January 27, 2010 - More than 70 organizations from across the country are asking federal officials to stop moving silver mining waste to a new northern Idaho repository.
The environmental and public health groups say storing waste from the Bunker Hill Superfund site at a location just 11 miles down the road poses a public health risk. Storing mining waste in repositories that need perpetual maintenance is a "quick and dirty" solution, they said.
The groups on Tuesday sent a letter to Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator of the Superfund program at the Environmental Protection Agency, urging the agency to permanently remove mine waste from the area. The Virginia-based advocacy group Center for Health, Environment and Justice wrote the letter, signed also by the Sierra Club and several state and regional organizations.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
High Nitrate Levels in the Water Wells In This WA County
January 27, 2010 - Federal clean-water regulators will being seeking permission from a number of well owners in Yakima County, Washington to test their water for contamination. The aim is to identify the source of the problem and fix it.
More than 12 percent of wells in the Lower Yakima Valley have tested above the maximum contaminant levels of nitrates. Excessive nitrates can harm infants and people with compromised immune systems.
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More than 12 percent of wells in the Lower Yakima Valley have tested above the maximum contaminant levels of nitrates. Excessive nitrates can harm infants and people with compromised immune systems.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Groundwater Contamination is Deeper and Increasing in Pompton Lakes NJ
January 26, 2010- Groundwater contamination beneath a Pompton Lakes neighborhood remains high - and is even increasing in some areas - more than 20 years after the pollution was discovered, according to a new report filed with the federal government.
The worst of the groundwater pollution is at the intermediate and deep soil levels, where the highest contamination is 260 times the state safety threshold. The most polluted areas are near the intersection of Barbara Drive and Schuyler Avenue, as well as Lake Avenue at Park Place, according to the report DuPont filed with the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The worst of the groundwater pollution is at the intermediate and deep soil levels, where the highest contamination is 260 times the state safety threshold. The most polluted areas are near the intersection of Barbara Drive and Schuyler Avenue, as well as Lake Avenue at Park Place, according to the report DuPont filed with the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Former Canton, OH Alliance Plant Site Studied For Contamination
January 26, 2010- Daniel Percy proudly talks about his efforts to rehabilitate a dilapidated house, making it a comfortable family home. Now Percy questions how safe his home is, knowing that a short distance away, FirstEnergy is examining soil for hazardous or toxic materials — remnants of a manufactured-gas plant that burned coal to produce home-heating fuel about a century ago.
“I saw them over there drilling,” said Percy, of the 800 block of E. Patterson Street. “There were samples laying on the ground. White, gray, black. There was some green in it. It was nasty. It smelled like raw sewage. It didn’t look like any type of soil to me. It didn’t look like bedrock. If these kind of chemicals are in the ground, the soil is contaminated.”
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“I saw them over there drilling,” said Percy, of the 800 block of E. Patterson Street. “There were samples laying on the ground. White, gray, black. There was some green in it. It was nasty. It smelled like raw sewage. It didn’t look like any type of soil to me. It didn’t look like bedrock. If these kind of chemicals are in the ground, the soil is contaminated.”
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Evansville IN. Contamination Cleanup to Start In March
January 26, 2010- The federal government is gearing up for a project to remove contaminated soils from an Evansville neighborhood starting this spring.
The cleanups in the city's Jacobsville neighborhood is expected to begin in March and take four to five years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will remove lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil in the yards of about 350 homes and replace it with clean soil.
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The cleanups in the city's Jacobsville neighborhood is expected to begin in March and take four to five years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will remove lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil in the yards of about 350 homes and replace it with clean soil.
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NY County Avoids Foreclosure of Tainted Properties
January 26, 2010- When you haven't paid property taxes in 20 years, there's a good chance the county will take your property - unless it once housed a gas station, metal foundry or landfill.
The owner of a piece of land that once housed a gas station in Johnsburg can attest to that. He hasn't paid property taxes since 1989. The property has long been unused, but in light of the cleanup the property will likely need, the county has decided not to foreclose, officials said.
When there's a possibility a property has environmental contamination that could require cleanup, prospective owners - including the county - are hesitant to take title because they could be on the hook for the cleanup bill.
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The owner of a piece of land that once housed a gas station in Johnsburg can attest to that. He hasn't paid property taxes since 1989. The property has long been unused, but in light of the cleanup the property will likely need, the county has decided not to foreclose, officials said.
When there's a possibility a property has environmental contamination that could require cleanup, prospective owners - including the county - are hesitant to take title because they could be on the hook for the cleanup bill.
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NY American Valve Rears Its Ugly Head Again
January 26, 2010- State Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health investigators are teaming up to learn more about suspected air quality problems in and around the old American Valve site in Coxsackie.
