Latest Chemicals Headlines
All the headlines from our Chemicals Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trade Groups Push for National Labeling Law to Override States’ Requirements
Nov 16 2017 // The Grocery Manufacturers Association and dozens of other trade groups are pushing for a federal law that could override state ingredient-disclosure rules and warning labels, including California’s landmark...
Idled Tennessee Chemical Plant Maintains Staff After Explosion
Nov 9 2017 // A chemical plant in Tennessee that will likely stay idle until next year has maintained its staff of almost 700 workers as it recovers from an explosion there in September. The Chattanooga Times Free-Press reports that...
Special Reuters Report: The Path to Monsanto’s Weed-Killer Crisis
Nov 9 2017 // In early 2016, agribusiness giant Monsanto faced a decision that would prove pivotal in what since has become a sprawling herbicide crisis, with millions of acres of crops damaged. Monsanto had readied new genetically...
Chuck Norris Suing in California over MRI Chemical He Says Poisoned Wife
Nov 3 2017 // Action star Chuck Norris took on medical device manufacturers in a lawsuit filed in California alleging a chemical used in MRI imaging scans poisoned his wife. Gadolinium that doctors injected into Gena Norris to improve...
North Carolina Chemical Plant Sued by Law Firm Defending Flint Residents
Oct 30 2017 // A law firm fighting lawsuits for Flint, Michigan, residents over lead-tainted drinking water is filing the latest class-action case blaming a North Carolina chemical plant for releasing little-understood compounds into the...
Starbucks in Legal Battle over California’s Cancer Warning Law
Oct 25 2017 // If you happen to buy a cup of coffee in California and it comes with a cancer warning, don’t panic – it’s just the law. No scientific study says consuming java in moderation is bad for your health – and...
Residents Begin Filing Claims for West Virginia Chemical Spill
Oct 17 2017 // Residents and businesses in nine West Virginia counties left without tap water during a 2014 chemical spill can start filing claims. According to a website set up to handle claims, forms were being accepted both online and...
Houston-Area Residents: Toxic Chemicals Found in Soil, Water After Plant Fire
Oct 4 2017 // Tests detected toxic substances in soil, water and ash samples taken miles from a chemical plant that flooded during Hurricane Harvey, caught fire and partially exploded, nearly 20 Houston-area residents said. The findings...
Where Trump’s Regulatory Rollback Is Having Impact
Oct 4 2017 // When disaster hits the chemical plants in Port Arthur, Texas, triggering fires like those that flared in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Hilton Kelley is the man fielding panicked calls from neighbors unsure whether they...
Legislators Struggle Over How to Handle Chemicals in North Carolina Water
Oct 3 2017 // North Carolina legislators are grappling with the growing knowledge that industries have discharged unstudied chemicals into the state’s waters for years, and that a recent upsurge in concern carries the risk of...
Explosion at Georgia Chemical Plant Leaves 1 Dead
Sep 29 2017 // A man has died after an explosion at a chemical plant in Georgia. The Augusta Chronicle reports Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen identified Wednesday’s victim as 29-year-old Steven Gonsalves, of Beech Island. Bowen...
Coffee Bought by Californians Could Bear Cancer Warning Labels
Sep 27 2017 // A future cup of coffee in California could give you jitters before you even take a sip. A nonprofit group wants coffee manufacturers, distributors and retailers to post ominous warnings about a cancer-causing chemical...
Federal Judge Tentatively Approves West Virginia Chemical Spill Settlement
Sep 25 2017 // A federal judge has tentatively approved a revised settlement to a class-action lawsuit over a West Virginia chemical spill that left up to 300,000 people without tap water for up to nine days. U.S. District Judge John...
Air Monitoring Company Added to Texas Chemical Plant Negligence Lawsuit
Sep 21 2017 // Air monitoring company Bureau Veritas SA has been added to a negligence suit alleging first responders inhaled dangerous fumes during a fire at a chemical plant, lawyers for Texas police and emergency workers said. The...
Chemical Explosion at Florida Food Warehouse Injures 3
Sep 20 2017 // Authorities say three people suffered injuries in a chemical explosion at a Florida warehouse. Lakeland Fire Department officials said about 50 people were eflvacuated from the area around the Natural Advantage Food...
Hurricane Harvey-Caused Oil, Chemical Spills Dwarfed by Katrina’s
Sep 18 2017 // More than 22,000 barrels of oil, refined fuels and chemicals spilled at sites across Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, along with millions of cubic feet of natural gas and hundreds of tons of other toxic substances, a...
U.S. Investigating Arkema’s Safety Practices After Texas Fires
Sep 13 2017 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether chemical maker Arkema SA followed safety rules at its Crosby, Texas, plant where chemical containers exploded and burned for days after flooding from...
North Carolina Officials to Test Unregulated Chemical in Groundwater at Plant
Sep 12 2017 // Environmental officials say they’ll test groundwater for people living near a North Carolina chemical plant after finding worrying signs of an unregulated and little-studied compound. The state Department of...
Dad Sues Pennsylvania Eatery After Kids’ Throats Burned by Chemical
Sep 11 2017 // A Pennsylvania man has sued a Chinese buffet where he contends his two young children’s mouths and throats were burned by caustic lye in their apple juice cups. Star Buffet & Grill manager Steve Weng tells LNP...
Arkema Sued by Police, EMTs over Chemical Plant Fire after Harvey
Sep 8 2017 // Police and emergency workers filed suit on against French chemicals company Arkema SA, claiming it failed to take adequate steps to avoid a fire at its Crosby, Texas, plant after Hurricane Harvey. Seven police, fire and...
