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

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By Tristan BaurickJun 16, 2025, 4:45 am98 pts
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…

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