Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com, August 8, 2017 By: Michael Hawthorne Federal environmental regulators are cracking down on a Southeast Side company after finding high levels of brain-damaging manganese in a low-income, predominantly Latino neighborhood. Air quality monitors posted around the S.H. Bell Co. storage terminal recorded violations of federal health standards during nearly 40 percent of the […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, April 24, 2017 By: Larry Rulison Discussion will focus on asbestos found at the former food plant Beech-Nut will be sitting down with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency soon to go over an EPA administrative order that it clean up the asbestos mess at its former Canajoharie plant. Beech-Nut had until Friday to […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, April 24, 2017 By: Judy Greenwald A Travelers Cos. Inc. unit is not obligated to pay more than $36 million in indemnification and prejudgment interest to a manufacturing company because of an asbestos exclusion in its excess policies, says a federal appeals court, overturning a lower court ruling. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based General Refractories […]

Source: http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com, June 12, 2012 Three Kentucky whiskey makers are facing an environmental class action lawsuit alleging ethanol vapors given off during the aging process are leaving black spots called “whiskey fungus” on nearby cars and homes, and this fungus is allegedly causing permanent property damage. The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of […]

Source: http://www.thenation.com, October 14, 2014 By: Sharon Lerner For years, radioactive waste has seeped into swampland, canals—even drinking water. Now a few families are fighting to hold the polluters accountable. This article was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, with support from the Gertrude Blumenthal Kasbekar Fund. A pixielike girl […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2015 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Exide Technologies is in trouble again with state environmental regulators who on Wednesday cited the Vernon battery recycler for eight hazardous-waste violations. Inspections last week by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found the lead-acid battery recycling plant […]

Read here about a recycling company in California that will pay over $2 million to settle a case regarding handling of toxic waste.

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com, September 19, 2013 By: Alexander Smith A fire engulfed a chemical plant in Oklahoma early Thursday, heating pressurized containers and causing several explosions, authorities said. The Danlin plant in Thomas, Okla., caught fire at 10 p.m. local time (11 p.m. ET) Wednesday, according to fire officials. Contrary to previous statements by the Thomas […]

Source: http://www.spencerfane.com, April 21, 2013 By: Andrew Brought One of the largest food production companies in the world has agreed to resolve violations of EPA’s Risk Management Program (RMP), Clean Air Act Section 112(r), 40 CFR Part 68, stemming from failures associated with its storage and management of the refrigerant anhydrous ammonia. As part of […]

Read here about a recall of fruit juices by Wegmans because they may contain a byproduct of mold.

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com, April 18, 2013 By: M. Alex Johnson, John Newland and Tracy Connor, NBC News Rescue crews were going door to door Thursday in the ruins of a small Texas town where a fertilizer-plant explosion killed at least 5 to 15 people, wounded more than 160 and destroyed dozens of home and businesses, including […]

Source: Rockland County Times (NY), February 7, 2013 By: Michael Riconda After decades of problems in the Torne Valley due to contamination from the dumping of paint sludge, the Ford Motor Company finally begun hazardous waste cleanup near the Ramapo River on January 28. Cleanup was initiated last Monday, focusing upon Operable Unit 1 (OU1), […]