SafetyBlog

Earlier this month, we blogged brought you news of a major chemical spill in West Virginia, which left some 300,000 residents without clean water. Businesses were forced to shut down, schools closed, and the local hospitals were receiving hundreds of complaints from people who unknowingly drank the contaminated water. The situation was so bad that President Obama declared it a federal emergency, sending the National Guard in to offer assistance.West Virginia authorities lifted the tap water ban …

A massive chemical spill involving the non-toxic, but still harmful if consumed, 4-methylcyclohexane methanol has left some 300,000 West Virginians without water for a second night. Once the chemical was identified in the Elk River, governor Earl Ray Tomblin issued a state of emergency for five counties, urging them to avoid the municipal tap water.Originally, only five counties were included in the governor's state of emergency. However, President Obama stepped in to declare it a federal e …