Chemical accidents in California and Washington highlight risks of proposed EPA deregulation
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Stephanie Pappas
Summary
Two chemical accidents in the same week — a near-miss at an aerospace plant in Garden Grove, California, and a deadly tank rupture in Washington State that killed two and left nine missing — have raised concerns about the Trump administration's proposal to roll back federal regulations designed to prevent such industrial disasters. The article examines how deregulation could increase the frequency of chemical plant accidents, threatening both workers and surrounding communities.
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· 3 pulledAs more than 50,000 residents of Garden Grove, Calif., returned home on Tuesday and Wednesday after a narrowly averted chemical crisis at an aerospace plant, a rupture at a separate chemical tank in Washington State claimed two lives and left nine people missing and presumed dead.
The back-to-back incidents are among several high-profile disasters at chemical plants in the past year.
And a Trump administration proposal to roll back federal regulations that are meant to guard against such accidents means they could become more frequent, threatening surrounding communities and on-site workers.
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