Source:https://www.ajc.com/. March 23, 2022 By: Lautaro Grinspan On March 11, a Friday, the staff of an immigrant and workers’ rights non-profit based in Atlanta received a flurry of texts from workers at a Gainesville poultry plant. A pungent odor had filled the air, workers reported. There had been a chemical leak. Employees were being evacuated […]

Source: https://riskandinsurance.com/, March 15, 2022 By: Jim Borders and Granger Stuck Construction defect claims and cases are scenarios wherein physical loss or damage is claimed to be related to defective building elements that will require repair or replacement. Typical defect claims and cases will involve exterior building enclosures or the building structure. However, it is […]

Source: Seattle Times, March 16, 2022 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ A King County jury awarded over $150 million to the families of two people who died and to the three people injured after a crane collapsed in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood in April 2019. Gusting winds knocked the crane over after workers prematurely removed pins […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, March 18, 2022 By: Chloe Miller A contaminated Jackson industrial site is now on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund National Priorities List and targeted for cleanup. The addition of the former Michner Plating Mechanic Street site to this list, announced by the EPA on Thursday, March 17, means the site is recognized […]

Source: https://www.latimes.com/, March 17, 2022 By: Kiera Feldman, Hayley Smith A chemical leak at an industrial facility in Atwater Village on Thursday prompted a hazardous material response and sent a massive cloud of odorous smoke into the air over Northeast L.A. Two people went to a nearby hospital with respiratory issues that may have been […]

Source: https://www.wlwt.com/, March 16, 2022 A Clinton County resident is suing R&L Carriers following a fuel spill last week. Zackory Adams is listed as the main plaintiff in the lawsuit filed in Clinton County. Officials said 23,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from a holding tank on the property R&L Carriers. Some of the fuel […]

Source: https://www.usnews.com/, March 16, 2022 Maine farmers and the state’s agriculture commissioner have testified in favor of a proposal that would create a $100 million fund to help pay for problems caused by long-lasting chemicals. The Maine Legislature is considering creating the fund to do things like help farmers pay for water and soil tests and […]

Source: https://www.usnews.com/, March 14, 2022 A heavily polluted stretch of the Neponset River in Massachusetts was named a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site on Monday, opening the door for what could be an expensive and yearslong cleanup. Analyses by both the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Affairs have found that sediment from the […]

Source: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/, March 15, 2022 State environmental officials want Illinois’ attorney general to ensure that a pipeline operator conducts a proper cleanup after an estimated 165,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in southern Illinois. The oil leak started Friday morning in Edwardsville near Illinois 143 and entered Cahokia Creek, which runs parallel to the pipeline just north […]

Source: https://www.reuters.com/, March 11, 2022 By: Alexandra Kleeman There has been much coverage of PFAS, the “forever chemicals,” in the past year. These emerging contaminants have spiked concern because of their pervasiveness in the environment and our relatively limited understanding of their impacts on human health. And while it seems there are more questions than […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, March 14, 2022 By: Laura Schulte The Wisconsin Department of Justice Monday morning filed a lawsuit against a prominent producer of firefighting foam containing “forever chemicals,” saying the company violated state laws by releasing the chemicals into the environment in Marinette and Peshtigo. Tyco Fire Products knowingly violated the state spills law when […]

Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/, March 11, 2022 By: Lulu Ramadan Washington lawmakers dedicated $1.5 million to remove toxic fluorescent lights from schools and an additional $125,000 to study environmental hazards and create new standards to protect students from exposure to harmful substances. In requesting the funding, lawmakers cited an investigation by The Seattle Times and ProPublica into a […]