Source: https://www.fox13seattle.com/, July 25, 2024 Ending an eight-year legal battle, chemical giant Monsanto has agreed to a $160-million settlement with Seattle for its part in polluting a river that runs through the heart of the city with toxins that posed a threat to humans, fish and wildlife, the city attorney’s office said Thursday. “We all play a role in […]

Source: https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/, July 23, 2024 By: Guy Burdick On July 17, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update on its investigation into a January 2023 explosion and toxic chemical release at the Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies facility in Geismar, Louisiana. A reboiler at the facility exploded, leading to the release […]

Source: https://kennedyslaw.com/, February 7, 2024 By: Junaid N. Savani Insurers often include exclusions within their liability policies to prohibit coverage for claims arising out of pollution exposure. The exact wording of the exclusion can differ significantly, but the key issue is whether the underlying allegations fall within the scope of the exclusion. In this regard, […]

Source: https://patch.com/, May 30, 2024 By: Dino Ciliberti The company responsible for a chemical spill last year into the Delaware River that caused concerns over drinking water contamination has reached a settlement. More than a year after a chemical spill in the Delaware River that led to widespread panic purchases of water in Lower Bucks County and […]

Source: https://topclassactions.com/, November 28, 2023 By:Abraham Jewett Monsanto corporate spin-off Pharmacia LLC has been ordered by a jury in Seattle to pay $165 million after being found liable for selling an unsafe product without providing adequate warning to consumers. The funds have been awarded to a group of former employees at Sky Valley Education Center […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/. October 13, 2023 By: Tom Perkins Plumes of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” flowing from at least 245 US military bases are contaminating or threatening to pollute drinking water for nearby communities, and hundreds more are likely at risk across America, a new Department of Defense report finds. The number of communities threatened by the military’s […]

Source: https://www.courthousenews.com/, September 28, 2023 By: Joe Kelly The city of Milwaukee’s government sued Monsanto on Thursday over ongoing contamination of its water systems by PCBs, a family of human-made toxic chemicals the agrochemical giant used in its products for decades. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are tasteless, odorless organic chemicals used in a variety of industrial and […]

Source: https://news.wttw.com/, September 20, 2023 By: Heather Cherone For decades, Monsanto released toxic chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, into Chicago’s air, water and soil, causing significant harm to the city’s residents and its environment, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday. Now it is time for the agribusiness firm to pay to clean up the […]

Source: https://cbs2iowa.com/, September 8, 2023 Iowa Department of Natural Resources is suing C6-Zero and its owner Howard Brand for more than $1.5 million. In a lawsuit filed July 6th, IDNR cites two rounds of response to deal with the bio-fuel explosion and fire in Marengo on December 8, 2022. Read more.

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, August 18, 2023 By: Laura Schulte  Residents in a small northern Wisconsin town are suing a paper mill they say is responsible for the spread of “forever chemicals” on nearby farm fields, leading to contamination in their private wells. Four residents in the Town of Stella filed a lawsuit last week against the Ahlstrom-Munksjö […]

Source: Distinguished Programs A chemical manufacturing plant caught fire, emitting hazardous vapors into the air and hazardous liquids into the soil and groundwater. The air vapors and groundwater migrated to a number of nearby third-party properties. A  class action lawsuit was filed by the neighboring community for property damage and bodily injury. In addition to  […]

Source: https://www.fox17online.com/, July 7, 2023 By: Lauren Edwards In 2020, Wolverine Worldwide, the State of Michigan and Plainfield and Algoma townships settled a lawsuit regarding the PFAS contamination crisis that residents endured. The per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as the forever chemical, were discovered in the townships’ water systems and led to residents experiencing […]