email November 23rd, 2007
Ship Channel residents queried
Houston Chronicle - A Houston Chronicle probe in 2004 found that air in Manchester had some of the highest levels of cancer-causing chemicals benzene and 1,3-butadiene in the region. Levels of butadiene in Manchester declined after two local industrial plants agreed to
email November 22nd, 2007
Tribune exclusive: Indiana giving lake polluter a break
Chicago Tribune - Steel reports discharging oil and grease, lead, arsenic, benzene, fluoride and nitrates from waste-water pipes at the mill, yet the draft permit fails to limit emissions of these pollutants at all discharge points. The permit also relaxes the
email November 21st, 2007
Looking for answers
Caspar Star-Tribune - But when a resident asked whether EnCana tested for glycols, benzene and other constituents that are not part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water testing requirements, Teeuwen said he wasn’t sure. “How do we know if our
email November 20th, 2007
Total starts toluene unit work at Texas refinery
Reuters - A TDP unit produces valuable petrochemicals benzene and paraxylene from toluene. The unit will be shut at least through Dec. 9 for an overhaul that will include working on the concrete refractory lining the inside of the catalyst chamber, according