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High benzene levels lingered for weeks after a shelter-in-place ended following the ITC plant chemical fire in Deer Park in 2019.
Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm before it erupted in 2019.
The Texas Tribune analyzed previously unreported air monitoring data and records from the 2019 ITC chemical disaster near Houston and found that high benzene levels lingered in the air for two weeks after public health measures were lifted. Experts say more shelter-in-place advisories should have been issued.
Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm. Then on March 17, 2019, a fire blew through a corner of the facility, releasing toxic chemicals into nearby communities for weeks.
Other multinational companies who ended their involvement in the project are Linde, Saipem and Baker Hughes