Source: https://www.wabe.org/, March 1, 2022 By: Molly Samuel Cleanup is ongoing at the site of a petroleum pipeline spill in Lawrenceville. According to company Kinder Morgan, its pipeline was shut down as of last week, but it is now repaired and back in service. The company says it estimates 420 gallons spilled near the Grayland […]

Source: https://www.thegleaner.com/, March 1, 2022 By: Michael Doyle The third meeting of Henderson’s PFAS Working Group on Monday afternoon was devoted to a presentation from a Shamrock Technologies representative. Mike Jussila, Shamrock’s director of manufacturing, laid out of a timeline of events from the point he said the company first noticed the problem of per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]

Source: https://patch.com/, March 1, 2022 By: Kate Fishman Bucks County filed a lawsuit against major manufacturers of PFAS Tuesday morning, the county commissioners and district attorney announced, saying that the companies endangered residents by failing to warn them about toxic chemicals in their products. PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl substances, have been used in many products including […]

Source: https://denver.cbslocal.com/, February 28, 2022 Colorado is suing 15 companies in an effort to try to force them to pay for cleaning up contamination caused by firefighting foam that contains long-lasting chemicals associated with serious health conditions. The lawsuit, filed Monday in state court in Denver by Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser, names companies associated […]

Source: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/, February 28, 2022 By: Jared Strong Drinking water that is drawn from the Mississippi River by three Iowa cities has toxic chemicals that persist indefinitely in the environment, according to test results released last week by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Burlington, Davenport and Keokuk drinking water that goes to a combined […]

Source: https://www.wsmv.com/, February 23, 2022 By: Danielle Jackson Nearly a year since deadly flooding swept through Nashville. Mill Creek flooded, and tons of debris covered the creek along with parts of Whitsett Park. The cleanup process started last year after R.J. Schinner, a Nashville wholesale paper company, took responsibility for the plastic and other debris […]

Source: https://www.mbtmag.com/, February 22, 2022 By: Michael Casey New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with agrochemical giant Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution in waterways and other state-owned property, the attorney general’s office said Tuesday. The state alleges that the contamination over nearly 50 years from Monsanto and […]

Source: https://apnews.com/, February 18, 2022 By: Michael Rubinkam Meeting with a man whose well water has been polluted for years, officials in the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office asked him whether he’d consider accepting a treatment system from the gas driller charged with fouling his aquifer. Not a chance, Ray Kemble told them. Read more.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, February 18, 2022 By: Richard Luscombe Dozens of schools in Philadelphia are suffering from lead contamination in their water lines, an environmental report has found, potentially exposing tens of thousands of students to toxins proven to cause learning and behavioral issues as well as health problems including damage to internal organs. Read more.

Source: https://blog.cvn.com/, February 17, 2022 By: David Siegel A Washington State court jury heard opening statements Tuesday in the third trial involving allegations that toxic chemicals manufactured by Bayer-owned agrochemical giant Monsanto caused serious injuries to students and staff at a local school, and the proceedings are being webcast gavel-to-gavel by Courtroom View Network. Read more.

Source: https://www.wcvb.com/, February 17, 2022 Fifteen retired and active-duty firefighters from Massachusetts say in a federal lawsuit filed against two dozen companies that so-called forever chemicals in their gear and in firefighting foam manufactured by the businesses contributed to their cancer diagnoses. The firefighters from the Worcester, Norwood, Brockton, Fall River and Boston departments allege […]

Source: https://bangordailynews.com/, February 16, 2022 By: Caitlin Andrews Gov. Janet Mills is proposing to add another $9 million in state dollars to the fight against “forever chemicals” in Maine, with over third of that funding going to improved testing as the scope of the contamination becomes more worrisome. The focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances […]