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July 29, 2021

Acetic Acid Leak in Texas Kills Two, 30 Hospitalized in Texas
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In other news from Texas, two people died and 30 were hospitalized after
a chemical leak at a plant outside of Houston on Tuesday. The company,
Lyondell Basell, says 100,000 pounds of acetic acid accidentally leaked
from its plant in La Porte. The leak occurred less than a week after
authorities in La Porte had to issue a shelter-in-place order following
a chemical leak at a nearby Dow Chemical plant.


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