Source: https://www.vermontpublic.org/, June 20, 2023 By: Howad Weiss-Tisman Vermont is the only state in the country that’s testing all of its older school buildings for PCBs, a class of industrial chemicals that were used in building materials, and which are known to cause cancer. The testing started last year, and it’s proven to be more complicated, […]

Source: https://wislawjournal.com/, June 15, 2023, Attorneys on Wednesday filed a class-action lawsuit against the developer of the Community Within the Corridor (CWC) redevelopment on behalf of a resident who said she faced illness after evacuating from the Milwaukee redevelopment in March. In March, around 150 people had to evacuate from the affordable housing redevelopment project […]

Source: https://georgialawnews.com/, May 20, 2023 America’s largest denim manufacturing facility and supplier to well-known jeans brands will stop using PFAS after a lawsuit over its wastewater emissions. The lawsuit alleged that the plant discharges approximately 3.2 million gallons of PFAS- and chemical-contaminated wastewater daily into the Trion Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant, which was unable to […]

Source: https://sourcingjournal.com/, May 19, 2023 By: Kate Nishimura & Jessica Binns America’s biggest denim manufacturing site and supplier to well-known jeans brands will stop using PFAS after a lawsuit took aim at its wastewater output. Mount Vernon Mills last week said that by Dec. 31 its mill in Trion, Ga. will stop using per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also called […]

Source: https://www.newscentermaine.com/, May 22, 2023 By: Joyce Kryszak From the deck of their Beachwood Bay Estates condominium in the Washington County town of Cutler, Rita and Gary VanGyzen spend mornings drinking coffee and breathing fresh ocean air off the deep blue waters of Holmes Bay. A promotional video produced by the condominium homeowner’s association captured […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, April 10, 2023 By: Chris Hoffman A tractor-trailer overturned in Lincoln Borough, leaking chemicals and diesel fuel into a nearby creek on Monday. For a better part of the afternoon, crews were getting 55-gallon drum barrels out of the creek along Bellbridge Road in Lincoln and making sure none of the chemicals in […]

Source: https://www.wskg.org/, April 12, 2023 By: David Sommerstein A national environmental not-for-profit is suing a Jefferson County dairy farm, claiming its manure is polluting the St. Lawrence River. The owner of Wood Farms says the lawsuit is meritless, and the state Department of Environmental Conservation appears to be on the farmer’s side. Read more.

Source: https://www.pbs.org/, March 27, 2023 A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials. But local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety. There were no injuries and no fire associated with the derailment, which occurred in a rural area outside Wyndmere, a town […]

Source: https://www.wpr.org/, March 27, 2023 By: Rich Kremer State lawmakers will consider a $215,000 settlement offer from Kinnard Farms Tuesday, the agreement tied to allegations the business violated regulations while spreading manure in Kewaunee and Door Counties. If approved, it would mark a total of nearly $600,000 in settlements between the Wisconsin Department of Justice […]

Source: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/, March 5, 2023 By: Sarah Cassi More than three months after a tanker truck crash sent thousands of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel into a Bethlehem neighborhood and down storm drains, crews are still working to clean up the spill that reached a tributary of the Monocacy Creek. The Nov. 17 crash […]

Source: https://www.newscentermaine.com/, March 2, 2023 By: Vivien Leigh More than 50 farms across Maine have been flagged by regulators as having some type of contamination from toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The industrial compounds were in wastewater sludge trucked to farms and used as fertilizer, leaching into well water and soil for decades. Read more.

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 […]