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in making its products. Generally, inherently safer processes involve using fewer toxic materials or eliminating altogether the use of the most dangerous chemicals. The panel said using inherently safer processes is more complicated... Published: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Words: 529
to rid the community of the Institute plant's huge stockpile of toxic MIC. Community activists have focused their concerns on MIC since December 1984, when a leak of the chemical killed thousands of people near a Union Carbide plant... Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Words: 468
2008 explosion and fire that killed two workers on repeated safety violations by the company. The explosion did not occur in the MIC unit, but the board said it was dangerously close to a smaller MIC "day tank" and could have created... Published: Saturday, March 05, 2011 Words: 497
on a variety of plant units, including those involving MIC and deadly phosgene gas. Bayer also agreed to pay $7,500 in fines to resolve four other air pollution violation notices involving odor problems, excess emissions, and at least... Published: Thursday, September 23, 2010 Words: 505
Costa model, as well as local chemical safety programs in New Jersey and Massachusetts, and visited the Valley this week to get input on the idea from industry, citizens and government leaders. While Kanawha and Putnam counties already... Published: Thursday, December 09, 2010 Words: 815
temporary chemical security legislation in 2006, lawmakers specifically prohibited regulators from requiring the use of safer chemical processes. This industry-backed law also exempted 2,400 water treatment plants that use large amounts... Published: Monday, September 12, 2011 Words: 925
workers in Costa Rica and consumers of tainted watermelons in Oregon and California. In 1990, the use of aldicarb on potatoes was briefly suspended because of health concerns until Bayer submitted new data arguing that a more controlled... Published: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Words: 719
press reports. It's not clear exactly what impact an EPA phase-out would have on the Institute plant and its roughly 700 employees. Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said he was reluctant to discuss the matter publicly... Published: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Words: 608
of concerns it poses "unacceptable dietary risks, especially to children. Company officials also cited a 1995 pledge by Bayer to move away from products that global public health officials believe are especially dangerous. The January... Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Words: 775
community of a spill, leak, fire or explosion at the US Methanol facility. The citizen group had planned to present an expert to testify to the board about what could happen if one of the facility's largest tanks - holding up to 1.2... Published: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Words: 830