Tag Archives: environmental litigation

Contaminants of Emerging Concern: PFAS in Your Water

Early in 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency addressed contaminants of emerging concern in drinking water, highlighting the presence of PFAS. The EPA regulates 90 contaminants in drinking water, but not…

5 Signs You Have Lead Poisoning and Should Take Legal Action

Lead is a heavy metal that is found in some paint, toys, and older buildings. Although the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act of 1971 has heavily restricted how lead is…

County Report: Dangerous Work Conditions at FL Gopher Plant

The new report by the Environmental Protection Commission (“ECP”) Hillsborough County shows multiple egregious violations and problems within Gopher Resource, LLC. The Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission published an EPA…

The EPA Should Stop Fighting Against the Children of Flint

Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Paul Napoli  are speaking out against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Biden White…

Health Problems at Tampa’s Gopher Resources Lead Smelter

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Two Florida Congressmen sent a letter to Acting Assistant Attorney General Jean Williams, asking the Department of Justice to investigate working conditions at Tampa’s Gopher Resources lead smelter. “No American…

The Dirty Dozen Pesticide-Laced Foods in 2021

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Strawberries, spinach, and other green leafy vegetables topped an advocacy group’s Dirty Dozen list of consumer foods contaminated by dangerously high levels of pesticides. An Environmental Working Group study concluded…

AFFF Class Action Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of TX Community

Napoli Shkolnik has filed a class action lawsuit for the contamination of the groundwater relied upon private well owners in Lubbock, Texas. The class action complaint was filed against manufacturers…

Milestone Class Settlement: AFFF MDL Litigation

Peshtigo Class Settlement

Napoli Shkolnik lawyers representing individuals in the Town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, announced that they have reached an agreement in principal with Tyco Fire Products L.P., Chemguard, Inc., and ChemDesign, Inc….

Lawmakers Crack Down on Illegal Dumpers

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In the wake of a discovery of an illegal solid waste dumping ground in Long Island, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo approved a measure which broadens the definition of “acutely…