tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30407212.post6222383310316001818..comments2023-04-11T05:13:20.921-04:00Comments on Sung a Lot of Songs: Developmental Paths?Darwin BondGrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898207904227084144noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30407212.post-81206700103354634202009-07-08T21:02:14.734-04:002009-07-08T21:02:14.734-04:00http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/dow_st_...http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/dow_st_charles_sound_all_clear.html<br /><br />Dow, St. Charles sound "all clear" after smelly release<br /><br />St. Charles Parish officials sounded the "all clear" alert in the Hahnville area 35 hours after foul-smelling fumes began to escape from a faulty storage tank at Dow Chemical's St. Charles Operations facility Hahnville.<br /><br />The stench from the ethyl acrylate housed in the tank sent at least 27 people to the hospital complaining of eye and nasal irritation, and forced parish officials to block off parts of River Road near the plant.<br /><br />Ethyl acrylate is used in the production of plastics and adhesives.<br /><br />The acrid smell, which residents compared to burning plastic, drifted over much of the New Orleans area on Tuesday.<br /><br />Dow workers filled the 640,000 gallon tank with foam to dampen the fumes and treated the material with other chemicals to neutralize it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com