Elk River spill included another chemical

[highplainsdem]

Source: WVGazette.com

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal and state investigators learned today that an additional chemical that wasn't previously identified was in the tank that leaked on Jan. 9 at the Freedom Industries tank farm just upstream from West Virginia American Water's regional drinking water intake.

Company officials told investigators that the "Crude MCHM" that spilled also contained a product called "PPH," which stands for polyglycol ethers, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.

Daniel Horowitz, managing director of the CSB, said that investigators were told the chemical was added to the Crude MCHM mixture at a level of about 5.6 percent.

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Eastman Chemical Co., which made the Crude MCHM for Freedom Industries, says that the chemical 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol makes up 68 percent to 89 percent of Crude MCHM. The Eastman MSDS also shows, though, that Crude MCHM includes six other ingredients: 4-(methoxymethyl)cyclohexanemethanol, water, methyl 4-methylcyclohexanecarboxylate, dimethyl 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate, methanol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol.

Read more: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201401210072

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Horowitz said the Crude MCHM mixture contained more than 5% PPH, which according to Freedom Industries has "low oral toxicity."

[stg81]

1. great.

[durablend]

2. No worries

Company officials are drinking bottled water so no need to be concerned that they'll become ill or anything. That's what's important, right?

[theHandpuppet]

3. And why weren't investigators told this from the beginning?

This pack of company liars haven't an ounce of truth among them!

[notadmblnd]

4. Is that antifreeze?

[jmowreader]

5. No. You're thinking of ethylene glycol

This product is a surfactant - something you would expect to find in coal-washing soap. Still nasty shit.