Source: https://www.usnews.com/, September 29, 2021 Defense company Northrop Grumman knew for more than a decade that chemicals from a site it owns near the Springfield-Branson Airport were contaminating groundwater in surrounding property, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit claims Northrop Grumman, which is based in Virginia, did not notify residents their groundwater may […]

Source: https://patch.com/, September 27, 2021 By: Dan Ross Sued last year by the state for its role as an owner and operator during the 1970s of a notoriously dirty lead-acid battery recycling facility in Vernon, east of Los Angeles, NL Industries has filed a counterclaim arguing that property owners and other parties, including businesses, are to blame for area […]

Source: https://whyy.org/, September 24, 2021 By: Mark Eichmann Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings is suing Monsanto and two of its subsidiaries for “long-lasting damage” to the state’s natural resources from “extremely toxic” chemicals the company produced for decades. The lawsuit centers on polychlorinated biphenyls, more commonly known as PCBs, that the company produced and which […]

Source: https://www.militarytimes.com/, September 26, 2021 By: Theresa Davis Cannon Air Force Base is starting work with nearby landowners to test their water and soil for a group of chemicals known as PFAS. Tests will help the military determine where an underground contamination plume migrated off the base, the Albuquerque Journal reported. Read more.

Source: https://alliedworldinsurance.com/, EnviroScope, September 2021 Consider this scenario: You are the lead sales broker on a large commercial real estate M&A transaction and the deal’s primary lender has requested copies of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) for the 80 properties in the portfolio as a precondition to issuing a loan commitment for financing the […]

Source: https://news.delaware.gov/, September 23, 20021 Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings filed a lawsuit Wednesday against agrochemical giant Monsanto and two of its corporate spinoffs for long-lasting damage to Delaware’s natural resources. The lawsuit seeks to recover damages and clean-up costs associated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), extremely toxic and persistent chemicals which Monsanto manufactured for decades, despite knowing […]

Source: https://www.thesunchronicle.com/, September 21, 2021 By: George W. Rhodes The city’s Wading River Water Treatment Plant in Mansfield will be shut down Thursday to find a solution to contamination caused by polyfluoroalkyls, or PFAs. The plant was discovered to be out of compliance with new state standards for the chemicals in July, but was allowed to […]

Source: https://riverheadlocal.com/, September 21, 2021 By: Denise Civiletti Chemical contaminants known to have a wide range of health risks have been detected at the Riverhead landfill site on Youngs Avenue at levels up to more than 10 times the state drinking water standard, prompting an investigation by environmental and health officials into potential contamination of […]

Source: https://www.thetimesnews.com/, September 20, 2021 By: Lisa Sorg Tattooed in ivy, bound in chain-link fence, Building 16 casts an ominous three-story shadow over several homes along Hilton Road. The window blinds are torn, as if it were sleeping with one eye open. This relic of the Cold War is among two dozen buildings sprawled across […]

Source: The Toronto Star, September 18, 2021 Posted On: https://www.advisen.com/ Yet another popular weed killer used by American farmers for decades is becoming a costly liability for the companies behind the chemical. Over the past seven months, new lawsuits have been filed almost every day claiming farmers or field workers contracted Parkinson’s disease from their […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Victims from the nearly 1 million-acre Dixie fire still burning in Northern California have sued Pacific Gas & Electric amid suspicions that the utility’s equipment may have sparked the blaze that has reduced more than 1,300 homes to rubble. A pair of suits filed this […]

Source: https://www.pittks.org/ The US Environmental Protection Agency began a cleanup project this week on the East 4th Street field across from the Mission Clay Products property in Pittsburg. Pittsburg Deputy City Manager Jay Byers says the EPA is working in conjunction with the city and the church that owns the property to remove lead and […]