Tag: chemical
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Newly identified chemical in drinking water could be toxic: study
The Summary A newly identified chemical byproduct may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found. Scientists do not yet know whether the byproduct is dangerous. But some are worried that it could have toxic properties because of similarities to other chemicals of concern. About a third of…
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Atlanta likely to be covered by haze and chlorine odor from chemical lab fire, officials warn
Haze and a chlorine odor will likely descend upon Atlanta on Thursday, as officials struggle to contain the fallout from a Georgia chemical lab fire that ignited Sunday. Air quality monitoring detected elevated chlorine levels overnight around a BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, according to a press release on Wednesday from the Georgia Emergency Management…
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Georgia chemical lab fire prompts evacuations, shelter-in-place orders for entire county
Residents of an entire Georgia county were asked to shelter in place after a fire and ongoing chemical release erupted at a plant east of Atlanta on Sunday. The shelter-in-place recommendation for residents of Rockdale County, population 93,570, was valid through midnight, the county said in a statement. As an associated chemical reaction continued to…
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Georgia chemical lab fire prompts road closures and evacuations
A fire broke out at a chemical plant just east of Atlanta Sunday, prompting officials to ask residents in the area to evacuate. At around 5 a.m., a sprinkler head malfunctioned at the BioLab plant in Conyers, “causing a mixture with a water reactive chemical,” according to Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel. Deputies say…