May 20, 2007 - DENVER - Cleanup efforts will begin next month on a methane-contaminated patch of ground near Bondad, where a home exploded two years ago.
An investigation blamed an old gas well known as the Bryce 1-X, which was drilled and abandoned before World War II. Methane had been leaking into the soil ever since, and in February 2005, it accumulated under the home of Charles Yoakum, causing an explosion that destroyed his house. Yoakum was injured but survived.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Chemical Vapors in Plant Faulted for Blast in Massachusetts
May 10, 2007 - DANVERS -- The plant that exploded in November repeatedly violated safety regulations for the handling of flammable chemicals, and local, state, and federal agencies with oversight of the facility failed to inspect it, federal investigators said yesterday.
A seven-month probe by the US Chemical Safety Board concluded that workers, in part because of residents' complaints about the noise, regularly shut off a required ventilation system designed to prevent the buildup of chemical vapors, which ignited on Nov. 22.
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A seven-month probe by the US Chemical Safety Board concluded that workers, in part because of residents' complaints about the noise, regularly shut off a required ventilation system designed to prevent the buildup of chemical vapors, which ignited on Nov. 22.
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