In the wake of the East Palestine train derailment, Jess Conard has developed a program to assist local leaders in identifying potential risks to their community.

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A chemical disaster unfolded in Weatherford, Oklahoma on Thursday when a tanker truck carrying 25,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia began leaking its contents behind a Holiday Inn Express. The incident ...

Last September, a chemical fire in Conyers, Georgia, sent a toxic cloud over the area. A Georgia Public Broadcasting podcast called “Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story” examined that day, what led ...

On November 5, 2025, a massive explosion occurred at the CF Industries fertilizer plant near Yazoo City, Mississippi. The blast released a cloud of toxic ammonia that quickly spread over nearby ...

ROSELAND, La. (Louisiana First) — An independent testing expert who traveled to Roseland following the Smitty’s Supply explosion in August said his early results are troubling for the people and ...

When the Chemical Safety Board revealed how Jose Wilfredo Perez Jr. died last year trying to flee a toxic plume of hydrogen sulfide wafting through Pemex’s Deer Park oil refinery, the federal agency ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When fire erupted at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. bulk liquid petroleum storage terminal, large plumes of dark smoke billowed into the clear skies over Deer Park, Texas.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Philip Steenstra, University of Michigan; Rachel O’Brien, University of Michigan, and ...