Latest Chemicals Headlines
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Worker Death Leads to $473K Fine for Illinois Manufacturer
May 20 2012 // A manufacturing plant in Illinois faces a fine of $473,000 after a worker died from chemical burns. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Raani Corp. for failing to...
Data Shows Iran Petro-Chemical Exports Plunge Due to EU Insurance Sanctions
May 17 2012 // Iranian petrochemical exports have plunged nearly 90 percent in the last two weeks as most maritime firms, including those in Iran, cannot find insurance to transport the cargo due to EU sanctions, according to traders and...
Chemical Industry Urged to Reduce Processing Hazards
May 14 2012 // The chemical industry needs guidance in choosing alternative processing methods to reduce or eliminate hazards, a national panel said in a report. U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations require...
Xcel Blames Road Chemicals For Power Colorado Outages
Apr 5 2012 // Xcel Energy is blaming chemicals used to keep roads clear of snow for outages that left up to 23,000 people in Colorado without power and heat. The company says emergency crews had to put out utility pole fires and clear...
FDA Denies Ban on Chemical BPA Used in Baby Bottles, Food Packaging
Apr 2 2012 // U.S. health regulators denied a request to ban a chemical used in water bottles, soup cans and other food and drink packaging, saying there is not enough scientific evidence it may cause harm. The U.S. Food and Drug...
West Virginia Judge OKs Settlement in Agent Orange Suit
Feb 27 2012 // A West Virginia judge has approved a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by residents who say that chemical manufacturer Monsanto burned dioxin wastes, polluting the area with unsafe levels of the chemical. The...
Ohio Petroleum Producers Push Back Against Proposed Regulations
Feb 14 2012 // Ohio petroleum producers are pushing back against a call by the state attorney general to increase environmental penalties and chemical reporting requirements on the drilling industry. Republican Attorney General Mike...
Factory Dust Explosions Killing Workers While Safety Rules Lag
Nov 15 2011 // Each year, people are killed and maimed by explosions of finely powdered wood, metal or chemicals at factories around the country. Safety experts have studied the threat posed by dust at industrial sites for nearly a...
Cyber Attack Targets Chemical, Defense Firms
Nov 1 2011 // At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims of a coordinated cyber attack that has been traced to a man in China, according to a new report from security firm Symantec Corp. Computers belonging to these...
Fire Manufacturing Plant Near Dallas Contained, Authorities Say
Oct 4 2011 // A fire at a chemical plant south of Dallas shot massive plumes of black smoke and bright orange flames into the sky on Oct. 3, forcing schoolchildren and residents to evacuate or take cover indoors to avoid possible...
Judge Lets Agent Orange Case Against Monsanto Proceed
Sep 29 2011 // Monsanto Co. has lost a bid to close part of a lawsuit alleging the company caused health injuries to residents living near a plant that made the Vietnam War-era U.S. military defoliant “Agent...
Colorado Chemical Depot Says Safety Still a Concern
Sep 27 2011 // Federal officials say safety is still a concern at the Pueblo Chemical Depot because of leaking weapons. Quality assurance specialist Lisabeth Watchutka says more than 100 of the 780,000 chemical weapons stored at the...
Video on West Virginia Plant Leak Urges Manufacturing Safety
Sep 26 2011 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, releasing a video depicting a deadly chemical leak at a DuPont plant in Belle, West Virginia last year, said the final investigation report should remind every manufacturer to make safety a...
Warning: Insecticides Can Be More Dangerous Than Bedbugs
Sep 26 2011 // Bedbugs don’t make people sick. But the poisons used to kill them can. A new government study has found that dozens of Americans have fallen ill from the insecticides, and a North Carolina woman died after using 18...
Chartis Expands Environmental Insurance Coverage to Chemical Industry
Jul 26 2011 // Chartis has expanded NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance products offered through its Environmental division, to meet the needs of chemical manufacturers and distributors. The latest product in the...
Samsung Says Study Finds Workplace Isn’t Cause of Employees’ Cancer
Jul 14 2011 // A study commissioned by Samsung Electronics rejected assertions that employees may have been exposed to carcinogenic chemicals at its plants, as several cancer-stricken former employees of the world’s top memory...
Greenpeace Charges Big Name Brands Sourcing from Polluting China Firms
Jul 13 2011 // Some of the world’s leading clothing brands rely on Chinese suppliers that pollute rivers with toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals banned in Europe and elsewhere, the environment group Greenpeace said on...
Report Faults DuPont in West Virginia Worker’s Death
Jul 7 2011 // Chemical maker DuPont failed to promptly inform emergency crews about a phosgene leak that killed a worker last year, according to a U.S. government report released Thursday. The report by the Chemical Safety Board (CSB),...
Explosions Rock Louisiana Chemical Plant; No Injuries
Jun 16 2011 // A fire at a plant in Louisiana’s Iberia Parish where chemicals are blended and stored for oilfield operations forced area residents to evacuate or hunker down while a grayish-brown column of smoke rose hundreds of...
Judge: No Reduction in Fine, Restitution in Louisiana Man’s Death
Jun 3 2011 // A federal judge has declined to reduce the $1 million fine and $2 million in restitution he ordered paid by a Colorado company that admitted partial responsibility for the death of a Baton Rouge plant worker. Chief U.S....
