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fromLos Angeles Times
1 day agoOrange County leaders say previously evacuated area is safe. Experts say risks still linger
Catastrophic explosion risk at a Garden Grove aerospace facility was largely eliminated, allowing residents to return after extensive cooling of a methyl methacrylate tank.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day agoOrange County leaders say previously evacuated area is safe. Experts say risks still linger
Catastrophic explosion risk at a Garden Grove aerospace facility was largely eliminated, allowing residents to return after extensive cooling of a methyl methacrylate tank.
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days agoGarden Grove's chemical crisis: Thousands flee as conditions worsen at damaged tank
Fire officials spent Saturday in an increasingly dire race against the clock at Garden Grove's GKN Aerospace, with temperatures in a compromised tank of toxic chemicals creeping perilously upward and evacuated residents increasingly worried for their homes and health.
SF parents
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days agoWhy is the Orange County chemical tank crisis so hard to fix?
Inside the tank is an estimated 7,000 gallons of a chemical used to make plastics called methyl methacrylate, or MMA, stored in liquid form. "It's durable, lightweight, transparent, so it could even be used as a substitute for glass," Elias Picazo, assistant professor of chemistry at USC, said of the final plastic product. The polymer can also be used in household goods as well.
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