Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, April 30, 2024 By: Nina Kakhani</span. Tyson Foods dumped millions of pounds of toxic pollutants directly into American rivers and lakes over the last five years, threatening critical ecosystems, endangering wildlife and human health, a new investigation reveals.Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide were among the 371m lb of pollutants released into waterways […]

Source: https://apnews.com/, April 30, 2024 By: Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of  methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems. The EPA said its action will protect Americans from health […]

Source: https://www.npr.org/, April 25, 2024 By: Jeff Brady The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules on Thursday to limit the pollution from power plants that drives climate change. Power plants are the second biggest source of planet-heating greenhouse gasses behind transportation, according to the EPA. Under the regulations, existing coal and new natural gas-fired power plants that […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, April 22, 2024 By: Clark Mindock The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated a pair of widely used industrial chemicals as hazardous substances under the country’s Superfund program, accelerating a crackdown on toxic compounds known as “forever chemicals.” The rule will require companies to report leaks of two of the most commonly […]

Source: https://www.wbur.org/, April 19, 2024 By: Barbara Moran The Environmental Protection Agency is designating two PFAS chemicals as “hazardous substances” under the government’s Superfund law, allowing federal regulators to force polluters to pay for cleanup of the toxic so-called “forever chemicals.” EPA singled out the two chemicals, PFOS and PFOA, as particularly harmful, stating in recent press […]

Source: https://www.stltoday.com/, April 19, 2024 By: Kelsey Landis A litany of mistakes by a St. Louis County contractor, from a missing sewer line to the use of outdated designs, has delayed the opening of a new North County police precinct by almost a year, according to county documents. The $12.5 million North County police precinct, […]

Source: https://www.latimes.com/, April 18, 2024 By: Ian James After years of analysis and debate, California regulators have adopted a nation-leading drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen found in water supplies across the state. The dangers of the toxic heavy metal, also known as chromium-6, became widely known in the 1990s after a court […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, April 18, 2023 An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer argued this week for a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to toxic asbestos dust. The railroad — now owned by […]

Source: https://www.register-herald.com/, April 17, 2024 By: Erin Beck Robin Fox remembers the first sign that something was wrong with her husband Mark. “That was three years before we knew about the water,” she said. First, he began slurring his speech. Though Mark was once the picture of health, his muscle function rapidly deteriorated until he […]

Source: https://riskandinsurance.com/, April 17, 2024 By: Autumn Demberger Construction projects are booming. That’s because demand is returning to its pre-pandemic levels, no longer impeded by mass closures, supply chain stalls or a lack of labor. Businesses and homeowners are looking to build, and the industry is more than happy to oblige. “The pre-COVID building boom, […]

Source: https://thehill.com/, April 16, 2024 By: Zack Budryk The Labor Department on Tuesday issued long-awaited rules governing acceptable levels of exposure to silica dust, a compound linked to terminal breathing issues in miners. Under the final rule, the exposure limit will be lowered to 50 micrograms per cubic foot of air over the course of […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com/, April 2, 2024 By: Jeff Slivka Professional protective indemnity coverage is an effective financing mechanism for contractors and owners who are hiring design professionals or engineering firms. Both owners protective indemnity and contractors protective indemnity coverage insure against the risk of catastrophic damages caused by hired design professionals or engineering firms. 1 This added […]