Do You Live Near a Risky Chemical Plant?

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This map shows the 9,000 chemical plants across the U.S. where, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, a "catastrophic chemical release" could occur. It helps us answer an unsavory question—whether you live near a potentially dangerous chemical plant.

Mother Jones put this map together a year after the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas that killed 15 people and injured 200. The 9,000 plants, shown as yellow dots on the interactive map, handle one or more of the 140 toxic or flammable chemicals that are "potentially hazardous to nearby communities."

Chemical safety experts say this is the most comprehensive national-level chemical safety data out there. So it may be worth checking out if one of those dots is close to you by zooming in on the full map.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/04/west-texas-hazardous-chemical-map

Click on the link and you can zoom in on your area on the map and see how close you live to dangerous chemicals!

 

[KevanG]

I live near a recycling plant that has a grandfathered clause in it's deed that lets it store a rather large amount of slowly rusting propane tanks. If one of those goes boom the entire neighborhood could go.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I think there's a Taco Bell down the street.

 

[Immortalfire]

I think there's a Taco Bell down the street.

Well played.

 

[DarkSentinel]

Will one of them inadvertently give me super powers?

Unfortunately there's a Choptle in the next town over from me..and that has a much wider and more severe blast radius.

 

[NickNitro]

Seems like everyone lives near a risky Chem Plant.......

 

[runawayboulder]

Yeah, my toilet is down the hall.