Chemical Plant Explosion Added To Long List Of Public Health Concerns Wrought By Harvey
Toxins and chemicals from the plant and other sites are contaminating the water that's flooding Houston.
The New York Times:
New Hazard In Storm Zone: Chemical Blasts And ‘Noxious’ Smoke
A series of explosions at a flood-damaged chemical plant outside Houston on Thursday drew sharp focus on hazards to public health and safety from the city’s vast petrochemical complex as the region begins a painstaking recovery from Hurricane Harvey. (Turkewitz, Fountain and Tabuchi, 8/31)
The Wall Street Journal:
Report Shows Hazard Posed By Damaged Chemical Plant
A chemical stored at a Houston plant that caught fire early Thursday morning presents an airborne danger to more than 1 million people if released in a worst-case scenario, according to a company risk management plan filed to the federal government. (Berzon and Matthews, 8/31)
Los Angeles Times:
Harvey Pounded The Nation's Chemical Epicenter. What's In The Foul-Smelling Floodwater Left Behind?
The pounding rains of Hurricane Harvey washed over the conduits, cooling towers, ethylene crackers and other esoteric equipment of the nation’s largest complex of chemical plants and petroleum refineries, leaving behind small lakes of brown, foul-smelling water whose contents are a mystery. (Vartabedian, 8/31)
The New York Times:
Short Answers To Hard Questions About Health Threats From Hurricane Harvey
The devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston has brought a host of health questions from residents of the area and concerned relatives and friends. Here are some answers to common questions showing up in Google searches and on Facebook. (Kaplan and McNeil, 8/31)