Plaintiffs in three class action federal lawsuits over the giant Kingston coal ash spill have joined forces in litigation against the Tennessee Valley Authority and two of its consultants.

The amended complaint, filed late Thursday in U.S. District Court, is somewhat changed from the previous three complaints and redefines the class of potential plaintiffs - a number that could run into the hundreds. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, plus payment for medical monitoring for anyone who joins in the action.

In a significant legal setback for Dupont, yesterday a US District Court judge ruled in favor of a class action lawsuit filed by neighbors of Dupont’s Chambers Works facility in Deepwater NJ. Dupont has poisoned nearby drinking water wells and local public water supply systems with the toxic chemical commonly called PFOA (or C8), ammonium perfluorooctanoate.

U.S. District Judge Renee Bumb in Camden granted class certification to home owners and renters who want to prove that their property values were harmed by the leaking of perfluorooctanoic acid, a byproduct of the production of Teflon, from DuPont's Chambers Works in Salem County.

Moulton Mayor Ray Alexander  said he was looking out for the best interests of the citizens of Moulton and Lawrence County when he retained legal representation regarding chemical contamination by Decatur Utilities  and Decatur industries.

HARRIMAN, Tennessee (CNN) -- Pamela Hampton stands at the kitchen sink, her gaze trained out of the window of her family's small hillside home. The disaster site is not visible from where she stands, but she knows it is there, down the hill, around a short stretch of highway, less than a mile away.

DECATUR, Alabama, May 31, 2009 (ENS) - High levels of toxic perfluorochemicals found in agricultural soils near Decatur have led federal government scientists to investigate whether the chemicals have entered the human food chain and contaminated meat and milk. They already have been found in several private drinking water wells.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - An attorney for a Carthage resident suing the owner of the Renewable Environmental Solutions plant say they will file a motion in federal bankruptcy court in New York to lift a stay that has stopped the suit in its tracks.

MUNCIE - For years, the owners of a former gasoline station failed to warn a neighbor that the ground water and soil beneath his house was contaminated with gasoline, a lawsuit alleges.

A chemical found in common household products and cosmetics has been linked to a decrease in fertility in women, according to a new study.

CHIGAGO - Less than a week before the Bush administration leaves office, federal environmental regulators are issuing a controversial health advisory on drinking water contaminated with a toxic chemical used to make Teflon and other non-stick coatings.