Latest Chemicals Headlines
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Rhode Island AG Sues Manufacturers of Forever Chemicals
May 26 2023 // Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha yesterday filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, for allegedly causing significant harm to the...
Chemicals Company Agrees to $75K Settlement Over Hazardous Pollutants at Louisiana Plant
May 16 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a settlement with Evonik Corporation that will reduce emissions of ethylene oxide and other hazardous air pollutants by 5.6 tons per year from a facility in...
No Chemicals Aboard 9 Freight Railcars That Derailed in Pennsylvania
May 12 2023 // Nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board and no reported injuries, fire department and company officials said. The derailment happened late...
Minnesota on Verge of Banning Forever Chemicals
May 11 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota is on the verge of banning non-essential uses of “forever chemicals.” And lawmakers say they are naming the legislation after a woman who spent the last months of her life...
Officials Waiting for Insurance Adjusters at Site of Chemical Plant Explosion
May 9 2023 // Officials from pharmaceutical manufacturer Seqens and the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts are waiting on insurance adjusters to show before beginning demolition and cleanup at the Seqens facility where a worker was...
One Worker Missing After Explosion at Massachusetts Chemical Plant
May 4 2023 // One worker is missing and the building is severely damaged after an early morning explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant in a business park in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Five workers were in the building at the time...
Shelter-in-Place Order Lifted After Georgia Chemical Plant Fire Extinguished
Apr 18 2023 // Emergency crews extinguished a fire at a Georgia chemical plant shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, allowing officials to lift a shelter-in-place order issued in the afternoon when the fire broke out for the second time in the...
States Consider Ban on Cosmetics With ‘Forever Chemicals’
Apr 11 2023 // A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS. In Vermont, the state Senate gave final...
Maine Sues Manufacturers Over Forever Chemical Contamination
Mar 31 2023 // Maine’s attorney general is suing manufacturers of so- called forever chemicals that have contaminated farms and wells, contending they knew about the toxicity decades ago but concealed the information from the...
Train Derails in Rural North Dakota, Spills Chemical
Mar 28 2023 // WYNDMERE, N.D. (AP) – A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials, but local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety. There were...
Philadelphia Residents Warned About Chemical Plant Spill in Delaware River
Mar 28 2023 // Philadelphia residents are being told that they may want to drink only bottled water following a chemical spill into the Delaware River in neighboring Bucks County. Bucks County health officials said Sunday that a leak...
Cal/OSHA Cites Company $838K for Exposing Employees to Toxic Chemical
Mar 22 2023 // Cal/OSHA issued 18 citations to Parter Medical Products Inc. for reportedly failing to protect its employees from overexposure to ethylene oxide, a toxic chemical. The penalties total $838,800. Six of the citations were...
EPA to Propose Limits on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
Mar 8 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts...
Maine Proposal Would Buy Out Farms Contaminated by PFAS Chemicals
Feb 16 2023 // A Maine lawmaker has proposed a bill to require the state to offer to buy out farmers whose land was contaminated by long-lasting chemicals caused by the spreading of sludge. The chemicals are PFAS chemicals, which are...
Michigan Plastics Manufacturer to Pay $663K Over Forever Chemicals Violations
Feb 1 2023 // BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) – A plastics manufacturer reached an agreement with the state to investigate and address hazardous substances known as “forever chemicals” at a former factory in Livingston County,...
Dow Chemical to Pay $5.4M Settlement Over Michigan Chemical Spill
Jan 30 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed $5.4 million settlement with The Dow Chemical Co. to recover costs for EPA’s cleanup work at the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River & Bay Superfund...
5 Killed, 8 Missing in China Chemical Plant Explosion
Jan 19 2023 // BEIJING (AP) — A massive explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China killed at least five people and left eight missing, state broadcaster CCTV said Monday. More than 30 other people were injured in the explosion...
Monsanto Moves to Halt School Demolition by Vermont City Suing It Over PCB Chemicals
Dec 22 2022 // BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The manufacturer of chemicals that are forcing Vermont’s largest city to tear down its high school wants to block the demolition, saying that would result in the destruction of...
3M Will Stop Producing ‘Forever Chemical’ PFAS by End of 2025
Dec 20 2022 // 3M Co., confronting regulatory pressure and lawsuits that threaten billions of dollars in damages, will stop making so-called forever chemicals and aim to discontinue their use in products by the end of 2025. The...
Officials Release Report on 2019 Explosions at Port Neches Chemical Plant
Dec 20 2022 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final investigation report on the November 27, 2019, explosions and fires at the TPC Group Port Neches Operations facility Chemical Plant in Port...
