chemicals

Dioxins unearthed at U.S. base in Okinawa stir furor

March 24, 2014 By Susan Webb

"They were 55-gallon and, on occasion, 30-gallon drums. You could smell the chemicals and a few were stenciled with 'Defoliant' in white with 'Property KAB Special Services."

West Virginia hit by another chemical spill

February 14, 2014 By Blake Skylar

About 108,000 gallons of waste from a coal processing facility leaked into a tributary of the Kanawha River on Feb. 11, polluting 6 miles of Fields Creek. The waste includes all manner of toxic chemicals and...

Today in labor history: Deadly chemical plant explosion in 1971

February 3, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On Feb. 3, 1971 there was a major explosion at the Thiokol Chemical Plant located near Woodbine, Georgia.

W.Va. disaster culprit Freedom Industries declares bankruptcy

January 22, 2014 By John Case

With $30 million in assets and $3 million in liabilities, Freedom Industries followed a tried and true coal industry tactic of declaring bankruptcy and moving assets to a new company.

Michigan, Louisiana latest victims of oil, chemical spills

April 16, 2013 By Blake Skylar

April 1 was no joke in Lansing, Michigan, when equipment at a power plant malfunctioned and caused 300 gallons of oil to leak into the Grand River.