Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, May 4, 2022 By: Laura Schulte Dane County is pursuing legal action against more than 30 manufacturers of firefighting foam containing “forever chemicals” in an effort to recover money spent monitoring and removing the chemicals from the Madison airport. The county last week filed the suit against the manufacturers of foam containing PFAS, including […]

Source: https://www.globenewswire.com/May 4, 2022 Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ: MSEX) today impleaded 3M Company as a third-party defendant in a current class action lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey (Vera v. Middlesex Water). Middlesex Water Company has taken this action in addition to a separate lawsuit Middlesex Water initiated against the 3M Company in the […]

Source: https://lawstreetmedia.com/, May 3, 2022 By: Kendall Heebink A suit was filed on Monday in the District of New Jersey by plaintiff Weston Solutions, Inc. and defendants EPEC Polymers, Inc. and Gredel Properties, LLC. The complaint for declaratory relief and apportionment of responsibility is over the defendant’s alleged violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, March 28, 2022 By: Bethan Moorcraft Environmental officials announced in January 2022 that more than half a million residents of New Jersey had been exposed to dangerous PFAS chemicals through dozens of community water systems. This breach of New Jersey’s drinking water standards – which were updated in 2020 with strict rules for […]

Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/, March 27, 2022 By: Hannah Kanik Soil vapor contaminants found at the Quito Village Shopping Center in Saratoga have delayed the site’s mixed use development project by more than a year, and cost the property owner about $5 million. Owners Sand Hill Property Company discovered chemicals commonly used in dry cleaning in the […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, January 14, 2022 By: Bernadette M. Rappold, Kerri L. Barsh, Christopher L. Bell, David G. Mandelbaum and Kaitlyn R. Maxwell, Greenberg Traurig LLP The Biden-Harris administration is quickly establishing new federal environment requirements affecting commercial property owners and managers. These requirements, along with changes occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, raise a host of […]

Source: https://www.tampabay.com/, May 3, 2022 By: Zachary T. Sampson Florida is suing the makers of certain firefighting foams, accusing them of polluting the environment and potentially sickening people with chemicals. Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office filed suit in mid-April in Hillsborough circuit court. The state’s lawyers accuse several businesses — including DuPont de Nemours Inc.; […]

Source: https://www.wavy.com/, April 27, 2022 By: Sarah Fearing The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking for public feedback on a proposed cleanup plan for sediment and soil contamination at a site in Portsmouth. According to an EPA document, the 33-acre Peck Iron and Metal site was previously home to a scrap metal processing […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, April 27, 2022 By: Judy Greenwald A jury in state court in New York Tuesday ruled in favor of Brooklyn Union Gas Co. in two-decades-old environmental remediation litigation against a Chubb Ltd. unit. The final amount to be awarded the utility as a result of the verdict in Century Indemnity Co. v. Brooklyn Union […]

Source: https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/, April 26, 2022 By: Jessie Stensland The Navy has spent $24 million so far on investigating and responding to contamination of Whidbey Island groundwater from a chemical found in a type of firefighting foam used to extinguish jet-fuel fires. The Oak Harbor City Council recently agreed to provide the Navy a temporary easement […]

Source: https://www.classaction.org/, March 30, 2022 By: Corrado Rizzi McDonald’s is facing a proposed class action lawsuit following reports that its fast-food packaging contains harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals.” The 47-page lawsuit comes days after watchdog Consumer Reports published that unsafe levels of forever chemicals were found in certain types of […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, April 25, 2022 By: Maanvi Singh As the closing bell rings at Jordan high school, a cacophony of adolescent chatter nearly overpowers the mechanical noises that emanate from the metal recycling plant next door. Students hardly register the lustrous dust – laced with lead, chromium and other contaminants – that settles into the […]