Four workers died Saturday due to a chemical leak of merthyl mercatan at chemical plant in Du Pont plant in La Porte Tx. the cause of the leak is under investigation, this chemical is used in insecticides and fungisides. The chemical did not affect the town because it had diffused, a fifth worker was also affected and is currently in the hospital but is expected to recover.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/15/us/texas-fatal-chemical-plant-leak/index.html?hpt=us_c2
Even though this was an accident, it brings light to the situation here in the western world where we have alot of plants like these that are extremely dangerous, and many times they never get inspected properly and workers are not trained well enough to deal with an emergency .
This is so sad. What a terrible was to die!
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