Source: https://yaledailynews.com/, January 18, 2024 By: Natasha Khazzam & Arela Lopez Fourteen people were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning on Wednesday morning following a construction-site gas leak at 73 Howe St. Emergency responders determined that the Yale-hired construction firm, Babbidge Construction Company, had not been using carbon monoxide detectors. The carbon monoxide exposure originated from […]

Source: https://turnto10.com, January 16, 2024 A New Hampshire resort hot tub is believed to be the source of Legionella exposure last month. Officials said it happened at the Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa in Whitefield. Read more.

Source: https://www.thecooldown.com/, January 16, 2024 By: Susan Elizabeth Turek A group of seven former students and parent volunteers are reportedly set to receive a payout of nearly $1 billion after they were reportedly exposed to and sickened by toxic chemicals leaking from light fixtures. Reuters reported Dec. 18 that a Washington state jury found that Monsanto, […]

Source: https://localnewsmatters.org/, December 24, 2023 By: Joshua Picazo A high concentration of harmful chemicals that are known to cause cancer were found near the site of a former dry cleaning business in Richmond, a local health agency said Thursday. Contra Costa Health, which alerts the public to safety hazards, said the California Department of Toxic […]

Source: https://www.northcentralpa.com/, January 3, 2024  Following an investigation of chemical contamination that has reportedly spread across three townships in Greene County, Pa., the PA Department of Environmental Protection has determined a shale gas operator is responsible. According to a report in the PA Environment Digest, the DEP posted an inspection report for the Mohr A and […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, December 18, 2023 A jury in Washington state on Monday ordered Bayer’s Monsanto to pay $857m to former students and parent volunteers of a school north-east of Seattle who claimed that chemicals known as PCBs made by the company leaked from light fixtures and made them sick, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs. […]

Source: https://ncnewsline.com/, December 4, 2023 By: Lisa Sorg Nearly two years after a catastrophic fire at the Weaver Fertilizer plant in Winston-Salem, contaminated groundwater at the site has “likely migrated offsite to the west and north,” state records show, and “more groundwater investigation is necessary.” The groundwater beneath the property at 4440 N. Cherry St., contains high […]

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://finance.yahoo.com/, November 21, 2023 By: Clark Mindock A U.S. jury has ordered Bayer’s Monsanto to pay $165 million to employees of a school northeast of Seattle who claimed chemicals made by the company called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, leaked from light fixtures and got them sick. The Washington state court jury found the company […]

Source: https://www.wcax.com/, November 21, 2023 By: Melissa Cooney Forever chemicals are festering inside some of Vermont’s schools. PCBs were a common component in building materials used prior to 1980. They have a lot of health risks, like cancer and other illnesses. To address the problem, the state launched a first-in-the-nation pilot program for PCBs. It’s […]

Source: https://www.latimes.com/, November 8, 2023 By: Sara Cardine Chevron will pay Orange County $1.25 million for removing gallons of oil that leaked from a ruptured pipeline into the Talbert Channel in Huntington Beach last year, according to a settlement agreement reached Tuesday. A contractor crew working for the county’s Department of Public Works was enhancing […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, November 1, 2023 By: Laura Schulte Town of Campbell residents filed a lawsuit against the neighboring City of La Crosse, seeking money not only for property damages caused by “forever chemicals” in private wells, but for a medical study on health impacts to residents of the community. In the suit, Campbell residents who […]