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by pseudohadamard 27 days ago
I can already hear commentary in the USCSB video, "... at approximately 3:42pm the pressure release valve failed, releasing 150,000 pounds of MMA...".

Well, unless Trump has abolished it in the meantime.

Update: Unfknblvbl! He did actually try and abolish it. The safety authority that was created to prevent situations exactly like this one. https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/us-chemical-safety-..., and then Congress gave it a one-year lifeline, https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/congress-rescues-industr....