US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds
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Deaths and injuries up as critics condemn administration’s ‘appalling’ plan to gut federal disaster management system The number of US chemical accidents is rising just as the Trump administration guts protections against the disasters, a new analysis of federal data by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) non-profit found. The report found the number of chemical accidents, explosions, fires and other emergencies that release chemicals into the atmosphere was up by at least 51% since 2021. Deaths and injuries were up at least 20%. Continue reading...
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