New York City's lead-based paint law (Local Law 1 [1982]) requires landlords to remove lead-based paint in any apartment unit in which a child under 6 years of age resides. The issue in Yaniveth R. v. LTD Realty Co. was whether a child "resides" in an apartment...
Toxic Substance Control Act – TSCA
Perfluorinated Chemicals: Emerging Contaminant, Emerging Liability
Despite - even because of - their useful properties, perfluorinated chemicals ("PFCs") are increasingly thought to be dangerous for the environment, and potentially humans. PFCs are manmade substances with the ability to repel both water and oils, and are responsible...
Community Struggling to Recover from Chemical Spill in West Virginia
For much of West Virginia, the start of the New Year brought anything but "good tidings."On January 9, 2014, approximately 10,000 gallons of the hazardous chemical substance 4-methylcyclohexane methanol ("MCHM") leaked from a storage tank and flowed into the Elk...
No Asbestos, PCBs, USTs
It may be appropriate to add specific representations on individual contaminants or areas of concern to buyer or lender. In addition to those listed, formaldehyde and radon may be of concern to the buyer.1. The representation may be: "There is not now at, on, or in...
