Environment ❯ Pollution

Chemical Spills

Industrial Accidents Hazardous Materials Air Quality Toxic Substances Emergency Response Toxic Chemicals Public Health Hazardous Waste Water Contamination Train Derailments

Ferromex Train Derails in Naco, Sonora, Dumping More Than 70,000 Liters of Chemical

Authorities have sealed the site and ordered supervised remediation as investigators test whether rains carried the spill into soil or the aquifer

Hazmat Teams Contain Self-Heating Drum at Huntington Beach Industrial Site

Ferromex Train Derails in Sonora and Releases About 59,000 Liters of Industrial Chemical

Eighteen Canisters of Highly Caustic Liquid Found on L851 Prompt Major Hazmat Response

Styrene Leak at Innova Plant Triggers Ongoing Emergency and Probe

Nitric Acid Spill on Tijuana Boulevard Controlled After Hazmat Response

Formic Acid Leak at A61 Rest Area Triggers HAZMAT Response

Hydrochloric Acid Leak Contained at Hamburg Waste‑Incineration Site

OSHA Proposes $3.52 Million in Fines After Channelview Sulfuric Acid Spill

Hazmat Crews Begin Phased Removal of Neutralized Chemical at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove

GKN Aerospace Begins Phased Removal of Neutralized MMA Tanks in Garden Grove

Phosgene Leak at Chempark Dormagen Sends Workers to Hospital

Cleanup at Garden Grove Aerospace Site Delayed After Tank Crisis Stabilized

Cleanup Paused at Garden Grove Plant After Chemical Tank Crisis

Nitric Acid Leak at Vilshofen Brewery Triggers Large Hazmat Response

All Missing Recovered After Longview Tank Implosion, 11 Workers Dead

Chemical Tank Implodes at Longview Paper Mill, at Least Two Dead

Two U.S. Chemical Tank Emergencies: Explosion Risk Lowered in California, Deadly Rupture in Washington

Chemical Tank Rupture at Longview Paper Plant Kills Worker and Leaves Several Missing

Crack in Garden Grove Chemical Tank Stops Catastrophic Explosion Threat