Source: https://www.wboc.com/, October 15, 2024 By: Hunter Landon The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has identified Perdue Farms as a “responsible person” in an ongoing investigation into groundwater contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.” The company acknowledged its designation, stating that it will retain this status until […]

Source: https://www.msn.com/, August 13, 2024 By: Marlene Lenthang Five people have developed Legionnaires’ disease following possible exposure to contaminated water droplets from a cooling tower in downtown Lincoln, New Hampshire, state health officials say. The five people developed the disease —  a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria — in June and July, New […]

Source: https://www.nbcchicago.com/, October 11, 2024 By: Mary Norkol The YWCA Evanston/North Shore has temporarily closed to the public after two cases of Legionnaire’s disease were linked to the center. Doors to the YWCA, 1215 Church Ave., were locked Friday afternoon and a sign informed people that all aquatics programming was canceled. An employee confirmed the […]

Source: https://topclassactions.com/, October 14, 2024 By: Jessy Edwards A group of Nantucket residents has filed a class action lawsuit against major chemical companies, alleging that their drinking water, land, and even their bodies have been contaminated by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. The residents filed the PFAS class action complaint against 3M, […]

Source: https://www.ketv.com/, September 25, 2024 By: Matthew Dietz Evacuation and shelter-in-place orders are in place Wednesday in a western Cincinnati suburb after a dangerous chemical leak from a railcar. Students in school buildings and residents in hundreds of neighboring homes were told to evacuate after officials discovered styrene, a toxic and flammable chemical used to […]

Source: https://investigatemidwest.org/, September 18, 2024 By: Dave Dickey Texas state courts have become ground zero in a complaint to determine whether farmers can be held liable for PFAS contamination discovered on their crop land. The Environmental Working Group reports the number of known “forever chemical” sites across the United States are increasing at an alarming rate. Read more.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/, September 10, 2024 A fourth person has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at an assisted living facility in upstate New York, health officials said Tuesday. Albany County officials announced the initial three deaths last week, among ten people who tested positive for the disease at Peregrine Senior Living at Shaker in […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, August 29, 2024 Federal safety inspectors became aware that a 31-year-old employee of a Chicago countertop manufacturer needed a double lung transplant after suffering accelerated silicosis ‒ an incurable lung disease – and the U.S. Department of Labor immediately alerted the company of the potential imminent danger and an inspection by the department’s […]

Source: https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/, August 19, 2024 By: Kevin S. Held State health officials are warning recent guests of a southwest Missouri resort of a possible health concern after confirming three different guests contracted Legionnaires’ disease following their stay. Investigators with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) traveled to the Roaring River Lodge and […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, August 9, 2024 By: Tom Perkins Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” that leach from landfills into groundwater are among the major pollution sources in the US, and remain a problem for which officials have yet to find an effective solution. Now new research has identified another route in which PFAS may escape landfills and threaten the environment at […]

Source: https://insideclimatenews.org/, August 6, 2024 By: Martha Pskowski A dozen people huddle around a 10-foot deep hole in the parched West Texas soil. The group falls silent in anticipation as well-control specialist Hawk Dunlap, in a red jumpsuit, scrapes at the soil with a shovel. A lawyer in a hardhat peers down and trains his […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, July 29, 2024 By: Emmett Gartner Days before winter break ended in December 2022, Bill Hansen was relieved to learn that Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond had no traces of ‘forever chemicals’ in tests of the school’s water system. Hansen, the Windham Raymond School District’s facilities director, was on vacation in Rockland at […]