Tag: Chemicals manufacturing
Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers
BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...
Dirty laundry in space? NASA, Tide tackle cleaning challenge
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t.
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Pandemic-delayed surgeries share blame for blood shortage
BOSTON — Some New England hospitals are delaying or rescheduling surgeries because of a shortage of blood donations during the pandemic.
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Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...
Evacuation order lifted after Illinois chemical plant blast
ROCKTON, Ill. — Residents near a northern Illinois chemical plant were cleared to return to their homes Friday, four days after officials issued an...
Fire suppression efforts continue at Illinois chemical plant
ROCKTON, Ill. — Fire suppression efforts continued Wednesday at a chemical fire near the Illinois-Wisconsin state line as public health officials lifted an outdoor...
Foam containing ‘forever chemicals’ used against plant fire
A company hired to help extinguish a fire that gutted a northern Illinois chemical plant this week used foam containing toxic compounds that have...
Study: Half of US cosmetics contain toxic chemicals
WASHINGTON — More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada likely contain high levels of a toxic industrial compound linked...
Illinois chemical plant explosion, fire prompt evacuations
ROCKTON, Ill. — An explosion at a chemical plant in northern Illinois sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black...
Top European court faults Germany for high air pollution
BERLIN — The European Union's top court ruled Thursday that Germany “systematically and persistently" exceeded limits on nitrogen dioxide, a harmful gas produced by...