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Gutting EPA Rules on Toxic Chemicals Puts Millions of Schoolkids at Risk

Chemical fires, leaks and explosions happen at U.S. industrial facilities every other day — incidents such as four disasters in greater Los Angeles over Memorial Day weekend, including one involving a chemical tank that threatened to explode and forced 50,000 residents and more than 20 schools to evacuate, and a chemical tank explosion the next...
By Dominique Browning and Cynthia Palmer | July 22, 2026