A chemical fire, explosion or toxic release occurs every two days in the U.S., according to data compiled by the Coalition to Prevent Chemical Disasters, a group of environmental justice organizations ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Hazard and Investigation Board, or CSB, investigates root causes of serious chemical accidents and ...

A Trump proposal would defund the Chemical Safety Board later this year, potentially leaving a Louisville-based investigation in limbo. The CSB and its proponents say the agency, with its $14 million ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Even today, more than five years later, residents still talk about the fire. The chemical facility burned for three days, leaked toxic runoff into the waterways, forced schools and ...

The US Steel plant where two workers were killed and ten injured in an explosion on Monday had a history of chemical accidents. It was one of hundreds of chemical facilities whose risks were hidden ...

When it comes to chemical safety, Donald Trump’s first term was a mess. In 2017, for example, the president nominated someone to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s office of chemical safety, ...

For 11 days after an oil and lubricant factory blew up less than a mile from her home, Millie Simmons could not stand outside for more than 10 minutes at a time. “I could hardly breathe,” the ...

Local and federal officials asserted that thus far, an array of tests had detected no "hazardous materials" in the area ...

Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor. Smoke rises from a fire burning at the ...

The Chemical Safety Board is still investigating last year's explosion in Clifton. Its proposed closure this year could leave the probe in limbo.

When it comes to chemical safety, Donald Trump’s first term was a mess. In 2017, for example, the president nominated someone to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s office of chemical safety, ...