Viewpoint: Will Forever Chemicals, PFAS, Lead to Never-Ending Lawsuits? November 17, 2021 By Robert Petti and Samuel D. Habeeb Claims and regulatory actions involving per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are continuing to evolve at a rapid pace across...
Hack Exposes Vulnerability of Cash-Strapped U.S. Water Plants February 11, 2021 By Frank Bajak, Alan Suderman and Tamara Lush ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A hacker’s botched attempt to poison the water supply of a small Florida city is...
Suits Challenge Emissions by Georgia Sterilizing Company October 21, 2020 ATLANTA — Homeowners in Georgia have filed a lawsuit over emissions of a chemical used by a company that sterilizes...
Bayer Effort to Settle Roundup Cancer Cases Slowed By COVID-19 April 6, 2020 By Jef Feeley Bayer AG is blaming the spread of the coronavirus for slowing negotiations aimed at resolving lawsuits that claim its controversial...
Bayer’s Other Legal Mess: An Old Liability Many Have Forgotten July 23, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Tim Loh The widening legal nightmare over Roundup weedkillers isn’t the only potential multi-billion-dollar liability Bayer AG inherited last year when it...
Bayer Dangles $5.6 Billion Olive Branch to Roundup Critics June 14, 2019 By Tim Loh and Naomi Kresge Bayer AG will pump about 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion) of its research and development budget into alternatives to its...
4 Hurt in Chemical Leak at Maryland Paper Mill November 18, 2011 NewPage Corp. says it’s investigating a chemical leak that sent four workers at its western Maryland paper mill to hospitals...
Security Firm: Hackers Hit Chemical Companies November 2, 2011 By JOE McDONALD Cyber attacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and military-related companies in an effort to steal technical secrets,...
Indiana Insulation Warehouse Burns into Night November 1, 2011 A fire at an insulation warehouse in Fort Wayne burned through the night after firefighters stopped spraying it with water...
CSB Releases Video of Deadly West Virginia Chemical Leak September 27, 2011 The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a video depicting a deadly chemical leak at a DuPont plant in Belle last...