Ethylene oxide is a widely used chemical made in the U.S. by some of the industry’s global giants, including Dow Chemical, Huntsman, Shell and Union Carbide. Its main use is in the refining of other ...

ATLANTA — For years, local residents in several metro Atlanta communities may have been exposed to a cancer-causing chemical and they had no idea it was being released into the air. Three of the ...

In a study published in Nature Chemical Engineering, a team has developed a kinetic decoupling-recoupling (KDRC) strategy ...

Ethylene oxide (EO) is a versatile compound used to make ethylene glycol and numerous consumer products, including household cleaners and personal care items. Also used to sterilize medical equipment ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents in Lakewood that long-term exposure to a toxic chemical used by a local commercial sterilizing company could significantly increase their ...

Turning methane into ethylene with sunlight sounds like alchemy, but it is rapidly moving into the realm of practical ...

(KPLC) - The "decomp" at Westlake Chemical Plant around 10:13 p.m. Wednesday night was a controlled emergency pressure release of ethylene, which when it hits the atmosphere, ignites in a quick flash ...

Three U.S. House members from West Virginia have proposed creating an Appalachian Storage Hub to store and transport large amounts of natural gas liquids in the region. One of those House members is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On Friday, July ...

In the communities of people living and working around the 100+ facilities across the U.S. that use a chemical called ethylene oxide, contamination in the air may cause cancer. If your family lives ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On Friday, July 14, multiple explosions were reported at the Dow Chemical plant in Plaquemine. All employees were accounted for with no injuries reported, and no damage ...