Chemicals

Search shifts to rescue as 11 feared dead in Washington state chemical tank explosion

Authorities said they don't yet know what caused a 900,000-gallon vat at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility to implode.

A drone view of a chemical tank after its rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington, US, May 26, 2026.
Roads remain closed after residents were evacuated following a chemical leak from a large storage tank that threatened nearby homes in Garden Grove, California, on May 24, 2026.

Multiple injuries, at least one dead in chemical tank rupture in Washington state - report

FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISH a car which exploded in Afula, May 26, 2026.

Man dies after car explodes in Afula, as police arrest three for suspected murder in Haifa

EMERGENCY SERVICE workers operate in front of the Ginza Six shopping complex, after an irritant was sprayed by an unknown person, in Tokyo, Japan, May 25, 2026.

Man sprays unidentified chemical into Japan mall, injuring at least 20 - report


Fire at industrial zone in Jordan Valley under control - police

Residents in the area were instructed to remain indoors due to fears of chemical air pollution.

 A fire rages at the Shlomtzion Regional Center in the Jordan Valley, on March 29, 2022.

Greeneye Technology by JVP raises $22 for AI precision spraying system

Each year, farmers worldwide apply millions of gallons of herbicides – the vast majority of which are wastefully sprayed onto bare soil or the crop.

 Greeneyes's system utilizes proprietary AI and deep learning to detect and spray weeds amongst crops with 95.7% accuracy

Fire breaks out on ZIM container ship off the coast of Canada

40 containers of mining chemicals had fallen overboard, posing a significant risk to mariners.

Smoke rises from the container ship Zim Kingston, burning from a fire on board, off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada October 23, 2021

Israeli company achieves breakthrough in non-toxic waterproof fabrics

The experiment results indicated that Sonovia's ultrasound tech brought the fabrics to level 100 water resistance, the highest possible level, for each fabric sample tested.

Sonovia's water-resistant fabric

Lebanon PM warns of 'dangerous nuclear chemicals' in oil facility

The comments came nearly eight months after a stockpile of chemicals detonated in Beirut, killing nearly 200 people in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions on record.

Volunteers dig through the rubble of buildings which collapsed due to the explosion at the port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020

Gadiv Petrochemical fined NIS 634k for Haifa Bay pollution

Environmental Protection Minister MK Gila Gamliel declared in response to the decision, that "the closure of polluting factories from Haifa Bay has begun."

Oil spill at Haifa harbor

Hummus: Advocacy group concerned over health of supermarket brands

The Environmental Working Group is an advocacy organization, funded in part by the organic food industry, that commissions research on the health of consumer products.

Hummus and Falafel, Israel's favorite chickpea-based dishes

Fire breaks out at petrochemical facility in southwest Iran

There have been several explosions around Iranian military, nuclear and industrial facilities since late June.

View of a damage building after a fire broke out at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, in Isfahan, Iran, July 2, 2020.

More evidence vaping is not a healthy alternative to cigarettes

New studies show possible link between vaping and pulmonary disease

person smoking an ecigarette

Exiled Thai critic attacked with chemicals in Japan

Neither was seriously hurt, but Pavin said they have been told by police not to return home.

UN chemical weapons experts inspect alleged chemical samples from an attack in Syria, 2013