Dive summary:
- A chemical cloud brought emergency workers to the Clean Harbors Recycling facility in El Dorado, Ark. yesterday when an unexpected chemical reaction took place in a trailer of pool chemicals resulting in a billow of smoke.
- The container of pool chemicals was waiting to be transferred to the incinerator to be destroyed.
- Clean Harbors said they don’t expect the cloud to cause any long-term health problems but are taking downwind air samples to make sure there are no issues.
From the article:
No employees of Clean Harbors were harmed during this incident. According to Sheriff Mike McGough, inmates at the Union County Sheriff's Department were transported to another secure facility without incident.
Retallick said exposure to the chemical cloud would cause acute eye, nose, and respiratory irritation but it wouldn't be severe. ...
