Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, May 3, 2021</span Florida jury has award a woman $48 million after a leaky roof led to contamination of her apartment by mold, which caused her debilitating illness. It all started in 2015 when 56-year-old Lynette Jividen moved into an apartment complex. The roof already leaked and had evidence of mold. Jividen moved […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, April 30, 2021 By: Tori B. Powell An underground radioactive chemical storage tank in southeast Washington state is leaking gallons of nuclear waste, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology, which is overseeing the site’s cleanup. The 75-year-old tank B-109 at Hanford Nuclear Reservation is estimated to be leaking 3.5 gallons of waste a […]

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, April 28, 2021 Just a few days ago, an $11.9 million settlement was announced in a Michigan lawsuit in which a class of approximately 3,000 plaintiffs alleged that a PFAS manufacturer and a PFAS-using paper mill contaminated drinking water supplies, thereby polluting the environment and placing nearby citizens at increased risk of adverse […]

Source: https://www.kplctv.com/, April 26, 2021 By: Johnathan Manning Several petrochemical companies will pay $5.5 million to the federal government for costs incurred while investigating and addressing contamination of the Calcasieu Estuary Site. The pollution occurred over a number of years as the plants released chemicals into area waterways, according to the complaint filed in federal court. […]

Source: https://www.usnews.com/, April 26, 2021 Nine oil refineries and chemical companies in the Lake Charles area have agreed to pay the federal government $5.5 million for their contamination of parts of the northern Calcasieu River estuary. The settlement was announced this month by the U.S. Justice Department, according to nola.com. The latest in a series […]

Source: https://www.daytondailynews.com/, April 26, 2021 By: Ismail Turay Jr. So-called “forever chemicals” have been detected in at least a dozen private drinking water wells in the communities near the Aullwood Audubon Farm Discovery Center since the chemicals were discovered in the facility’s water system last fall. The Ohio Department of Health and third party sampling […]

Source: https://www.wgrz.com/, April 20, 2021 An agreement has been reached that will see New York State recover some $4 million it spent to cover cleanup costs at the former Tonawanda Forge site. The joint announcement was made Tuesday by the offices of the New York State Attorney General and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Read more.

Source: https://www.abc12.com/, April 22, 2021 By: Cheri Hardmon ”Thousands of companies that make PFAS or use PFAS have no incentive to keep us safe. They are safe from us and that’s about to change,” said activist/actor Mark Ruffalo. The PFAS Accountability Act if passed, would allow people exposed to PFAS an opportunity to sue manufacturers […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, April 22, 2021 By:Ayanna Runcie Limited access to clean water remains a struggle for millions of Americans. And lack of water access is expected to become an even greater problem in the coming years across the U.S. and around the world. In West Virginia, many households in McDowell County rely on collecting water from fresh […]

Source: https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/, April 16, 2021 By: Timothy B. Wheeler The U.S. Navy has reported finding high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in groundwater beneath its Patuxent River air base in Southern Maryland and beneath a smaller airfield nearby on the St. Marys River. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, were detected in all 16 areas […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com/, March 2021 By: Tim Walsh You’re excited about bidding on a project and are notified that you will be required to be insured by an OCIP or CCIP. Notification of such requirement can be as simple as a statement in the construction agreement that the owner or construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) may require […]

Source: https://www.bayjournal.com/, April16, 2021 By: Timothy B. Wheeler The U.S. Navy has reported finding high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in groundwater beneath its Patuxent River air base in Southern Maryland and beneath a smaller airfield nearby on the St. Mary’s River. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, were detected in all 16 areas sampled […]