Homes around the American Valve site are scheduled to be sampled before the end of March, according to Severino. Eight homes in the vicinity have already been visited by investigators. More than 20 homes are located around the 15.5-acre American Valve property. Soil vapor intrusion occurs when toxins migrate from contaminated soil to the indoor air of structures built directly over, or adjacent to, the polluted area.
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Homes around the American Valve site are scheduled to be sampled before the end of March, according to Severino. Eight homes in the vicinity have already been visited by investigators. More than 20 homes are located around the 15.5-acre American Valve property. Soil vapor intrusion occurs when toxins migrate from contaminated soil to the indoor air of structures built directly over, or adjacent to, the polluted area.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Wisconsin Woman Worried About Property Contamination
January 8, 2010 - Does Whitewater have lingering health and property value issues due to soil contamination from a gas station that closed more than a decade ago?At least one city resident believes so, although the state Department of Natural Resources says the matter is closed.
Kathy Channing and her family live on South Clark Street, a few blocks away from the former Five Points One Stop gas station at 503 S. Janesville St. The One Stop went out of business in the late 1990s after owner Stan Meyer became ill. The gas pumps were removed in July 1998 and the gas tanks were removed 18 months later, in January 2000.
Channing's gravest concern is about the level of benzene, a chemical used in gasoline that is a known carcinogen, or at least the vapors from any potential benzene remnants.
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Kathy Channing and her family live on South Clark Street, a few blocks away from the former Five Points One Stop gas station at 503 S. Janesville St. The One Stop went out of business in the late 1990s after owner Stan Meyer became ill. The gas pumps were removed in July 1998 and the gas tanks were removed 18 months later, in January 2000.
Channing's gravest concern is about the level of benzene, a chemical used in gasoline that is a known carcinogen, or at least the vapors from any potential benzene remnants.
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Contamination in the Eugene, OR Groundwater Doesn't Just Go Away Overnight
January 22, 2010- People living in the Trainsong neighborhood of Eugene have been waiting to find out if their homes are being affected by vapors from contaminated groundwater from the Union Pacific railyard.
The state started looking into the potential for contamination back in 2006. On Thursday, they issued the results of a year-long study of homes located near the rail yard. Investigators have been taking a very close look at nine homes in the trainsong area. They've been measuring and comparing vapor levels in the soil and the crawlspaces of those homes, as well as monitoring the air inside and outside those homes.
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The state started looking into the potential for contamination back in 2006. On Thursday, they issued the results of a year-long study of homes located near the rail yard. Investigators have been taking a very close look at nine homes in the trainsong area. They've been measuring and comparing vapor levels in the soil and the crawlspaces of those homes, as well as monitoring the air inside and outside those homes.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Chemical Contamination Affects North Carolina Churchgoers
January 20, 2010 - Eight hours a week for more than two years, parishioners of the Word of Faith church in Durham flocked to a makeshift sanctuary inside a rented building near downtown and gathered for fellowship, prayer and healing. What the churchgoers did not know at the time, state officials believe, is that while they celebrated and sang in praise, the air they breathed was contaminated with the vapors of a toxic dry cleaning solvent—a probable carcinogen—that had seeped into the ground for years.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Dry Cleaning Chemicals Cause Problems Decades Later
January 8, 2010 - State health officials are working with a Durham property owner to try to clean up decades of chemical contamination on the site of an old dry cleaner that closed in 1975.
The problem is a solvent called tetrachloroethylene (nicknamed "perc") which every dry cleaner used to pour down drains, and wasn't found to be dangerous until the 1980's. It can cause cancer, respiratory problems, neurological disorders and other problems.
It's a problem not just for the individual property, but neighbors as well.
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The problem is a solvent called tetrachloroethylene (nicknamed "perc") which every dry cleaner used to pour down drains, and wasn't found to be dangerous until the 1980's. It can cause cancer, respiratory problems, neurological disorders and other problems.
It's a problem not just for the individual property, but neighbors as well.
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Friday, January 8, 2010
EPA Details Efforts to Contain Pollution at Old CT Landfill Site
January 8, 2010- Federal and state agencies are taking steps to stop contaminated groundwater from reaching homes on Rejean Road after testing suggested that landfill gases may be moving outside the boundaries of the old landfill on Old Turnpike Road. The landfill is a federal Superfund site.
A neighborhood notice explaining the testing procedure at the landfill was sent by the Environmental Protection Agency to businesses and homes in the area. The notice states that helium was injected into the ground to test whether the landfill cap was containing pollution on the site. The testing revealed that a small amount of helium had migrated outside the landfill.
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A neighborhood notice explaining the testing procedure at the landfill was sent by the Environmental Protection Agency to businesses and homes in the area. The notice states that helium was injected into the ground to test whether the landfill cap was containing pollution on the site. The testing revealed that a small amount of helium had migrated outside the landfill.
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ANP Agrees to $5 Million Groundwater, Soil Cleanup in AZ
January 8, 2010- The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc. entered into a $5 million consent decree to remove toxic nitrates and perchlorates from groundwater and to monitor the progress. at the Apache Powder Superfund Site, near David.
