Bayer wants 'new day' with Kanawha Valley

[Hubert Flottz]

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But when scheduling Thursday's interviews and tours, Bayer spokesman Tom Dover specified that the company would not be answering questions about the August explosion. Dover cited the ongoing CSB investigation as the reason.


"We need to be respectful of this investigation, and we are cooperating with them," Dover said.

Daniel Horowitz, spokesman for the CSB, said the board's investigation was no reason for Bayer to refuse to answer questions about the explosion.


"We have never asked Bayer or any other company not to comment publicly during one of our investigations, nor do we have any reason or authority to do so," Horowitz said Thursday. More...

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200905070727

So lying to us is how Bayer plans to build "TRUST"? We are talking about a chemical plant just exactly like the one that killed thousands in India and Tom Dover wants to play freakin' games. Tom Dover or is it Ben Dover?

[Hubert Flottz]

1. I wonder If Chemical Ali and Baghdad Bob would envy Bayer's

PR campaign around here.

Methyl isocyanate (MIC) is something that needs to be taken very seriously

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Methyl isocyanate

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Hazards

Methyl isocyanate (MIC) is extremely toxic. The threshold limit value set by the American Conference on Government Industrial Hygienist was 0.02 ppm which is an extremely low concentration. MIC can damage by inhalation, ingestion and contact in quantities as low as 0.4 ppm. Damage includes coughing, chest pain, dyspnea, asthma, irritation of the eyes, nose and throat as well as skin damage. Higher levels of exposure, over 21 ppm, can result in pulmonary or lung edema, emphysema and hemorrhages, bronchial pneumonia and death. Although the odor of methyl isocyanate can not be detected at 5 ppm by most people, its potent lachrymal properties provide an excellent warning of its presence (at a concentration of 2-4 parts per million (ppm) subject's eyes are irritated, while at 21 ppm subjects could not tolerate the presence of methyl isocyanate in air).<16>

Proper care must be taken to store methyl isocyanate because of its ease of exothermically polymerizing (see Reactions) and its similar sensitivity to water. Only stainless steel or glass containers may be safely used; the MIC must be stored at temperatures below 40 °C.

The toxic effect of the compound was apparent in the Bhopal disaster, when around 42,000 kilograms of methyl isocyanate and other gases were released over a populated area on December 3, 1984, immediately killing thousands and leading to the deaths of tens of thousands in subsequent weeks and months. More...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_isocyanate

[cpompilo]

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