Recent developments ease sales of tainted sites; the EPA's prospective purchaser agreements can allow buyers to avoid limitless cleanup liability

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Several options for potential sellers and buyers of contaminated real estate are facilitating such transactions despite the strict liability imposed by CERCLA. The Environmental Protection Agency has begun entering into prospective purchaser agreements that immunize new owners of polluted property under some circumstances, and insurance companies have begun selling policies to protect buyers agains the cost of future lawsuits. Other options for sellers and buyers alike are discussed.

Innovations, Laws, regulations and rules, Pollution liability insurance, Hazardous waste sites

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Tainted-air suits waft into courts; in the absence of legislation on indoor air quality, plaintiffs see litigation as the only recourse

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The current political climate does not bode well for the enactment of laws guaranteeing indoor air quality standards and actions brought by victims of such illnesses as multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and sick building syndrome have proliferated in the courts. MCS victims might bring suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The federal government has yet to establish air quality standards for nonindustrial environments.

Cases, Air quality, Chemical sensitivity, Multiple, Multiple chemical sensitivity, Sick building syndrome

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Environmental policy tainted by racism

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Allegations of environmental racism became an important legal topic during 1992. Representative John Conyers, chairman of the House Government Operations Committee, planned to hold hearings on the subject after the National Law Journal's special report on Sep 21, 1992. The Clinton administration pledges that the EPA will uphold environmental justice.

Social aspects, Social policy, Environmental protection

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