Source: http://indepthnh.org/, October 27, 2020 Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and Gov. Chris Sununu announce that the state has filed suit against several manufacturers of polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs. The state has sued Monsanto Company, Solutia, Inc., and Pharmacia LLC for contamination of public property, surface water, sediment, fish, wildlife, marine resources, and other natural […]

Source: https://www.traverseticker.com/, October 27, 2020 By: Beth Milligan Approximately 20 households in East Bay Township could have drinking wells contaminated with PFAS chemicals linked to cancer and other health risks – with state and local health officials seeking to test the properties, provide bottled water as a short-term safety precaution, and potentially switch the homes […]

Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/, October 22, 2020 By: Lynne Peeples Before her 73-year-old mom contracted Legionnaires’ disease at a nursing home earlier this year, Monique Barlow knew little about the deadly pneumonia and the waterborne pathogen that causes it. “Until then, I didn’t give it much thought,” says Barlow. “I didn’t even really know what it was.” […]

Source: https://www.nj.com/, October 22, 2020 By: Bill Duhart A South Jersey chemical manufacturer has filed a lawsuit accusing a nearby refinery of being the source of water pollution for which the manufacturer has paid “millions” to remediate for more than a decade. Solvay Specialty Polymers — which had operated a facility in West Deptford, about 3 miles […]

Source: Miami Herald, October 20, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ More than 20 months after a Venezuelan oil tanker carrying nearly 55 million gallons of crude oil was abandoned off the country’s northern coast following tightened U.S. sanctions, inspectors from neighboring Trinidad and Tobago will finally get a chance to see for themselves if the idle […]

Source: https://www.nj.com/, October 19, 2020 By: Peter D’Auria An industrial products company could pay millions of dollars to Jersey City residents in a new class action settlement, potentially bringing an end to years of litigation over chromium contamination on Jersey City’s south side. Under the terms of the proposed agreement, PPG Industries would pay out […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, October 19, 2020 By: Edward L. Sheiffele, Jr. Historically, professional liability insurance policies related to construction have been created for specific individual risks: architects and engineers, contractors, developers, environmental consultants and other miscellaneous related professionals. There were also policies that addressed the exposure for the design, manufacture and installation of products. As a result, the technical […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, October 15, 2020 By: Jeffrey Karp and Edward Mahaffey, Sullivan & Worcester LLP Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are found in firefighting foam used by the military since the 1970’s for training exercises and to extinguish liquid and gas fires. These compounds are part of a larger class of toxic chlorinated […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, October 16, 2020 By: Elana Ashanti Jefferson In 2020, it sometimes seems like no segment of society is untouched by COVID-19. Builders, contractors, architects and engineers, however, are rarely linked to the pandemic’s most painful economic punches. “In the last six months, we haven’t seen that much of an impact,” says Audrey Lau, […]

Source: Fayetteville Observer (NC), October 14, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ The North Carolina Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in Cumberland County against DuPont, Chemours and related companies to hold them accountable for the alleged environmental damage done by chemicals emitted from the plant. The GenX chemical that is produced by the plant […]

Source: https://www.buffalorising.com/, October 14, 2020 The former site of Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna is in line for (at least) an estimated $35 million cleanup, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced. Cuomo says that the comprehensive cleanup is thanks to a Consent Order with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), that was issued […]

Source: https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/, October 14, 2020 By: Gary D. Robertson The state of North Carolina sued on Tuesday to seek financial damages from companies associated with so-called “forever chemicals” released for decades from a Bladen County plant into the Cape Fear River. Attorney General Josh Stein, who is also a plaintiff in the lawsuit filed against […]