I-HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Ukuchitheka kwamakhemikhali endaweni yamabubulo e-La Porte kubulale abantu ababili begodu kwalimaza abanengi ngoLwesibili ebusuku. Ikhemikhali ineendlela ezinengi zokusetjenziswa, okufakahlangana ukusetjenziswa babantu. Kodwana ngendlela yayo ehlanzekileko, ingagqwala, ivuthe begodu ibulale.
Ingozi ye-LyondellBasell complex yakhupha amakhilogremu angaba yi-100,000 we-acetic acid, okwenza bona kube nokutjhiswa kanye nobudisi bokuphefumula ebantwini abasindako.
I-acetic acid lilitshezi elingenambala, ikhompawundi ye-organic enuka kabuhlungu esetjenziselwa ukwenza amapende, ama-sealant, kanye nama-adhesive. Iphinde ibe yingcenye ekulu yeviniga, nanyana ukugxila kwayo kungaba yi-4-8% kwaphela.
Ngokuya kwemibhalo kuwebhusayithi ye-LyondellBasell, ikhiqiza okungenani imihlobo emibili ye-glacial acetic acid. Imikhiqizo le ichazwa njengenganamanzi.
Ngokuya ngephepha ledatha yezokuphepha lenkampani, ikhompawundi iyavutha begodu ingakha umhwamuko oqhumako emazingeni womtjhiso angaphezu kwama-102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius).
Ukuthintana ne-glacial acetic acid kungabanga ukucasuka emehlweni, isikhumba, amakhala, umphimbo, nomlomo. UmKhandlu weKhemistri we-Amerikha uthi ukugxila kwaleli khompawundi kungabanga ukutjhisa.
Izinga eliphasi lokuvezwa elibekwe yi-Occupational Safety and Health Administration lingama-parts ali-10 ngesigidi (ppm) esikhathini sama-awa abunane.
I-Center of Disease Control and Prevention yeluleka bona nangabe uhlangabezana nevayirasi, kufanele ufumane umoya ophretjhi msinyana, ususe zoke izambatho ezingcolileko, begodu ugeze indawo engcolileko ngamanzi amanengi.