The Charleston Gazette - Bayer explosion Topics http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg The Charleston Gazette - Bayer explosion http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201003020410 DuPont lifts Belle plant safety stand-down http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201003020410 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:16:38 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002170353 Dow leak went undetected for nearly 2 weeks http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002170353 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:09:26 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002080517 Bayer announces shakeup at Institute plant http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002080517 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:59:44 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002050631 Byrd particularly alarmed by recent DuPont accidents http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002050631 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:40:55 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001260552 DuPont fatality probe to focus on phosgene hose Read more in the Sustained Outrage blog.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Chemical safety experts will be looking closely at a flexible hose that ruptured and fatally poisoned a w...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001260552 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:44:49 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001270704 Jay seeks more money for chemical probes Sustained Outrage blog for updates CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is seeking more money for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board in the wake of the boards decisi...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001270704 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:15:21 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250662 Federal probes begin at DuPont plant Sustained Outrage blog. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal investigators began to descend on DuPont Co.s Belle chemical plant Monday after a worker who was sprayed in the ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250662 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:40:05 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001230517 DuPont Statement on Recent Incidents The DuPont Belle site has responded to a series of three process incidents which occurred at the site on Friday and Saturday, 1/22 and 1/23. "DuPont is commit...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001230517 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001240328 Agencies weighing probes of DuPont Belle safety issues Sustained Outrage blog. Related story: DuPont worker dies CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two federal agencies are cons...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001240328 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250232 DuPont worker dies after being sprayed with chemical Sustained Outrage blog. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The employee sprayed with phosgene gas at DuPonts Belle plant has died, said Kanawha County Commissioner...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250232 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:01:10 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001220554 Toxic DuPont leak may have lasted five days http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001220554 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:23:14 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001230489 DuPont to close plant for safety checks the Gazettes Sustained Outrage blog. Read the text of DuPonts media statement here.CHARLESTON, W.Va. ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001230489 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:18:55 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001160361 Board narrowing scope of Bayer MIC investigation Click here to read more about Bayer. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal investigators are significantly narrowing the scope of their probe of the Bayer CropScience Institute plant as a result...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001160361 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001090168 Bayer cited for MIC tank violations http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001090168 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912020807 25 years after Bhopal, Institute reducing MIC Read more in Sustained Outrage CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Twenty-five years ago Thursday, a leak of the chemical methyl isocyanate -- MIC -- killed thousands of people...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912020807 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910280942 Science academy may study Bayer MIC stockpile http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910280942 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:29:16 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908260495 Bayer to cut Institute plants MIC stockpile by 80% http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908260495 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:43:21 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200907100558 Bill calls for studying elimination of MIC at Bayer Read more about BayerCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal investigators would have to complete a detailed study of how Bayer CropScience could eliminate the Institute plants stockpile ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200907100558 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:59:57 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200906170787 Rockefeller bill responds to Bayers secrecy Read more about the Bayer plant explosion. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Chemical companies like Bayer CropScience would not be able to cite federal anti-terrorism rules to...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200906170787 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200906100788 Bayer workers exposed during pipe maintenance Read more about the Bayer plantCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two employees at the Bayer CropScience plant were exposed to toxic chemicals late last month when they were performing maintenance...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200906100788 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:24:45 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905200776 W.Va. State faculty wants MIC gone from Bayer http://wvgazette.com/news/bayerexplosion " target="_blank">Read more about Bayer CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Faculty at West Vir...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905200776 Wed, 20 May 2009 18:19:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905120654 Pesticide ban wont affect Bayer plant in Institute Read more about Bayer CropScience Read more in Sustained Outrage CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A U.S. ban ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905120654 Tue, 12 May 2009 18:12:09 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905090192 Bayer knew MIC monitors were broken before blast Read more about the Bayer explosionINSTITUTE, W.Va. -- Bayer CropScience managers knew methyl isocyanate monitors were broken last August when they restarted a pe...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905090192 Sun, 10 May 2009 00:15:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905070727 Bayer wants new day with Kanawha Valley Read more about the Bayer explosion INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- Bayer CropScience officials opened their plant to the media Thursday, giving tours and interviews as part of an effort to rebuild...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905070727 Thu, 07 May 2009 18:31:01 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905040284 Jay, Waxman call for deeper probe of Bayer MIC http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200905040284 Mon, 04 May 2009 15:50:28 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904290835 Bayer tank that blew up in Valley lacked permit here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Bayer CropScience lacked a required permit for the chemical tank that blew up last August and killed ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904290835 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:36:11 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904250444 Safety lapses led to fatal blast at Bayer http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904250444 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904220489 Bayer plant lacked key air monitors, investigators found Read the reportCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Chemicfal monitors at key locations were not working or missing altogether the night of the August 2008 explosion that killed two...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904220489 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:07:52 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904231054 Residents turn out to blast Bayer for explosion, secrecy Read more in Sustained Outrage
"I have been through the blowi...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904231054 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:37:55 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001310307 Federal prosecutors to look into Bayer explosion http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001310307 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904220737 Reducing MIC feasible, but costly, Bayer documents say The U.S. Chemical Safety Boards public meeting on the Bayer CropScience Institute plant explosion will begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the West Virginia State University Wilson Building in Multipurpose Room 103. ___Read the committee report Read the hearing testimony Read more in Sustained Outrage. Read the hearing testimony and evidence. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Significant...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904210805 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:16:59 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200904200548 Bayer worried meeting would bring bad press, focus on MIC Read more in the Sustained Outrage blog. For more political news, click here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha V...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200903130704 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200902272159 EPA penalizes Bayer http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200902272159 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200902261105 Bayer cited, fined in fatal explosion at plant in August http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200902261105 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200902251004 Safety board should meet on Bayer blast, Carper says Click hear to read a related story.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper on Wednesday urged the federal Chemical Safety Board to go ahead with a pub...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200902251004 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200902240749 Board cancels hearing under Bayer pressure http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200902240749 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200812200363 Group upset about EPA deal with Bayer Kanawha-Putnam Emergency Management Plan CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Institute Volunteer Fire Chief Andre Higgi...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809130537 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809120386 Manchin wants faster reports after chemical accidents http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809120386 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809050454 EPA to investigate Bayers reporting delay in Institute blast Read the National Response Center report CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Federal officials plan to investigate...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809050454 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809040795 Residents fuming over lack of details from Bayer plant Related: Bayer withheld details of fatal blast in calls to 911INSTITUTE, W.Va. - Angry western Kanawha Count...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809040795 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809030652 Public forum scheduled tonight on Bayer chemical plant blast http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809030652 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809040388 Im only allowed to tell you that we have an emergency in the plant Listen to calls between Bayer and 911 dispatchers (MP3) Bayer CropScience officials repeatedly refused to gi...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809040388 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:40:44 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809020720 Nitro to ask Bayer to repay police overtime in plant fire http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200809020720 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200808310443 U.S. inquiry into Bayer blast could take a year, official says http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200808310443 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400