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If you have recently been told, probably by the EPA or a state agency, that there is a possibility of vapor contamination in your neighborhood, what does that mean and what should you do now? First of all, what is vapor intrusion? Vapor intrusion can happen when the groundwater in your neighborhood ...

Something really wrong happened here. Bronx Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott just announced the closing of the Bronx New School. Walcott said that the soil at the school– and the air that the kids breathe at the school–are soaked with a carcinogen known as trichloroethylene, or TCE. And not jus...

LIVONIA, Mich. August 8, 2017 – More than 130 homeowners in the Alden Village neighborhood of Livonia, Michigan will be filing a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company, alleging that dangerous chemicals from Ford’s nearby Transmission Plant have migrated into the neighborhood, contaminating groundwa...

After serving as co-counsel to Collins Law Group in many ground-breaking environmental cases over the last 18 years, Norman Berger has joined the Firm as of counsel, where he will help lead the Firm’s efforts to demand clean up and financial compensation for the families they represent who have be...

A new report by the Active Transportation Alliance, a Chicago based nonprofit dedicated to making streets safer for pedestrians, bikers and motorists, is surprising people in the Chicago suburbs. Why? Because it reveals that traffic fatalities in the suburbs in 2015–the latest year for which stati...

It is, of course, not “news” that riding a motorcycle is dangerous. The latest statistics (as of 2015) published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) help us understand why: (1) It’s much more dangerous than riding in a car. NHTSA says that motorcyclists were 29 times ...

If you’ve been in a car accident, the first priority is to attend to any medical needs, particularly if there is a medical emergency. The next priority is to get the police to come to the accident scene. The report which the police prepare after visiting the accident scene serves many important fu...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has studied vehicle safety for the years 2012-2015 and recently announced that there were 11 cars and SUV’s that were not involved in a single fatal crash during those four years. Here’s the list: · Audi Q7 SUV · Volkswagen Tiguan 2 wheel drive...

Consumer Reports gives us the grim statistics: a motorcyclist is 30 times more likely to die in a crash than someone riding in a car. But lurking just below these statistics is the proof that, if they will make just a few changes, motorcyclists will dramatically reduce their chance of serious injury...

Tens of thousands of Americans will learn this year that the water just underneath their home-their groundwater-is contaminated with chemicals that some nearby factory dumped probably decades ago, and left to bleed down through the soil, infiltrate the groundwater, and ultimately migrate into your n...