Latest Chemicals Headlines
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Dangerous Chemical Could Threaten New Jersey Reservoir
Jun 21 2017 // A new report says that a dangerous chemical detected in groundwater near a Superfund site in New Jersey could pose a threat to a nearby reservoir that provides drinking water to as many as 3.5 million people. The report by...
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Jun 19 2017 // Stephens Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., an independent, full service investment banking firm, has opened a property and casualty brokerage office in Birmingham, Ala. The new team–made up of Tice Young,...
Hamptons Tainted Water Lawsuit Adds to Roster of 3M Complaints
Jun 14 2017 // A stone’s throw from the white sand beaches and posh mansions of one of America’s wealthiest ZIP codes sits a community that homeowners say has been poisoned by polluted drinking water. Fifteen people in a...
3 Injured from Giant Chemical Fire Burning for Hours in Southern California
Jun 12 2017 // A major fire broke out and burned for hours at a company that produces cleaning chemicals in Anaheim, Calif., leaving three people injured. Anaheim fire officials say the blaze was reported shortly after 3 p.m. at American...
Weak Safety Standards Caused California Exxon Refinery Blast, Agency Says
May 15 2017 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board concluded in a report issued earlier this month that a 2015 explosion at a Torrance, Calif., refinery then owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. could have been prevented. “This explosion and near...
Weak Safety Standards Caused California Exxon Refinery Blast, Agency Says
May 3 2017 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has concluded that a 2015 explosion at a Torrance, Calif., refinery then owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. could have been prevented, the agency concluded in a report issued on...
Critics: DuPont Spent More on Legal Fees than Chemical Tests in Teflon Case
Apr 19 2017 // Critics say DuPont has spent too little on testing Ohio and West Virginia residents for contamination from a chemical used to make Teflon, while paying millions to a lawyer overseeing the testing program. The Columbus...
Feds Say Chemical Cloud in Kansas Caused by Human Error, Labeling
Apr 17 2017 // Human error and labeling and design problems led to the release of a large chemical cloud over a northeast Kansas city that sent more than 140 people to the hospital last year and caused others to stay indoors or evacuate...
Stephens Insurance Appoints 4 to Lead New Alabama Office
Apr 10 2017 // Stephens Insurance, LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., has opened a property & casualty brokerage office in Birmingham, Ala. The new team—made up of Tice Young, Donna Sanford, James Kennedy and Marty Hall—brings...
Trump Budget Would Eliminate Chemical Safety Board
Mar 21 2017 // When a Texas City refinery exploded in 2005, 15 people died. Months later, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board found that putting workers in temporary trailers near danger zones at the plant raised the death toll. Since then,...
DuPont to Pay $670M Over Teflon-Making Chemical Leak in West Virginia
Feb 13 2017 // DuPont said on Monday it agreed to pay $670.7 million in cash to settle several lawsuits related to a chemical leak from a plant in West Virginia. The company said it settled about 3,550 personal injury claims arising from...
American Water Files Settlement Over Role in 2014 West Virginia Water Crisis
Jan 27 2017 // A proposed settlement was filed Wednesday in the state investigation of West Virginia American Water’s role in a chemical spill and resulting water crisis in the Charleston area three years ago. Thousands of gallons...
Ohio Jury Orders DuPont to Pay $10.5M over Leaked Chemical
Jan 6 2017 // A U.S. jury in Ohio on Jan. 5 ordered DuPont to pay $10.5 million in punitive damages to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from a Dupont plant, the plaintiff’s...
Ohio Jury Hits DuPont with $2M Ruling over Teflon-making Chemical
Dec 22 2016 // A U.S. jury in Ohio ordered DuPont to pay $2 million to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from one of the company’s plants, according to the plaintiff’s...
Corpus Christi Chemical Leak Reported Week Before Public Warned
Dec 19 2016 // A chemical leak from an asphalt plant that led Corpus Christi officials to warn its 300,000 residents not to drink the water last week was apparently reported a week earlier, according to an email from a state...
Possible Petroleum Contamination Prompts Tap Water Warning in Corpus Christi
Dec 16 2016 // Corpus Christi, a Texas Gulf Coast city, is warning its 320,000 residents not to use tap water because it might be contaminated with petroleum-based chemicals, prompting a rush on bottled water and the closure of local...
Fate of DuPont Chemical Lawsuits Rests on Wording in 2004 Pact
Dec 13 2016 // For DuPont Co. and its Chemours Co. spinoff, hundreds of millions of dollars hinge on the interpretation of the word “among.” A Cincinnati appeals court heard arguments Friday that will affect the fate of...
Union Strike at New York Chemical Plant Enters 4th Week
Nov 28 2016 // A strike by hundreds of union workers at an upstate New York chemical plant is now into its fourth week. Some 700 members of an IUE-CWA local walked off the job earlier this month at Momentive Performance Materials in the...
Cause for Huge May Fire at Houston Chemical Warehouse not Found
Nov 18 2016 // Houston’s fire chief says investigators haven’t been able to determine what caused a blaze earlier this year that ignited a chemical warehouse, leading to explosions and hazardous runoff. The Houston Chronicle...
Texas DOT: Hazardous Chemical Routes in Houston Unchanged in 20 Years
Nov 15 2016 // Texas Department of Transportation records show no highway routes designated for transport of hazardous chemicals in the Houston area have been updated over the past 20 years and government officials appear befuddled over...
