All the headlines from our Chemicals Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,”...
Jun 2 2023 // Chemours Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc and Corteva Inc. on Friday said they had reached an agreement in principle to settle claims that they contaminated U.S. public water systems with toxic “forever chemicals”...
Jun 1 2023 // Singapore’s detentions of oil and chemicals tankers have surged since early last year, highlighting growing concerns over the environmental and safety impact of an expanding fleet of aging vessels plying major...
May 31 2023 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed two lawsuits seeking to hold multiple chemical manufacturers accountable for contamination of the state’s natural resources and harm to public health from their...
May 26 2023 // Eastman Chemical Resins Inc. will pay a $2.4 million penalty for environmental violations at the sprawling 56-acre manufacturing facility in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, that is now owned and operated by Synthomer...
May 26 2023 // Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha yesterday filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, for allegedly causing significant harm to the...
May 16 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a settlement with Evonik Corporation that will reduce emissions of ethylene oxide and other hazardous air pollutants by 5.6 tons per year from a facility in...
May 12 2023 // Nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board and no reported injuries, fire department and company officials said.The derailment happened late Wednesday...
May 11 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota is on the verge of banning non-essential uses of “forever chemicals.” And lawmakers say they are naming the legislation after a woman who spent the last months of her life...
May 9 2023 // Officials from pharmaceutical manufacturer Seqens and the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts are waiting on insurance adjusters to show before beginning demolition and cleanup at the Seqens facility where a worker was...
May 4 2023 // One worker is missing and the building is severely damaged after an early morning explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant in a business park in Newburyport, Massachusetts.Five workers were in the building at the time...
Apr 18 2023 // Emergency crews extinguished a fire at a Georgia chemical plant shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, allowing officials to lift a shelter-in-place order issued in the afternoon when the fire broke out for the second time in the...
Apr 11 2023 // A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS.In Vermont, the state Senate gave final...