‘My skin is itching off of me’ — US Nitrogen downplays harm of chemical leaks, spills in Tennessee

‘My skin is itching off of me’ — US Nitrogen downplays harm of chemical leaks, spills in Tennessee

In the small community of Midway, about 10 miles west of Greeneville, there are no hospitals. There are no clinics and there aren’t any grocery stores. But there are about 2,000 people living in the rolling hills that mark this area, many well within view of a nitric acid plant which sprawls over 400 acres. Tucked neatly behind the hills and trees of the valley, the plant produces ingredients that are used to manufacture blasting powder. It’s ca…