Latest Chemicals Headlines
All the headlines from our Chemicals Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Miss. Environmental Crews to Finish Creosote Cleanup in Hattiesburg
Jun 6 2007 // Hattiesburg’s Gulf States Creosote Plant shut its doors nearly 50 years ago, but the clean up of creosote continues. Environmental activists and property owners are far from satisfied with the project, said Sherri...
Mass. Debates Overhauling Fire Code to Address Chemical Risks
May 30 2007 // State lawmakers are considering an overhaul of Massachusetts’ fire code after the explosion at a chemical plant in Danvers damaged hundreds of nearby homes. The bill, filed by state Rep. Theodore Speliotis,...
Judge Approves Class Action Deal Against Kentucky Chemical Firm
May 29 2007 // A federal judge has approved a class-action settlement between a chemical company and the residents of a southwestern Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood. Under the settlement approved by U.S. District Court Judge John...
AIG Introduces Service to Assist with Homeland Security Compliance
May 15 2007 // AIG Homeland Security Solutions, a specialty unit of the property and casualty subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (AIG), introduced Chemical Security Compliance Service, a new service available to AIG...
Inspections to Target Small Firms in Mass. Handling Dangerous Materials
May 9 2007 // State inspectors in Massachusetts will target small companies handling dangerous materials in residential areas to try to prevent a repeat of a Danvers explosion that was blamed on a build up of chemical vapor. The state...
Minn. Senate Votes to Examine Health Risks from 3M Co. Chemicals
Apr 24 2007 // With traces of industrial chemicals linked to 3M Co. products turning up in more places, legislators are demanding that state scientists step up their examination of health risks and are allocating money for testing and...
N.J. Implements Expanded Safety Rules for Chemical Plants
Mar 20 2007 // Chemical facilities in New Jersey using extremely hazardous substances must weigh using safer options and plant workers can now join state inspections under new state policies to improve safety and security at the...
Marsh Comments on Effect of EU’s ‘REACH’ Regulations
Mar 7 2007 // On 29 October 2003, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU regulatory framework for chemicals. The new system, dubbed REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of CHemicals), outlined a complex...
Chemical Vapor Build-Up Cited in Mass. Paint Factory Explosion
Feb 5 2007 // A build-up of chemical vapor was the fuel for a massive explosion at a Danvers, Mass. paint and ink factory that leveled the building and forced a neighborhood evacuation, according to a preliminary conclusion by federal...
Report: U.S. Rails with Hazardous Materials Vulnerable to Terrorists
Jan 18 2007 // Train lines that carry hazardous shipments have little or no police presence and shoddy security that makes them easy targets for terrorists, according to a newspaper investigation. During a several-month, nationwide...
Feds Arrive in Kentucky to Investigate Hazardous Chemical Rail Fire
Jan 18 2007 // Federal agents will spend the rest of the week near Brooks, Kentucky investigating what caused a train carrying hazardous chemicals to derail and catch fire, forcing nearby residents to evacuate their homes. The chemical...
Texas AG Cracks Down on Chemical Plants for Alleged Air Pollution
Dec 21 2006 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office announced that Abbott has taken legal action against four Houston-area chemical plants for violating Texas environmental laws. The case is the first in Texas arising out of...
Court-Appointed Scientists Say Teflon Health Studies Could Take Years
Nov 17 2006 // Ohio and West Virginia residents who sued DuPont over a chemical used to produce Teflon may have to wait up to five years before learning if their health has been adversely affected by the substance, members of a science...
N.C. fire chief: Apex plant chemicals unknown
Nov 6 2006 // The fire chief for the town of Apex told a North Carolina state task force that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant last month because he...
N.C. fire chief: Apex plant chemicals unknown
Nov 5 2006 // The fire chief for the town of Apex told a North Carolina state task force that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant last month because he...
Safety Board: N.C. Waste Plant Fire Started Near Chlorine
Oct 31 2006 // The hazardous waste storage plant fire that led to the evacuation of thousands of residents this month in Apex, N.C. started in an area where chemicals such as pool chlorination tablets were stored, investigators said. An...
Apex, N.C. Fire Chief Predicted Heavy Loss From Chemical Fire
Oct 27 2006 // Apex’s fire chief told a North Carolina state task force this week that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant earlier this month because he...
Treasury Report on Terrorism Insurance Says Backstop Negatively Affects Private Capacity
Oct 3 2006 // A new federal report has found that the long-term development of the private terrorism insurance market remains at best uncertain due to the unpredictable nature of terrorist attacks. The President’s Working Group on...
Del. Residents Evacuated Near Chemical Tanker Return Home
Aug 28 2006 // Residents living near a railroad tanker car that released a hazardous chemical, sickening 23 people, have been allowed to return home, officials said. An evacuation notice for 44 homes had been issued Saturday morning...
Industry Group: Rita Did $150M Damage to 23 La. Chemical Plants
Aug 24 2006 // Major repairs are done and production is back to pre-storm levels at Southwest Louisiana’s 23 biggest chemical plants and oil refineries – but Hurricane Rita did about $150 million in damage to the plants...
