Chemical News

• Lagoon turns bright PINK in Argentina due to pollution from chemicals used by fish factories
  
  The colour is caused by sodium sulphite, an anti-bacterial product used in fish factories, whose waste is blamed for contaminating Chubut river that feeds Corfo lagoon and other water sources.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 26 Jul 2021.
• Can Eastman Chemical (EMN) Keep the Earnings Surprise Streak Alive?
  
  Eastman Chemical (EMN) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
  Zacks.  Friday, 23 Jul 2021.
• Westlake Chemical (WLK) Sees Hammer Chart Pattern: Time to Buy?
  
  Westlake Chemical (WLK) has been struggling lately, but the selling pressure may be coming to an end soon.
  Zacks.  Friday, 23 Jul 2021.
• How the U.S. unleashed hell's agent: It left a trail of appalling birth defects in Vietnam
  
  Helicopters in 1974 in Oregon sprayed a highly toxic ingredient of Agent Orange, the notorious chemical defoliant used to blanket swathes of South-East Asia during the Vietnam War.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 22 Jul 2021.
• Turn Your Bar Cart Into a Chemistry Lab With Glasses Shaped Like Beakers and Flasks
  
  Periodic Tableware has turned beakers and Erlenmeyer Flask into wine glasses, beer mugs, and martini glasses so any bar can feel like a lab.
  Mental Floss.  Wednesday, 21 Jul 2021.
• Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly's former director recalls there being 'magic' between the couple while filming
  
  Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly's chemistry was apparently noticeable while the two filmed "Midnight in the Switchgrass." The couple met on the set while Fox was still married to Brian Austin Green.
  Fox News.  Tuesday, 20 Jul 2021.
• Dozens exposed to airborne chemical leak at Six Flags park
  
  A Six Flags water park near Houston was closed after over 60 people were exposed to an airborne chemical leak. More than two dozen were rushed to hospitals suffering from minor skin irritation and minor breathing problems.
  CBS News.  Sunday, 18 Jul 2021.
• Six Flags water park evacuated after chemical spill sends dozens to the hospital
  
  A chemical spill at a water park in Texas sent dozens of people to the hospital, according to officials.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 18 Jul 2021.
• 60 people sickened, including toddler and pregnant woman, in 'chemical incident' at Texas water park
  
  Around 65 people were sickened at a Houston-area water park in what local officials called a chemical incident.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 18 Jul 2021.
• Chemicals at Splashtown Water Park in Texas Sends 26 to Hospital
  
  One person was in critical condition after the victims were exposed to bleach and sulfuric acid, which are used to maintain pH balance, the authorities said.
  New York Times.  Sunday, 18 Jul 2021.
• Dozens treated after chemical incident at Texas Six Flags
  
  26 people were transported to hospitals and another 39 refused ambulance care, officials said.
  CBS News.  Saturday, 17 Jul 2021.
• Chemical leak at Six Flags water park in Texas affects 65 people, HAZMAT team reponds
  
  At least 65 people underwent decontamination with a hazmat team on Saturday following a chemical leak at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown in Spring, Texas, according to local authorities.
  Fox News.  Saturday, 17 Jul 2021.
• Watch This Autonomous Microdrone Swarm Sniff Out A Gas Leak
  
  A swarm of tiny drones rapidly sniffs out the source of a chemical leak, tracing it back to its source without human assistance, in the first demonstration of its kind.
  Forbes.  Thursday, 15 Jul 2021.
• Johnson & Johnson To Pull Several Sunscreens Over Cancer-Causing Chemicals
  
  'Daily exposure to benzene in these ... would not be expected to cause adverse health consequences'
  Daily Caller.  Thursday, 15 Jul 2021.
• Bangladesh factory fire: At least 52 people killed in overnight blaze
  
  Authorities believe the fire took hold because of chemicals and plastics stored inside the building.
  BBC News.  Friday, 9 Jul 2021.

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