People waited outside office buildings, attended meetings and lined office hallways in the Texas City area to sign on to a $10 billion lawsuit filed in federal court in Galveston, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported Thursday.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, alleges the release of more than 500,000 pounds of chemicals -- including 17,000 pounds of benzene, a carcinogen -- jeopardized the health and property values of people who live and work in the area.
Two weeks before a well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the environmentally disastrous BP oil spill, the company had problems with a hydrogen compressor at its Texas City plant, scene of a 2005 explosion that killed 15 people.
The company said a fire April 6 compromised a seal on a hydrogen compressor, forcing BP to burn off gases. It reported the "emissions event" to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality the following day. As it worked to fix the unit during the next 40 days, the plant released 538,000 pounds of pollutants into the air, BP told regulators.
It's no wonder we feel like shit down here.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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