Source: https://theconversation.com/, September 8, 2020 By: Caitlin R. Proctor & Andrew J. Whelton As schools cautiously reopen for the fall semester, several have discovered potentially harmful bacteria in their water systems. Parents are likely concerned about what this means for their children, and other districts may be checking their own water’s safety. As researchers who […]

Source: https://www.clickondetroit.com/, September 10, 2020 By: Frank McGeorge, MD The coronavirus (COVID-19) isn’t the only illness that educators and parents are worried about as students head back to school. The early and extended closure of school buildings has also heightened the risk of legionella. Legionella is the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, and it has been detected in several […]

Source: https://www.wqpmag.com/, September 10, 2020 By: Cristina Tuser The companies that allegedly contaminated drinking water wells in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are not accepting responsibility Companies accused of contaminating drinking water wells in North Smithfield, Rhode Island and Millville, Massachusetts are taking steps to reduce public-health risks. North Smithfield has contaminated sites associated with industrial operations and dumping. […]

Source: https://www.wtsp.com/, September 10, 2020 By: Jenna Bourne, Lauren Powell, Nate Morabito 10 Investigates found something hospitals use every day could be hurting some patients, even killing them: Tap water. At least eight Florida surgery patients have filed lawsuits over infections caused by bacteria that can hide in water. Read more.

Source: https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/, September 10, 2020 By: Greg Barnes Months after DuPont bought the rights to produce Perfluorooctanoic acid (known as PFOA or C8) from Minnesota’s 3M Corp. in 2002, DuPont discovered that the suspected carcinogen used to make Teflon had leaked into the groundwater under the company’s Fayetteville Works plant. Except for some local newspaper […]

Source: https://truthout.org/, September 9, 2020 By: Caitlin Proctor & Andrew Whelton As schools cautiously reopen for the fall semester, several have discovered potentially harmful bacteria in their water systems. Parents are likely concerned about what this means for their children, and other districts may be checking their own water’s safety. As researchers who investigate water […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, September 4, 2020 By: Garret Ellison Michigan regulators have signed a $35.2 million settlement with a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp. to pay for toxic site cleanup at dozens of gas stations where leaking underground storage tanks were discovered. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and Attorney General Dana Nessel’s […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, September 8, 2020 South Carolina sued the owner of a site where a massive pile of trash burned and smoldered for months, demanding $5 million to pay back what the state spent to put out the fire and clean up the site. Able Contracting Inc. and Earlbee LLC accumulated debris in a mound […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, September 1, 2020 By: Todd O. Maiden and Eric J. Schmoll, Reed Smith LLP The California legislature is sending a bill (SB 1044) to Governor Gavin Newsom that would significantly affect the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (“PFAS”) chemicals in firefighting foam. Specifically, the bill prohibits the manufacture, sale and use of class B firefighting […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, September 2, 2020 Indianapolis Power & Light Co. has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million in penalties to resolve pollution issues at its Petersburg Generating Station in southwestern Indiana. IPL will pay a civil penalty of $1.525 million, with $925,000 going to the federal government and $600,000 to the state of Indiana, […]

Source: https://www.coloradoan.com/, September 2, 2020 By: Pat Ferrier A 12-story office tower in downtown Fort Collins has been shuttered since mid-August after a major asbestos spill occurred during renovations. The spill was reported to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Aug. 6, just as some businesses had returned to their offices amid […]

Source: https://www.delmarvanow.com/, September 2, 2020 By: Julia Rentsch The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will designate the town of Blades, Del., a Superfund site for the purpose of cleaning up industrial chemicals contaminating the town’s groundwater. The listing is primarily related to cleaning up metals associated with electroplating compounds, the EPA announced Wednesday in a news release. […]