Word: toxication
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...from the Chemical Control Corp.'s waterfront facility, where thousands of barrels of chemicals had been illegally stored. For nearly a year, New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection had been working to clean up the mess, and had removed some 10,000 barrels of the most toxic or explosive substances. Despite the department's efforts, though, some critics branded the facility the Three Mile Island of chemical dumps, and others described the remaining 24,000 or so waste-filled barrels as a potential bomb...
...Warren E.C. Wacker, director of the University Health Services (UHS), said yesterday that the fumes "are not thought to be toxic." He said the UHS labs had tested cultures from the water inside the air conditioner to find out whether or not they were similar to those that caused "Legionnaire's Disease," but added that all the tests were negative...
...business elite. In recent years about 500 American firms have admitted to "illegal or improper payoffs abroad" totalling more than $1 billion. In addition, less obviously illegal--but often more harmful--acts result from unclear and unenforced regulation. Companies usually explain "chemical crime," the deliberate proliferation of toxic wastes and other chemicals into the environment, by pleading ignorance of the consequence of their actions. Ford Motor Company knew that Pintos often exploded on rear-end impact; Firestone failed to disclose evidence that its Radial 500 tires tended to belt-edge separation at high speeds; for 40 years manufacturers suppressed information...
LAST WEEK's leak of toxic gas in Somerville after a railroad crash did more than irritate eyes--it set to rest the misguided notion that it is somehow possible to evacuate an urban area quickly in an unanticipated emergency...
...phosphorous trichloride gas released in the accident apparently injured few seriously. But had it been something else--say radiation released from a nuclear plant in the case of a meltdown--the damage would have been incalculable. Radiation would be much harder than toxic gas to combat--on Thursday, at least, workers had a clearly visible localized cloud. Those in danger could smell the gas, and there were comparatively safe places to flee, refuges that would be much harder to find in the event of radiation release. Thursday's accident demonstrated Boston's--and any other city's--vulnerability...