Chemical waste

Germany: Day after Huge Explosion in Leverkusen, 2 Dead, 4 Missing and Many Injured

Firefighters prevented a second explosion at a chemical plant in the western German city of Leverkusen after the first one happened in a solvent container.

This was announced by the Minister of the Interior of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert Royle, quoted by DPA.

Chemical waste gets mixed in sewage system in Istanbul’s Tuzla, causing health problems

Hundreds of locals were hospitalized on Dec. 25 after being affected by chemical waste that got mixed in the sewage system and caused pungent smells that alarmed locals and officials in Istanbul’s industrial Tuzla district on the city’s Anatolian side.