Air concerns linger after Texas chemical fire brings shelter-in-place order

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A new emergency order forced Deer Park residents to shelter in place for hours over concerns about cancer-causing benzene in the air.

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dianerocks52 I wonder which horrible piece of Red Tape was rolled back to make THIS happen?

AltDept_of_VA Good thing the EPA is being gutted so things like this go unpunished.

As if we didn’t know they were lying when they claimed there was nothing toxic in the smoke. 😒

Why now? Over 7 million of us have been exposed to these deadly chemicals for the last 5 days. We need better leadership. Nothing against Lina4HC, but she lacks any experience with these situations.

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