HARRIS COUNTY – Hazmat crews in west Harris County worked to contain a reported chemical leak at a 99 Cent Distribution Center Sunday morning. Officials with Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office said ...

A chemical spill in Beach Park early Thursday injured more than 30 people when anhydrous ammonia became airborne, creating a toxic cloud in Lake County. What is anhydrous ammonia, and why would a ...

THORNTOWN, Ind. — An Anhydrous Ammonia leak was reported near Thorntown Tuesday night. According to the Thorntown/Sugar Creek ...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. -- A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas in a hotel parking lot, forcing hundreds of residents in a small Oklahoma city to evacuate and sending several dozen people to ...

Anhydrous ammonia can cause headline-grabbing disasters, but it’s also responsible for 50% of the food on your table. It all boils down to nitrogen and the process of turning the inert dinitrogen in ...

Last month, the committee finalized new standards, effective Jan. 1 for new chlorine and anhydrous ammonia tank cars, that call for thicker steel shells, more durable fittings for connecting hoses ...

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Anhydrous ammonia, the substance that exploded catastrophically Wednesday at a company in West, Tex., near Waco has been used as a cheap, if somewhat hazardous, fertilizer since the 1940s. The ...