chemicals
Texas Files Suit Over Chemical Storage Plant Fire
The state of Texas sued the owner of a Houston chemical storage plant Friday for air pollution caused by a fire which, fueled by petroleum products, burned for three days straight this week and left neighboring residents fearful for their health.
Read moreChina Chemical Plant Blast Kills 47, Injures Hundreds More
A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations has killed at least 47 people and injured hundreds of others, 90 of them seriously.
Read moreSchools Still Closed Near Texas Chemical Plant Fire
Schools around a Houston-area petrochemical storage plant releasing hazardous levels of benzene fumes remain closed Friday, despite the lifting of a shelter-in-place order Thursday afternoon.
Read moreElevated Benzene Levels Near Texas Petrochemicals Facility
National Guard troops have been called in and residents were told to stay inside after elevated levels of benzene were detected early Thursday near a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility that caught fire this week.
Read moreThree Days Later, Texas Chemical Plant Fire Extinguished
A fire that erupted Sunday at a petrochemical storage plant near Houston and sent dark plumes of smoke over the city was extinguished early Wednesday morning, but the plant operator warned residents it could spark back up.
Read moreEPA Urges DC Circuit to Reverse Clean Air Rule
Taking on a Obama-era regulation meant to stop global warming, the EPA joined chemical makers Friday in urging the D.C. Circuit to throw out strict limits on greenhouse gas-emitting hydrofluorocarbons.
Read moreRelief and Frustration as EPA Readies Toxin Response Plan
The acting administrator of the EPA came under fire Thursday as he announced a long-demanded plan for national guidelines on a class of seemingly indestructible chemicals known as PFAs.
Read moreJudge Holds Feds to the Fire on Chemical-Spill Reporting
Nearly 30 years after Congress passed a law to ensure that chemical spills get reported, the federal agency tasked with studying these spills still has no reporting requirements in place. A federal judge told the agency Monday that it has 12 more months to shape up.
Read moreChemicals in Hygiene Products Linked to Early Puberty in Girls
(CN) – Girls exposed to chemicals commonly found in household cosmetic and hygiene products may experience early puberty, according to
Read moreHomes Filled With New Mysterious Pollutant, Study Finds
Don’t take a deep breath and don’t touch anything: Researchers have discovered a mysterious chemical is abundant in homes, the natural environment and electronic recycling facilities and which can be passed through skin contact or by breathing, is difficult to track and largely unregulated by the federal government.
Read moreTexas Chemical Plant, CEO Indicted for ‘Reckless’ Release
The North American subsidiary of a French chemical manufacturer and two senior staff members were indicted Friday in connection with last year’s explosion at the Crosby, Texas, plant in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Read moreAntitrust Class Action
A class action filed in Philadelphia federal court accuses BASF, Bayer and other companies of fixing the prices of raw materials used to create polyurethanes by closing plants and limiting production.
Read moreSupermassive Star May Have Shaped Chemistry of Milky Way Clusters
A supermassive star thousands of times larger than the sun may have been what caused Milky Way stars in globular clusters to have such unique chemistry, new research shows.
Read moreEPA Can’t Dodge Suit Over Toxic Pesticide Ingredients
A trimmed down lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of 35 pesticide ingredients that allegedly harm endangered species will move forward, a federal judge ruled from the bench Friday.
Read moreCity Wins Pollution Case, Jury Awards No Damages
A federal jury agreed on Thursday that fertilizer imported to California in the 1930s and 1940s was responsible for contaminants found in groundwater wells in recent years but did not award damages to the city who sued a North American subsidiary of a Chilean chemical company who manufactured the product.
Read moreChilean Company Denies It Contaminated City’s Water in Trial
Jurors in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles were given the fundamentals on South American mining, citrus orchards in California and water testing Friday in a case involving a California city who says their groundwater was contaminated due to “defectively designed fertilizer” imported to the United States around 1930.
Read moreEuropean Chemical Agency Rapped on Compliance Letter
The European General Court chided regulators on Tuesday for shirking formal action in favor of a letter when they found that a French chemical company had not complied with the law.
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