Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, July 31, 2020 The Alabama Department of Environmental Management announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with chemical giant 3M regarding cleanup of “forever chemicals” at its plant in Decatur and at multiple sites in northwest part of the state. The state environmental agency said under the interim consent order that the […]

Source: https://www.alleghenyfront.org/, July 29, 2020 By: Reid Frazier The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined the natural gas driller CNX $310,000 for spills and landslides associated with a pipeline project in Washington County. The fines are for violations along pipelines it built to carry natural gas and wastewater the company used in its fracking […]

Source: https://www.moultonadvertiser.com/, July 30, 2020 By: Eric Fleischauer A consent order announced Friday by the state requiring 3M Co. to clean up waste sites containing “forever chemicals” and to take steps to limit the release of the chemicals from its Decatur plant also reveals a dozen contaminated dump sites in Lawrence and Morgan counties. Lance […]

Source: https://spectrumnews1.com/, July 28, 2020 By: Jeff Dahdah The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced an accidental spill and possible contamination in the Marinette Area of PFAS. PFAS are a set of manmade chemicals used in things like firefighting foam, nonstick pans, and food wrappings. They are harmful to humans if digested and are often […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, July 30, 2020 Wisconsin environmental officials said July 27 that they’re monitoring cleanup of what they’re calling an accidental release of contaminated river and groundwater at a Marinette plant that manufactures fire extinguishers and fire suppression systems. Department of Natural Resources officials said in a statement that they were notified of the release […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, July 27, 2020 By: Laura Schulte A Marinette-based company known for mixing firefighting foam is under scrutiny after a spill Sunday night that sent water contaminated with arsenic and “forever chemicals” into the Menominee River. Tyco Fire Protection Products, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, was the origin of the spill, according to the Wisconsin […]

Source: https://www.wmtw.com/, July 27, 2020 By: Phil Hirschkorn A new bill going before the Maine Legislature would hold manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals” accountable for pollution to farmland in the state. The polyfluoroalkyl substances are blamed for toxic contamination on at least two Maine dairy farms. Stoneridge dairy farm in Arundel used sewage sludge to […]

Source: https://www.popville.com/, July 17, 2020 “Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Monsanto will pay $52 million to resolve a lawsuit over the company’s production, promotion, and sale of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that damaged the District’s natural resources and put the health of residents at risk. The settlement with the Office of the […]

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/, July 24, 2020 By: Kevin Miller Milk from a Central Maine dairy farm contained levels of a harmful “forever chemical” that were 60 to 150 times higher than health standards, triggering a state investigation and raising new concerns about PFAS contamination on farms. The levels of contamination in the farm’s milk are the […]

Source: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), July 25, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ 3M Co., which has spent $100 million on PFAS cleanup in Alabama, on Friday agreed to pay much more in a settlement with the state and the Environmental Protection Agency. Alabama and EPA officials called it a landmark agreement, the “most far-reaching and significant […]

Source: https://www.alleghenyfront.org/, July 23, 2020 By: Reid Frazier Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro charged two pipeline companies with polluting groundwater and streams in a series of spills in 2015 along a pipeline project in Washington County. Shapiro said grand jury evidence obtained in the case showed that the pipeline builders chose to ignore a spill along […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, July 23, 2020 By: Judy Greenwald An insurer is not obligated to defend a construction company in a case involving hazardous fumes and dust because “there is no ambiguity” its policy’s pollution exclusion applies, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in affirming a lower court ruling. Lansing, Michigan-based Southern Owners Insurance Co. issued […]