Source: https://www.startribune.com/, July 28, 2021 Three schoolteachers in Washington state who sued chemical company Monsanto over exposure to materials in fluorescent lights have been awarded $185 million. The law firm that represented the teachers, Friedman Rubin, said a jury returned the verdict Tuesday in King County Superior Court. The teachers, who worked at the Sky […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, July 28, 2021 By: Patricia Weiss German chemicals maker Bayer said on Wednesday it may appeal an order in a U.S. legal case to pay $185 million to four staff members of a school in the state of Washington over exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, made by the former Monsanto Co. Bayer, […]

Source: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/, July 27, 2021 By: Lisa Sorg Tests show high PFAS levels at site that received contaminated soil from massive Colonial Pipeline spill, as well as nearby stream Julia Hughes was walking her dog near Shelby, in rural Cleveland County, last winter when she spotted mysterious foam in a culvert by the side of […]

Source: https://mesothelioma.net/, July 22, 2021 Like the asbestos companies that ignored safety in the past, construction companies that are careless in their handling of the carcinogenic material create a present-day risk of malignant mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases for their employees and others.  In Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey has taken an aggressive position against those who […]

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/, July 16, 2021 By: Rachel Riley Though dump trucks hauled away some 14,000 loads of polluted material last year, much remains below the surface where the Kimberly-Clark pulp and paper mill once stood along the waterfront. Metals, PCBs and other chemical remnants of milling still taint sand and silt, highly vulnerable to seismic shifts. Read […]

Source: https://www.delawareonline.com/, July 13, 2021 By: Jeff Neiburg DuPont, Chemours and Corteva will pay millions of dollars to the state of Delaware, according to a settlement reached between the Delaware Department of Justice and the three companies – an agreement that holds the companies responsible for decades of damage done to Delaware’s environment through toxic chemicals known as […]

Source: Associated Press, July 12, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Lawsuits filed Monday in California seek potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer linked to brain damage in children. Chlorpyrifos is approved for use on more than 80 crops, including oranges, berries, grapes, soybeans, almonds and walnuts, […]

Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/, July 13, 2021 By: Hannah Murphy A fresh hazard has been uncovered in the oil and gas industry: For the past decade, the Environmental Protection Agency has knowingly allowed oil companies to use chemicals that could break down into PFAS — a class of highly toxic, long-lasting compounds also known as “forever chemicals,” […]

Source: https://www-wtsp-com.cdn.ampproject.org, July 9, 2021 By: Jillian Olsen Heavy rains and a system failure are to blame for 60,110 gallons of wastewater entering waterways around the Tampa Bay area on July 3. Reports filed with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection show issues in the City of Tampa began around 4:22 p.m. Read more.

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, July 6, 2021 By: Christine G. Barlow, CPCU On June 24th, a large condominium building collapsed in the middle of the night in Surfside, Florida, a town several miles north of Miami. About 55 of the building’s 136 units collapsed within seconds. As of July 6, 32 people have been confirmed dead, and another […]

Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/, July 10, 2021 Minnesota state health officials report investigating  two laboratory-confirmed cases so far among people from unrelated groups who were at the Ramada by Wyndham Albert Lea and spent time in the pool/hot tub area around the last weekend of June. These people became ill between late June and early July. One […]

Source: https://www.njspotlight.com/, July 9, 2021 By: Jon Hurdle Four New Jersey towns and an investor-owned water supplier are suing 3M, DuPont and other makers of PFAS — so-called forever chemicals — saying the companies knew their products would contaminate drinking water but continued to sell them, and must now pay for their cleanup. Camden and […]