Arconic, BASF and 29 other companies sued Cal-Tron Plating, Halliburton Energy Services and 7 other companies in federal court, claiming they poisoned groundwater under Whittier and Santa Fe Springs, California, at the Omega Superfund Site.
Read moreSouth Africa’s central bank has warned citizens against scammers visiting homes to “recall” banknotes and coins they said were contaminated with the novel coronavirus.
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French food giant Danone said Friday it is asking parents to alert the company if they find any worm larvae in packages of its Gallia powdered baby milk, after a couple reported that their three-month-old had regurgitated a parasitic worm.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Thursday reversed a federal jury’s 2018 decision and ordered it to rehear liability and damages claims in a case where it stopped short of awarding damages to a California city whose groundwater was polluted by a chemical company’s fertilizer.
Read moreA class action claims Alaska Airlines threatened employees who dare to speak about alleged “fume events,” when cabin air is contaminated due to improper repairs or servicing after the merger with nonparty Virgin Air, in Alameda County Superior Court.
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California officials said Monday that marijuana vape cartridges seized in illegal shops in Los Angeles contained potentially dangerous additives, including a thickening agent blamed for a national outbreak of deadly lung illnesses tied to vaping.
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Collaborating with an environmental watchdog group, actor and activist Mark Ruffalo announced Wednesday that private testing has found significant levels of controversial PFAS chemicals in the drinking water of dozens of U.S. cities.
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Several oyster farmers along France’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts have been forced to halt sales since December after their sites were contaminated by the highly contagious norovirus, which they blame on overflowing sewage treatment plants.
Read moreA federal court in Pennsylvania dismissed two families’ case against the Navy brought after they discovered the Navy’s facilities had contaminated their private wells with chemicals. The substances, perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, are not considered “hazardous substances,” under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act.
Read moreA suit against Northrop Grumman brought by a family that claims hazardous materials from the company’s manufacturing facility in Bethpage, New York, contaminated soil and water in the area may continue, a federal court in the state ruled. All three family members were diagnosed with cancer between 2015 and 2017.
Read moreConsumers who claim they were scammed into paying top dollar for two brands of premium dog food may continue their suit against Champion Petfoods, a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled. The food was billed as human food grade quality but the consumers provided evidence the food contains high levels of heavy metals and is contaminated with “excessive quantities” of hair, insects, livestock tags, feathers and bones.
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The Supreme Court appeared concerned Tuesday about the practical consequences of siding with a group of Montana landowners who live on land contaminated by arsenic and lead and want a more aggressive cleanup of the Superfund site than what has been approved.
Read moreThe towns of Grantsville and Mountain Lake Park, Md., sued 3M, Buckeye Fire Equipment, et al., in separate federal complaints, claiming they contaminated drinking water with toxic fire retardant chemicals.
Read moreRefusing to recuse himself from 23 lawsuits claiming widespread fraud in the $1 billion cleanup of a radiation-contaminated shipyard, a federal judge said Friday a Navy contractor’s claim of bias against him “borders on the frivolous.”
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than 6,000 pounds of frozen sausage patties manufactured in Tennessee have been recalled over concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella.
Read moreA federal class action claims that, contrary to Whole Foods Market’s claims, its house brand of Starkey bottled water is contaminated with arsenic.
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After weeks of reports of Newark’s failure to cope with growing lead contamination in its drinking water, the city announced Monday a $120 million initiative to speed up efforts to replace old lead pipes.
Read moreRussia on Monday said radioactive isotopes were released in a recent accident at an Arctic missile test site that caused widespread alarm as authorities kept details under wraps.
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