Nitrates can cause blue baby syndrome and strangle infants and perchlorates have been found to cause fetal defects. By 1989 the company was providing bottled water to their neighbors and eventually the company would drill deep wells to provide uncontaminated water to St David residents.
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Nitrates can cause blue baby syndrome and strangle infants and perchlorates have been found to cause fetal defects. By 1989 the company was providing bottled water to their neighbors and eventually the company would drill deep wells to provide uncontaminated water to St David residents.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Falls, OH Man Arrested in Another Meth House
January 5, 2010- With City Council set to vote Monday on paying $6,500 to clean residue from a meth lab operated in a Linwood Drive home, the homeowner's son has been arrested again for cooking meth.
Walter R. Lehman III, 39, of Fourth Street, faces a new charge of illegal manufacturing of drugs. Lehman was first arrested in August on a charge of illegal assembly of drugs for allegedly using his mother's Linwood Drive home to manufacture methamphetamine. Lehman's mother and sister have been forced to live elsewhere since police discovered the lab because of contamination from the chemicals used in producing the drug.
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Walter R. Lehman III, 39, of Fourth Street, faces a new charge of illegal manufacturing of drugs. Lehman was first arrested in August on a charge of illegal assembly of drugs for allegedly using his mother's Linwood Drive home to manufacture methamphetamine. Lehman's mother and sister have been forced to live elsewhere since police discovered the lab because of contamination from the chemicals used in producing the drug.
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A Toxic Waste in Indianapolis Neighborhood
January 5, 2010- The streets that run through Pearl J. Carter's Near-Northside neighborhood are dotted with patches of property that, in a perfect world, might be transformed into something special -- businesses that provide jobs and serve the needs of her neighbors, or houses to bring more middle-income earners into the poverty-stricken area.
But these properties -- remnants of decades past when the area was more heavily industrial -- are far from perfect.
Many of them are possibly contaminated from years of industrial use. Others suffer from the sheer amount of chemicals unloaded on the property. Either way, they present enormous obstacles to developers.
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But these properties -- remnants of decades past when the area was more heavily industrial -- are far from perfect.
Many of them are possibly contaminated from years of industrial use. Others suffer from the sheer amount of chemicals unloaded on the property. Either way, they present enormous obstacles to developers.
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'Something Going On' in McHenry, IL.
January 5, 2010- The past two years have not been good ones for Joey Tallurico.
Doctors in February 2008 removed a pituitary gland tumor the size of a golf ball from his head. In February 2009, he lost his McHenry restaurant, Joey T’s on the Fox, when burglars burned it down.
He was one of eight people in 2009 to join the McCullom Lake brain cancer lawsuits, bringing to 30 the number of current and former area residents who blame brain and pituitary tumors on air and groundwater pollution from Ringwood manufacturer Rohm and Haas.
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Doctors in February 2008 removed a pituitary gland tumor the size of a golf ball from his head. In February 2009, he lost his McHenry restaurant, Joey T’s on the Fox, when burglars burned it down.
He was one of eight people in 2009 to join the McCullom Lake brain cancer lawsuits, bringing to 30 the number of current and former area residents who blame brain and pituitary tumors on air and groundwater pollution from Ringwood manufacturer Rohm and Haas.
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Suspected Cancer Cluster Angers N.J. Town Residents
January 5, 2010- Residents of a northern New Jersey town — that was once home to a DuPont munitions plant – are taking on the chemical giant and making sure their voices are heard after a cancer cluster was uncovered.
Residents have formed an advocacy group called ‘Citizens for a Cleaner Pompton Lakes’ or CCPL.
Regina Sisco, a life-long resident of the town and president of CCPL, appeared on FOX & Friends Tuesday morning. When asked why mostly men in her town are dying at an incredible rate from kidney cancer and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – she pointed to DuPont.
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Residents have formed an advocacy group called ‘Citizens for a Cleaner Pompton Lakes’ or CCPL.
Regina Sisco, a life-long resident of the town and president of CCPL, appeared on FOX & Friends Tuesday morning. When asked why mostly men in her town are dying at an incredible rate from kidney cancer and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – she pointed to DuPont.
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CA Perchlorate Treatment Funding Passes Senate
January 5, 2010- About $1.9 million in federal funds will flow to the region to treat wells contaminated by perchlorate, a rocket fuel additive that some scientists say can affect physical and neurological development by interfering with the thyroid gland.
Perchlorate is flowing from the north end of Rialto - partly from San Bernardino County property and partly from a 160-acre site to the east where defense contractors and fireworks companies operated after World War II.
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Perchlorate is flowing from the north end of Rialto - partly from San Bernardino County property and partly from a 160-acre site to the east where defense contractors and fireworks companies operated after World War II.
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