Naturepedic mattress maker dreams up new lower-cost line called Lullaby Earth - Cleveland Plain Dealer
25 May 2012, 7:14 am
"The biggest concern is that polyurethane foam is toxic and it releases a chemical called toluene di-isocyanate," a toxic chemical that the EPA says can cause asthma and damage lungs, she said via telephone from Clearwater, Fla. "Polyurethane is ...

Toxic waste from Bhopal to be disposed of in Germany - india.nydailynews.com
24 May 2012, 6:18 am
The waste at the defunct factory is not connected with the deadly methyl isocyanate gas that claimed thousands of lives but comes from the indiscriminate dumping of chemicals from 1969 to 1984, media reports said. Although the methyl isocyanate stored in ...

Faultline Art Space opens in Fruitvale - San Francisco Gate
14 May 2012, 3:20 pm
It’s been nearly three decades since the Bhopal disaster left thousands dead in India, altering the face of one of the world’s largest agriculture economies following a leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals at a plant run by ...

Panel: Chemical Industry Needs Risk Guidance - ClaimsJournal.com
14 May 2012, 10:05 am
The explosion occurred near a storage tank containing methyl isocyanate, a highly toxic chemical also known as MIC. The tank was not damaged and the chemical wasn’t released. Bayer took measures to reduce risks associated with MIC ...

Chemical Industry Urged to Reduce Processing Hazards - Insurance Journal
14 May 2012, 4:00 am
The explosion occurred near a storage tank containing methyl isocyanate, a highly toxic chemical also known as MIC. The tank was not damaged and the chemical wasn’t released. Bayer took measures to reduce risks associated with MIC ...

Let's not rush into Carbon Sequestration - Magic City Morning Star
14 May 2012, 3:46 am
Other natural and combustion materials may combine underground with Carbon and Nitrogen to create Methyl isocyanate, a deadly gas at atmospheric pressure and temperature. Trace amounts of Mercury in combustion gas or in rock could convert to ...

Chemical plants can reduce dangers, NAS report says - Charleston Gazette
11 May 2012, 10:19 pm
CSB investigators found that incident occurred dangerously close to a tank where Bayer stored methyl isocyanate, or MIC, the chemical responsible for thousands of deaths in a 1984 leak at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India. Originally, the study was to ...

Bayer tried to reduce risks of MIC at WV plant, but didn't implement all hazard controls - EurekAlert
11 May 2012, 10:37 am
WASHINGTON — Bayer CropScience sought to reduce risks associated with the manufacturing and storage of the toxic chemical methyl isocyanate (MIC) at its processing plant in Institute, W.Va., says a new congressionally mandated report from the National ...