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Dupont, Ex-Worker Indicted for Plant Gas Leak that Killed 4

HOUSTON (AP) — A chemical company and a former employee have been indicted for their roles in a 2014 poisonous gas leak that killed four workers at a Houston-area plant, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Four employees at the now-closed DuPont …

23,000 Pounds of Toxic Chemical Led to 4 Deaths at Texas Plant

Chemical manufacturer DuPont has reported that about 23,000 pounds of a flammable toxic chemical escaped in the building where four of its workers died two weeks ago at a Houston-area plant. DuPont disclosed in a news release the quantity of …

Investigators Head to Deadly Chemical Leak Site in Texas

A federal agency that investigates chemical accidents has announced that it will send a team to a Houston-area industrial plant where a chemical leak killed four people. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said Saturday night that it is sending seven …