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The worst chlorine shortage the country has ever seen is set to rock this summer’s pool season.

Saudi Arabia’s SABIC posted a net profit of 2.22 billion riyals ($592 million) in the fourth quarter, after reporting a net loss of 890 million riyals in the same quarter in 2019. SABIC, Saudi Basic Industries Corp, expects the global rollout of coronavirus vaccines will boost its sales revenue by as much as 5 percent this year. SABIC shares have…

Cameras inside the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery caught on video the massive blasts early June 21 from just yards away.

More than 50,000 people in East Texas remained under a mandatory evacuation order Thursday as a fire continued to burn at a chemical plant, one day after two massive explosions there.

Two massive explosions 13 hours apart tore through a Texas chemical plant Wednesday, and one left three workers injured. The blasts blew out windows and doors of nearby homes and prompted a mandatory evacuation of a 4-mile radius from the plant in Port Neches in Southeast Texas, about 80 miles east of Houston. Officials say they have no estimate for...

With the dangers surrounding cleaning chemicals at the forefront, researchers are working to make products safer.

A New Hampshire school district will test all its drinking water after one faucet was found to have high levels of a toxic chemical that has raised health concerns.

A chemical incident caused a Red Robin restaurant in Woburn, Massachusetts, to be evacuated Tuesday afternoon. Police in Woburn confirm they responded shortly after 4:30 p.m. after an incident was reported at the Washington Street eatery.

Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for a Buffalo Wild Wings general manager killed in a tragic accident at the restaurant where he worked. Ryan Baldera, 32, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, died last week after he was rushed to the hospital after a chemical incident at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Burlington. His funeral mass is set for Thursday, Nov. 14 at...

A restaurant in Burlington, Massachusetts, opened its doors for the first time on Saturday since its general manager died following a chemical incident Thursday night. Only a few cars were in the parking lot of the Buffalo Wild Wings on Saturday evening, and friends of Ryan Baldera who were at the restaurant tell NBC10 Boston it was a somber atmosphere...

The Burlington Buffalo Wild Wings opened its doors Saturday for the first time since General Manager Ryan Baldera died after a chemical incident Thursday night.

An investigation is underway after an employee at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Burlington, Massachusetts died Thursday when a chemical incident occurred at the restaurant. Crews continued to clean up the hazardous mess overnight as authorities investigated the exact cause of the worker’s death.

The man who died in a chemical incident at a Buffalo Wild Wings was identified as its general manager Friday, a day after the hazardous incident caused the restaurant to be evacuated in Burlington, Massachusetts. Ryan Baldera, 32, was the man who died, Burlington’s interim fire chief said Friday.

A worker died Thursday in a chemical incident at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Burlington, Massachusetts. Ten other people were sickened. Interim Burlington Fire Chief Michael Patterson said Super 8, a common sanitation product, was being used to clean the floor when people inside the restaurant became sick. Fire crews responded around 5:30 p.m. to find a male worker who...

Indian Island off the coast of Northern California was the site of a massacre, a place that was contaminated by a shipyard and flush with invasive species.

If U.S. consumers ever ditch fuel burners for electric vehicles, then the United Auto Workers union is in trouble. Gone would be thousands of jobs at engine and transmission plants across the industrial Midwest, replaced by smaller workforces at squeaky-clean mostly automated factories that mix up chemicals to make batteries. The union is keenly aware of this possibility as it...

U.S. health officials are investigating what might be causing hundreds of serious breathing illnesses in people who use e-cigarettes and other vaping devices. They have identified 380 confirmed and probable cases in 36 states and one territory, including six deaths.

How much marijuana is really in that pot brownie? Chocolate can throw off potency tests so labels aren’t always accurate, and now scientists are trying to figure out why. In states where marijuana is legal, pot comes in cookies, mints, gummies, protein bars — even pretzels. These commercial products are labeled with the amount of high-inducing THC. That helps medical...

As many as 50 people in at least six states have come down with breathing illnesses that may be linked to e-cigarettes or other vaping products. No deaths have been reported, but at least a few have come close. Some patients have likened onset of the illness to a heart attack, and others to the flu. Symptoms have included shortness...