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 […]

Source: https://www.advisen.com/, June 29, 2023 By: Erin Ayers The American subsidiary of Solvay, a Belgian chemical manufacturer, agreed to pay $393 million to settle PFAS-related claims in New Jersey in what state officials call a “historic step.” According to New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC produced industrial plastics, coatings, […]

Source: https://vtdigger.org/. July 26, 2023 By: Patrick Crowley A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss the Burlington School District’s lawsuit against Monsanto on Monday, allowing the suit to proceed. U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions denied the motion in a lawsuit related to PCB contamination at Burlington High School. The school district alleged in […]

Source: https://www.courthousenews.com/, December 15, 2022 By: Alanna Madden Chemical manufacturer Monsanto agreed to dole out $698 million over toxic chemicals that Oregon says has polluted its rivers, lakes and forests for the last 90 years. Owned by Germany-based chemical giant Bayer AG, Monsanto is best known for its herbicide Roundup, which has seen its own share […]

Source: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/, December 12, 2022 By: Derek Brouwer The Burlington School District is seeking to force chemical maker Monsanto to pay for the fallout from PCB contamination at the city’s now-shuttered high school. In a lawsuit filed on Friday in federal court in Burlington, the district alleges that Monsanto encouraged customers to use PCB mixtures […]

Source: https://www.courthousenews.com/, August 13, 2022 By: Gabriel Tynes Jerome Haley said he often hears alarms sounding at the Olin plant in McIntosh, Alabama. So often in fact, that he and his neighbors pay little attention to them anymore. Years ago, Haley said, management at the Olin plant and a neighboring chemical plant, which at the […]

Source: https://www.wyso.org/, July 31, 2022 By: Chris Welter The City of Fairborn is suing 32 chemical manufacturers for allegedly contaminating one of the city’s back-up wells with “forever chemicals.” “Forever chemicals,” or PFAS, are extremely difficult to break down because of their strong chemical bonds, so they can end up sticking around for a long time […]

Source: https://www.bnd.com/, July 28, 2022 By: Lexi Cortes Officials have released more details about an airborne chemical leak over the weekend at an East St. Louis manufacturing plant. A chemical transport trailer containing hydroxyethyl acrylate over-pressurized, possibly due to excessive heating, on Saturday morning at the Allnex USA, Inc. plant, spokeswomen for the company and […]

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) has been a prodigious generator of litigation for decades. First, the government sought to compel potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) to clean up contaminated sites. Then, those PRPs who were found liable or who settled with the government sought contribution from other PRPs. Now, even after these […]

Source: https://www.al.com, April 4, 2019 By: Dennis Pillion The West Morgan East Lawrence Water and Sewer Authority and chemical giant 3M are finalizing a settlement in a lawsuit over who will pay for a new multi-million dollar filtration system to remove industrial contaminants from the drinking water of thousands of people in north Alabama. The […]

Source: https://www.delawareonline.com, November 26, 2018 By: Maddy Lauria, Karl Baker and Josephine Peterson It remains unclear what caused flammable toxic gas to seep into the air from Croda Inc.’s bio-ethanol plant north of New Castle Sunday night, but experts say the decision to close the Delaware Memorial Bridge was the safest bet. The incident shut down traffic […]

Source: Dayton Daily News, October 4, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The city of Dayton will sue the makers of firefighting foam in the wake of chemicals found in the water systems here and in other cities around the country. City officials announced the lawsuit today in an afternoon press conference. “It is our duty to […]