Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions

Trump Shutters Federal Agency That Investigates Industrial Chemical Explosions

On average, hazardous chemical accidents happen once every other day in the US.

Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions

On a summer night in 2023, an explosion at one of Louisiana’s biggest petrochemical complexes sent a plume of fire into the sky. More explosions followed as poison gas spewed from damaged tanks at the Dow chemical plant, triggering a shelter-in-place order for anyone within a half mile of the facility, which sprawls across more than 830 acres near Baton Rouge. For more than a year, a little-known government agency has been investigating the inci…