Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, July 14, 2023 Residents of an island polluted with PFAS chemicals have filed claims demanding more than $40 million from a western Wisconsin city they say is responsible for the contamination. Municipalities across Wisconsin are grappling with pollution from PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The man-made chemicals are present in a range […]

Source: https://www.thestate.com/, July 12, 2023 By: Sammy Fretwell and Susan Merriam For years, farmers across South Carolina have used sludge from factories and sewage plants to fertilize the fields where crops grow and cattle graze. Applied to thousands of acres since the 1990s, the sludge is billed as a cheap way to enrich the soil. […]

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://apnews.com/ A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. The train cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur, Stillwater County Disaster and Emergency Services said. Officials shut down drinking water intakes downstream while they evaluated […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, June 22, 2023 3M Co has reached a $10.3bn settlement with a host of US public water systems to resolve water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals”, the chemical company announced on Thursday. The company said the settlement would provide the funds over a 13-year period to cities, towns and other public water […]

Source: https://news.cgtn.com/, June 22, 2023 As many as 1,002 people have filed administrative claims against the U.S. government on Tuesday, seeking monetary damages related to fuel-contaminated drinking water in Hawaii. Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, they alleged the U.S. Navy released jet fuel and other contaminants from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility into […]

Source: https://www.wpr.org/, June 22, 2023 By: Evan Casey Matrix Martinez spent months working extra hours at his job to save up money to move into his first apartment at the Community Within the Corridor development in Milwaukee in December. “I put so much work into that apartment,” Martinez said. But for the past three months, […]

Source: https://www.dcnewsnow.com/, June 20, 2023 By: Mikayla Newton An oil spill was reported on Dec. 7, 2021 in Frederick County, Md. Maryland is now suing the two companies responsible for more than 7,000 gallons of oil that was spilled. The Maryland Department of the Environment and the State’s Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit […]

Source: https://vermontbiz.com/, June 19, 2023 Attorney General Charity Clark has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto to protect and restore Vermont’s natural resources and schools affected by PCB contamination. The lawsuit, which seeks recovery for PCB contamination in schools on a statewide basis, is the first of its kind in the nation. The lawsuit alleges that, […]

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, […]