Source: https://www.mvtimes.com/, November 13, 2020 By: Lucas Thors The Martha’s Vineyard Airport is looking at hiring the New Jersey-based consulting firm, R&B Consulting, to investigate possible opportunities for reaching a settlement on decades-old liability insurance related to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). According to John Malanchuck, partner at Eisenstein Malanchuck LLP, his law firm has […]

Source: State (Columbia, SC), November 14, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Residents of a small town that injected an unapproved chemical into their drinking water for 10 years want the chemical manufacturer and South Carolina health regulators to pay for exposing them to the unauthorized water additive. Berry Systems Inc. and the S.C. Department of Health […]

Source: Associated Press, November 10, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ New Jersey is upping its efforts to force chemical companies to pay for decades of contamination of waterways by substances including so-called forever chemicals used to stain-proof clothing and produce non-stick cookware that have become ubiquitous in everyday life. The state Attorney General’s Office and the […]

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/, November 10, 2020 By: Ryan Felton The manufacturer Solvay Specialty Polymers USA has been emitting unregulated PFAS chemicals at a New Jersey facility for more than two decades and contaminating water supplies, state regulators allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. But the state remains unable to release detailed information about the compounds because […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, November 10, 2020 By: Scott Fallon Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration sued one of the nation’s largest companies on Tuesday seeking financial damages for a cornucopia of pollution that has seeped from an Edgewater Superfund site into the Hudson River and the surrounding area for decades. The lawsuit filed against Honeywell International seeks money […]

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/, March 2, 2020 By: Ashish Mansharamani and Abhimanyu Shrivastava The media has consistently reported on cancer deaths in the Malwa region of Punjab. While a definite scientific finding on the same is awaited, there have been varying conclusions which may, at best, be speculative in nature.  But first, it is important to bring […]

Source: https://blog.cvn.com/, November 5, 2020 By: David Siegel Bayer-owned Monsanto faces opening statements next Tuesday in Washington state court in a trial alleging long-lasting carcinogenic chemicals in a school building put the health of numerous teachers and students at risk. The lawsuit, filed by three former teachers at the Sky Valley School and one of […]

Source: https://bronx.news12.com/, November 4, 2020 New soil contamination has been found at a Bethpage ballfield that has been plagued by issues. The decades-old toxic dumping ground at Bethpage Community Park has caused it to be off limits for years. It’s directly linked to the Grumman Corporation. A high-tech cleanup is underway at the ballfield after […]

Source: https://www.recordonline.com/, October 29, 2020 By: Daniel Axelrod Local leaders say they’re indignant at news the Air Force probably won’t prioritize cleanup funds for pollution the military likely caused to the city’s former primary drinking water source. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York’s senior Democratic senator, broke the news to local leaders late […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, October 28, 2020 By: Danielle Kaeding A 2015 report identified hazardous substances on the site of the Sheboygan Municipal Armory near Lake Michigan, but contamination was only recently reported to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at the request of state environmental regulators. Now, the DNR is directing the city to investigate and […]

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/, October 27, 2020 By: Molly Shelly While a dairy farm in Fairfield has had its products taken off the shelves since June following the discovery of high levels of so-called “forever chemicals” in its milk, a nearby resident says she recently found out her well water has been contaminated with the same chemicals. […]

Source: https://www.timesunion.com/, October 26, 2020 By: Ry Rivard The state last week labeled the Adirondack Regional Airport, a town-owned airfield near Saranac Lake, a hazardous waste site. Like hundreds of other airports across the country, Adirondack Regional over the years sprayed firefighting foam that contains chemicals now known to cause cancer and other health problems. These persistent “forever chemicals,” […]