A big fire Monday night at Westlake Vinyls in Calvert City has people who live nearby questioning if toxic chemicals, like ethylene dichloride, were released into the atmosphere. Westlake responded ...
Bathinda: Despite being banned, restricted, or withdrawn in many countries, highly toxic herbicide paraquat dichloride contrinues to be in wide Indian use for weeding, grass control, and pre ...
The record stated the largest release occurred June 8, 2022, when the plant emitted 12,369 pounds of vinyl chloride and 8,286 pounds of ethylene dichloride over the course of two hours and 21 minutes.
California’s pesticide regulators released preliminary findings today linking the herbicide paraquat to risks to wildlife and human health harms, including thyroid disease and birth defects.