email March 17th, 2008
Survey shows lower emissions for area plants
Baytown Sun - The IR camera, combined with improvements in processes at the Exxon Mobil chemical plant, have allowed the Baytown plant to reduce its emissions of benzene by 41 percent over the same two-year period. Benzene, a chemical specifically targeted by
email March 16th, 2008
Plant violations and benzene
Houston Chronicle - Regarding Monday’s Page One article “OSHA UNCOVERS SLEW OF REFINERY VIOLATIONS / Inspectors find 146 at 17 sites in what is only the start of a nationwide study”: My mother died of cancer two years ago, and while she was in a hospice, her nurse and I
email March 15th, 2008
Imperial Oil continues work after leak
Port Huron Times-Herald - Imperial Oil crews started today transferring the contents of a damaged storage tank to another tank to stop any chance of more emissions after a benzene leak Friday that put residents of southeastern Sarnia under a shelter-in-place order. As the
email March 14th, 2008
Diesel fumes harm the brain
Food Consumer - Diesel exhaust contains a range of toxic substances including benzene although many studies linked the particulates in the fumes to increased risk of certain diseases.