So I got home today and thought something was burning. I got online and saw two news articles saying there was a small chemical leak last night.... about 20 miles away from where I am! (yeah, small leak my ass) It reeks, I have a headache and immediately started coughing. Turns out Lubrizol (owned by Warren Buffet) has been leaking chemicals since yesterday. Local news is barely covering it and they retracted the original statement saying it was Hydrogen Sulfide. I cant find many answers since I dont have main stream social media but I would like to know what the fuck I am breathing. Anyone around the area with any info?
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I've been in and around Lubrizol's main plant on 225 highway in Deer Park, Texas and the one in LaPorte dozens of times. They are clean facilities and well managed. The employees are top notch. I know quite a few and there's not a bad one in The bunch. The main products are lubricants, but like a any plant they will have a few hazardous materials, which is just part of petrochemical industry.
If you're that worried about it, maybe consider calling the plant and asking. Perhaps drive by and ask an employee. I don't know any that wouldn't just tell the truth about it. There's nothing to hide. It's not like people at these plants don't live in the same community and raise their families there. They do. Their kids go to school with yours. They shop at the same stores and go to the same churches. Not one of them would do a single thing to harm the environment or their own community and none of them I know would ever lie or cover something up.