Health officials seek participants for PFC study

Starting this month, officials from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will begin recruiting participants for the East Metro Perfluorochemical (PFC) Biomonitoring Study. The study will directly measure the amount of the PFCs in 200 participants who live in the east metro area, where the drinking water has been found to contain the chemicals.

Columbus gets $3.4M damages check

The city of Columbus was awarded $3.4 million Tuesday for its share of punitive damages in its lawsuit against a Phenix City plant. The city of Columbus, local boat dealer John Tharpe and south Columbus resident Owen Ditchfield won their suit against Continental Carbon in 2004. They had said their homes, businesses and buildings had been damaged by carbon black dust emitted from the plant.

Health Department will measure PFC levels in adults near 3M plant

Continuing concern about possible contamination from chemicals produced at 3M's Cottage Grove facility has state health officials seeking volunteers for a study of perfluorochemical levels in residents near the plant and several landfills.

Supreme Court refuses appeals in pollution verdict

The United States Supreme Court on Friday rejected all further appeals of punitive damages in a nearly 4-year-old pollution verdict of more than $20.7 million against a Phenix City plant. In 2004 a federal jury ruled in favor of the city of Columbus, Ga., local boat dealer John Tharpe and South Columbus resident Owen Ditchfield in their suit against the Continental Carbon plant.

Jury Rules Monsanto Polluted Town

A jury on Friday determined that Monsanto Co. polluted an Alabama town with PCBs, a verdict that sets the stage for more trials on claims that the contamination harmed the

ConAgra Removes Microwave Popcorn Chemical

ConAgra has removed diacetyl, the controversial chemical from its microwave popcorn. The chemical gives the snack a buttery, creamy taste.

BP Unit Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crime

The Alaska subsidiary of British energy company BP PLC has pleaded guilty to a federal environmental crime for failing to prevent a 2006 spill in America's largest oil field.

Maryland Class Action Suit Seeks Recovery for Fly Ash Contamination

Since 1995, Constellation Power Source Generation, Inc. has been dumping fly ash into old sand and gravel pits in and around Gambrills, Maryland.

Clarke-Mobile Counties Gas District Settles Claims

Beasley Allen, along with the firm of McCorquodale & McCorquodale, which is located in Jackson, Alabama, represented Clarke-Mobile Counties Gas District.

Global Warming is a Threat to the Health of Children

A new report reveals that children may be especially vulnerable to the effects of global warming.