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Philly Residents May Want to
Drink Bottled Water for a Bit

Mar 27, 2023 9:30 AM CDT

Philly Residents May Want to Drink Bottled Water for a Bit

Drinking water thought to be OK through Monday after chemical spill in Delaware River

(Newser) - Philadelphia residents were told Sunday that they may want to drink bottled water following a chemical spill into the Delaware River in a neighboring county. Bucks County health officials said Sunday that a leak late Friday evening at the Trinseo Altuglas chemical facility in Bristol Township spilled between 8,100...

29 Hospitalized After Chemical Leak at Texas Water Park

Over 60 Treated After Texas
Water Park Chemical 'Incident'

Jul 18, 2021 5:45 AM CDT

Over 60 Treated After Texas Water Park Chemical 'Incident'

29 Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown visitors were taken to hospitals

(Newser) - A chemical leak at a Houston-area water park left dozens suffering from minor skin irritation and respiratory issues Saturday, authorities said. Per the AP , 29 people were taken to local hospitals following the incident at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown in Spring, the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office...

Steel Plant Spills Cyanide,
Ammonia Into River

Aug 20, 2019 5:13 AM CDT

Steel Plant Spills Cyanide, Ammonia Into River

Locales on Little Calumet River, Lake Michigan unhappy with late notice

(Newser) - What took so long? That's what residents and municipalities on the Little Calumet River and nearby Lake Michigan are wondering in regard to notification of a chemical spill into the water, reports CBS Chicago . The ArcelorMittal steel plant has apologized for the leak of cyanide and ammonia into the...

37 Hospitalized After Toxic Chemical Spill

7 in Critical Condition,
Dozens Hospitalized
After Chemical Spill

Apr 25, 2019 2:00 PM CDT

7 in Critical Condition, Dozens Hospitalized After Chemical Spill

37 hospitalized after anhydrous ammonia spills in Illinois

(Newser) - A tractor was towing a pair of 2-ton tanks of anhydrous ammonia in Beach Park, Ill., around 4:30am Thursday, and somehow the chemical spilled—creating a toxic plume over the area and sending 37 people to the hospital. At least seven of those people are in critical condition with...

Scientists Find Formaldehyde in 'Safe' W. Va. Water

'Freaked Out'
Scientist Finds
Formaldehyde in
W. Virginia Water

Jan 29, 2014 1:53 PM CST

'Freaked Out' Scientist Finds Formaldehyde in W. Virginia Water

He tells lawmakers that he's not drinking it

(Newser) - Scientists have found trace amounts of formaldehyde in water from Charleston, West Virginia, weeks after a huge chemical spill. After two chemicals from Freedom Industries leaked into the Elk River around Jan. 9, about 300,000 local residents were quickly told not to drink the water running through their pipes....