Source: https://dartmouth.theweektoday.com/, May 4, 2021 By: Kate Robinson The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has found that both the town of Dartmouth and the city of New Bedford are at least partly responsible for historic dumping of toxic waste in Dartmouth’s Bliss Corner neighborhood. According to a release from Dartmouth Town Administrator Shawn MacInnes, MassDEP […]

Source: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/, May 5, 2021 By: Kevin McCallum Many Vermont lawmakers say they are ready to ban the “forever chemicals” that have contaminated drinking water in parts of the state. They have many reasons. In Vermont’s best-known case, the chemicals known as PFAS contaminated hundreds of wells in Bennington after two former textile factories in the […]

Source: https://www.bgdailynews.com/, May 4, 2021 The city of Dayton has sued the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the U.S. Department of Defense for failing to stop water contaminants from entering a source of the city’s drinking water. The lawsuit filed Monday in the Southern District of Ohio accuses the air base of failing to stop […]

Source: https://www.tmj4.com/, May 4, 2021 By: John McCracken Craig Koller grew up splashing through backyard creeks and biking gravel trails, sometimes through the Johnson Control Industries Fire Technology Center. Black smoke wafted overhead as it conducted controlled burns to test firefighting foam, producing a dangerous “forever chemical” known as PFAS. Read more.

Source: http://www.rmmagazine.com/, May 3, 2021 By: Robert D. Chesler and Robert M. Horkovich Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may pose the single greatest environmental liability risk to companies today. Used in a wide variety of products including firefighting foam, Teflon, shoes, carpets and clothing, these manmade chemicals travel quickly and persist in groundwater. They require complex and […]

Source: https://wwmt.com/, April 30, 2021 By: Trisha McCauley A $11.9 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit filed over high levels of PFAS contamination in Parchment drinking water. Jesika Sage, Parchment resident, said her family of nine, like many others in Parchment, have been dealing with contaminated waters for years. Read more.

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 […]