Source: https://napavalleyregister.com/, June 29, 2021 By: Flint Ellsworth One particular issue with UVDS’s operation of Clover Flat Landfill (CFL) that should be of concern to everyone is that of PFAS. PFAS (“forever chemicals”) are a class of man-made chemicals that are highly resistant to breaking down. They accumulate in the body over time and are […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, June 29, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ The president of the Champlain South Towers condo association told residents in April their building was in desperate disrepair and urged them to pay the $15 million in assessments needed to fix structural problems, in a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The […]

Source: https://www.advisen.com/, Associated Press, June 24, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Efforts to clean up a leaky reservoir that dumped tens of millions of gallons of potentially hazardous gypsum wastewater into Tampa Bay must be overseen by a federal judge to guard against continued mismanagement, environmental groups claimed in a lawsuit filed Thursday. More than 215 […]

Source: Miami Herald, June 24, 2021 Posted on:https://www.advisen.com/ Search and rescue teams continued the delicate work of picking through a mountain of rubble in Surfside on Thursday afternoon, looking for even the faintest signs of life that might be buried inside the two-story-high remains of the partial collapse of the 12-story oceanfront building, Champlain Towers […]

Source: https://www-foxbusiness-com, June 21, 2021 By: Brittany De Lea A hacker attempted to taint the drinking water in the San Francisco area at the beginning of the year, a disturbing report that recently came to light revealed. The hacker obtained a former employee’s TeamViewer credentials to log on and delete programs to treat drinking water, according to […]

Source: Associated Press, June 22, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ The Wisconsin Assembly planned to vote Tuesday on a bill that would create a new $10 million grant program to help communities clean up contamination from forever chemicals known as PFAS but would ban them from suing those responsible for the pollution. The Republican-backed measure has […]

Source: Associated Press, June 17, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Citgo Petroleum Corp. of Houston has agreed to pay $19.7 million for environmental damage from a 2006 spill at a Louisiana refinery, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. The agreement settles both state and federal environmental claims from the 2.2-million-gallon (8.3- million-liter) spill at the […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, June 17, 2021 Preliminary findings of an independent investigation into the deadly collapse of a Mexico City metro rail line last month showed the accident was caused by a structural fault, a senior city official said on Wednesday. Jesus Esteva, head of Mexico City’s public works department, said the probe by Norwegian firm […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, June 17, 2021 By: Matthew Daly More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada are awash with a toxic industrial compound associated with serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame tested more than 230 commonly […]

Source: https://riskandinsurance.com/, June 14, 2021 By: Autumn Demberger Centinela Gas Station Inc. operated a gas station in Culver City, California. In March 2018, it purchased a property policy through AMCO Insurance Company for this location, under which direct physical loss or damage would be covered. In November 2018, Centinela’s gas station discovered a vapor leak stemming […]

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/, June 15, 2021 By: Tik Root Cosmetics distributed in the United States and Canada are rife with a class of chemicals that have been associated with a number of diseases, including cancer, and frequently aren’t labeled accurately, according to a new study. Over the last three years, researchers tested 231 cosmetics products in […]

Source: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/, June 13, 2021 By: Howard Monroe As crews work to clean up a massive fuel spill in Delaware County, it’s now causing environmental issues in other nearby areas. Chopper 3 was over the scene in Brookhaven. Investigators say a spill at a gas station is to blame, but the exact details are still […]