All the headlines from our Chemicals Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2023 // As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute for the compounds.Minnesota and Maine have passed...
Oct 23 2023 // Chemours Co. and its legal predecessor E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co will face a Dutch criminal investigation for the potential harmful effects of emitting forever chemicals in the Netherlands.Prosecutors said it...
Oct 4 2023 // Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois, according to autopsies.Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said official results from the autopsies won`t be...
Oct 3 2023 // Authorities resumed their investigation of a central Illinois truck crash that killed five people, injured five others and prompted an evacuation for hundreds of residents after a toxic chemical leak.The tanker truck,...
Sep 29 2023 // A little-known climate threat lurks under our feet: rising groundwater that could release toxic chemicals from more than 132,000 contaminated sites in coastal areas of the US. In a first of its kind study, researchers...
Sep 21 2023 // Chicago is suing Bayer AG’s Monsanto and Univar Solutions Inc. for polluting the city’s water, air and soil with chemicals the companies knew were harmful to humans.The complaint, filed in Cook County Circuit...
Sep 19 2023 // Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered a large tumor in his chest.He was only 30 and had been in the Boston Fire Department less than a...
Aug 25 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a decision striking down state water rules designed to limit exposure to household and industrial chemicals known as PFAS, which are commonly referred to as forever...
Aug 24 2023 // The U.S. workplace safety regulator said on Wednesday it was investigating a recent chemical solvent leak at an Ohio battery plant jointly owned by General Motors GM.N and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution...
Aug 17 2023 // German transport insurers report a significant increase in stolen goods – with thieves targeting electronic devices as well as chemical and pharmaceutical products.Every 20 minutes, goods are stolen from a truck,...
Aug 7 2023 // Cleanup from a chemical spill and fire near Interstate 24 in Tennessee will take several days, after the interstate was shut down and nearby homes evacuated overnight on Thursday.Emergency responders were called to the...
Jul 21 2023 // Less than two years after an investigation found dozens of serious safety and health violations at a Verona, Missouri chemical plant, workplace safety inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor identified 16 violations,...
Jul 19 2023 // District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb has filed a lawsuit against more than 25 chemical companies for manufacturing, marketing, distributing, and selling products containing dangerous PFAS chemicals, which...
Jul 17 2023 // PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) __ A fire at a Louisiana chemical plant triggered explosions that shook homes several miles away and sent flames and smoke billowing into the air, prompting emergency officials to urge a few hundred...
Jul 10 2023 // A massive Houston-area chemical fire that burned for three days in 2019 could have been prevented if proper procedures were in place at the chemical storage facility run by the Intercontinental Terminals Co., according to...
Jun 29 2023 // Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, Inc., which bills itself as the industry leader in specialty polymers, has agreed to a settlement with New Jersey officials over cleanup and compensation for the discharge of so-called...
Jun 23 2023 // 3M Co has reached a $10.3 billion settlement with a host of U.S. public water systems to resolve water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals,” the chemical company announced on Thursday.The company said...
Jun 9 2023 // New Mexico’s attorney general and its Environment Department filed suit against the manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals,” commonly referred to as PFAS, seeking monetary damages to defray the...
Jun 5 2023 // The judge overseeing 4,000 lawsuits involving 3M Co. “forever chemicals” agreed to delay the first trial for three weeks so the company can work out a settlement over pollution claims by water providers.US...
Jun 2 2023 // Update: 3M Granted Delay in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Trial to Negotiate Settlement3M Co. struck a tentative settlement of at least $10 billion over water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals,”...