causing and exacerbating the global plastics pollution crisis.”  As a first step, the CA AG issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil, “a major source of global plastic pollution, seeking information […]

Source: https://www.kxnet.com/, May 26, 2022 By: Kyara Brown Since fracking made oil deposits more accessible, it’s no secret that some environmental damage could lie ahead. KX News journeyed to a warehouse in Williston where large amounts of the radioactive material have been abandoned. North Dakota’s Department of Environmental Quality has acted against Sea Pacific International […]

Source: https://6abc.com/, May 25, 2022 By: Jared Kofsky The proposed settlement reached nearly a year after the catastrophic Surfside building collapse along the South Florida coast now exceeds the billion-dollar mark, attorneys said Tuesday. During a court hearing in Miami Tuesday morning, attorney Harley Tropin announced the settlement reached for families who lost loved ones in the […]

Source: https://www.davisvanguard.org/, May 22, 2022 By: Emily Andrews In late 2021, a project’s re-development of 141 West Avenue 34––an apartment building in Lincoln Heights Los Angeles––brought back a forgotten case of a company’s toxic chemical dump in 1984. According to the Los Angeles Times, in the original 1984 case, investigators who searched underneath the Lincoln Heights […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, May 19, 2022 By: Gene Nosovitch The environmental liability insurance market is experiencing significant growth due to several convergent factors impacting the supply chain and construction sector. Passage of the Infrastructure and Jobs Act in November 2021 has cleared the way for a construction boom fueled by a $1 trillion investment in the United States’ critical infrastructure. Many […]