Two major incidents at chemical plants within the past week sent tens of thousands fleeing from their homes in California and left 11 people dead in Washington. But despite a spate of similar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crews spray water on an overheating tank at GKN Aerospace on May 23, 2026 in Garden Grove, California. The tank holds methyl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Critics are outraged that the Trump administration is moving to roll back chemical safety rules even as the U.S. faces deadly ...

When fire erupted at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. bulk liquid petroleum storage terminal, large plumes of dark smoke billowed into the clear skies over Deer Park, Texas. Despite the efforts of ...

After a chemical leak at the Ames Goldsmith plant in Kanawha County killed two workers and injured dozens more last month, federal investigators quickly arrived in West Virginia to begin piecing ...

Raschelle Grandison had just walked out her front door to grab something from her car on a chilly March morning in 2019 when she stopped dead in her tracks. Grandison stared in disbelief at what ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Hazard and Investigation Board, or CSB, investigates root causes of serious chemical accidents and makes recommendations for preventing similar events. The Trump ...

Physicist Ronald Koopman appeared at a Southern California Air District meeting in 2018 to talk about what seemed like an arcane scientific topic: hydrofluoric acid dispersion and water mitigation ...

Critics are outraged that the Trump administration is moving to roll back chemical safety rules even as the U.S. faces deadly industrial chemical incidents. Last week, in Washington state, a chemical ...

Trump Administration Wants to Close the Watchdog Investigating West Virginia’s Chemical Disasters After a chemical leak at the Ames Goldsmith plant in Kanawha County killed two workers and injured ...