Safety Board Begins Study on Chemicals Stored by Bayer

The Chemical Safety Board announced it has begun a National Academy of Sciences study on the feasibility of reducing or eliminating the inventory of highly toxic methyl isocyanate stored at the Bayer CropScience pesticide manufacturing complex located in Institute, W.V.The 12-month, $575,000 study was mandated by Congress late in 2009 as part of the board’s fiscal year 2010 operating budget and resulted from the August 2008 explosion at the Bayer facility that killed two plant employees and endangered a nearby above-ground storage tank containing approximately 13,000 pounds of methyl iso...