Archive for July, 2007

Youth Program Ordered Off Toxic Site

email July 24th, 2007

Youth Program Ordered Off Toxic Site
Berkeley Daily Planet - Brunner, the county public health director, told the CAG at the same meeting that soil gases in the building used by Making Waves showed the presence of vapors of two noxious chemicals, benzene and tolunene but at levels below the threshold of

UPDATE 2-PTT to combine Thai Aromatics with Rayong, shares rise

email July 23rd, 2007

UPDATE 2-PTT to combine Thai Aromatics with Rayong, shares rise
Reuters UK - Analysts said the combination will benefit from increasing demand for polyester and plastic bottles, which use chemicals such as paraxylene and benzene, this year and next. State-controlled PTT oil and gas firm, which owns 49.67 percent of Aromatics

Citgo guilty in bird deaths

email July 22nd, 2007

Citgo guilty in bird deaths
Corpus Christi Caller - Rainey has yet to rule whether to dismiss a felony indictment, Count 3, which charges Citgo Petroleum, Citgo Refining and Vrazel with under-reporting the benzene count between 1999 and 2001. Tears of relief were shed by family and friends of Vrazel as

Equistar to spend $125M on cleanup

email July 21st, 2007

Equistar to spend $125M on cleanup
Corpus Christi Caller - The local facility produces ethylene, propylene, benzene, butadiene and fuel products. It has about 260 employees. Violations at that facility between June 2003 and June 2004, according to the EPA documents, included: Failure to monitor valves and

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