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June 4, 2025

White House Seeks to Shutter Independent Agency That Investigates Chemical Hazards and Disasters
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The White House is seeking to shut down the Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board, according to White House budget documents released
Friday. Since it was founded in 1998, the independent agency has led
investigations into major disasters, including the fatal explosion of
ammonium nitrate fertilizer in West, Texas, in 2013 and the 2010
Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. 


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