Source: https://www.ksdk.com/, January 24, 2022 By: Sam Clancy The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is investigating four cases of Legionnaires’ disease connected to Phelps Health, a hospital in Rolla. A press release from the health department said the first case was reported in May of 2021. The department said it is working with […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/, January 30, 2022 By: Ivan Pereira and Will McDuffie Fourteen guests at an Ohio hotel were hospitalized, including some who are in critical condition, due to a “life-threatening” carbon monoxide leak, police said. Police responded to several 911 calls Saturday evening of people found unconscious around the pool area of the Hampton Inn […]

Source: https://www.durangoherald.com/, January 21, 2022 By: Aedan Hannon A $90 million settlement between the federal government, Colorado and the owners of the Sunnyside Mine will pay for additional cleanup at the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site after years of litigation. The Environmental Protection Agency, Justice Department, Department of the Interior, Department Agriculture and state […]

Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/, January 28, 2022 By: Gary Martin Cleanup of cancer-causing contaminants found at hundreds of military installations — including those in Nevada — has prompted frustrated senators to urge the Pentagon to improve communication with local communities to develop long-term plans to reduce health risks. High levels of contamination in Nevada were found at […]

Source: https://www.nola.com/, January 26, 2022 By: Tristan Baurick and Mike Smith A portion of a chemical plant west of Lake Charles exploded on Wednesday morning, injuring six workers and forcing nearby school children to temporarily shelter in place from toxic gases. A company spokesman said chemical fumes in a storage tank at Westlake Chemical on […]

Source: https://www.wfmz.com/, January 25, 2022 Cancer-causing contaminants found in New Jersey drinking water allegedly came from a Lehigh County Authority waste treatment plant. That’s according to a report by the news outlet, Politico. Read more.

Source: https://pix11.com/, January 25, 2022 By: Mark Sundstrom, Tom Kaminski After a massive fire broke out at a Newark recycling center early Tuesday, smoke could be smelled as far away as Manhattan and the Bronx, officials said. AIR11 was over the scene Tuesday just after 6 a.m. as two large piles of metal burned at […]

Source: https://www.theday.com/, January 22, 2022 By: Claire Bessette Cleanup work at the former Norwich Hospital property is expected to resume the first week of February, with several “quick hits” projects before the final push starts in March, Preston Redevelopment Agency Chairman Sean Nugent said. The cleanup effort, which must be completed before the town turns over the 393-acre property […]

Source: https://www.propublica.org/, January 23, 2022 By: Lulu Ramadan For Michelle Leahy, it started with headaches, inflamed rashes on her arms and legs, and blisters in her mouth. Some students and staff at Sky Valley Education Center, an alternative public school in Monroe, also had strange symptoms: cognitive problems, skin cysts, girls as young as 6 […]

Source: https://madison.com/, January 21, 2022 By: Chris Hubbuch Facing mounting pressure to clean up toxic waste at the Dane County Regional Airport, the county is planning to sue the makers of so-called “forever chemicals.” County Executive Joe Parisi announced Thursday that he would introduce a resolution authorizing the county to hire outside attorneys to pursue […]

Source: https://www.wesa.fm/, January 21, 2022 By: Reid Frazier An electric utility has agreed to pay a $610,000 fine and build new discharge pipelines at two coal ash landfills as part of a settlement with federal and state agencies over water pollution. According to the settlement and a complaint filed in federal court in Pittsburgh by the U.S. Environmental […]

Source: https://www.mondaq.com/, January 21, 2022 By: Alec Tyra, Freeman Mathis & Gary PFAS in Construction Materials Per-and-Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are a broad class of manmade, highly stable chemicals. PFAS exhibit both grease repelling (lipophobic) and water repelling (hydrophobic) properties due to their unique chemical structure. These unique properties have contributed to the use of […]