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Nitric acid leak at plant raises health concerns, scrutiny toward Austin Powder Company
A nitric acid leak at Austin Powder’s Red Diamond plant in Vinton County raises health, safety, and environmental concerns in the rural Ohio community.
Vinton County residents back home after evacuation from explosives plant gas release
Vinton County residents are back home after a gas release from an explosives manufacturing plant forced evacuation
Nitric acid leak creates plume of smoke from Ohio manufacturing plant, prompting evacuations
Thousands of gallons of nitric acid leaking from a tank at the Austin Powder manufacturing facility prompted evacuations in Vinton County Wednesday morning.
Columbus Dispatch2d
Chemical leak at Vinton County plant prompted evacuation: What we know
A spokesman for Austin Powder said the leak involved about 100 gallons of ... Nitrogen oxide gas is formed from nitric acid and oxygen molecules. The Ohio EPA said it can cause "numerous health ...
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Wind Direction Drives Toxic Plume Northeast After Nitric Acid Spill In Vinton County, Ohio
A nitric acid leak at the Austin Powder Plant in Vinton County has released a toxic orange plume of gas. Here's how light winds and cooling nighttime temperatures are expected to impact the flow of hazardous air,
Potential symptoms, safety risks after chemical leak
“The plume has really dissipated quite a bit, so we felt like the levels were safe,” Deshaies said. “The concentration anyway in the plume was pretty low.” She said the leak was mostly limited to the plant, but you may want to visit a doctor or emergency room with symptoms like an itchy throat, nose or red eyes.
Gas release from leak at Ohio explosives maker Austin Powder has been stopped, Ohio EPA says
No reports of serious injuries or hospitalizations as a result of gas leak at Vinton County explosives plant, the Ohio EPA says.
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