Chemicals
Worker exposed to hazardous substance in Shlomi factory, Fire and Rescue units dispatched
The crews were dispatched following a report received by the Fire and Rescue Service's 102 emergency hotline of an incident in which a worker was exposed to a hazardous substance while unloading it.
Massive fire breaks out in southern Israel factories, hazardous leak ruled out
Massive fire at Haldia Petrochemicals' plant in India, several workers injured, local media says
Eleven confirmed dead in Washington state chemical accident, all bodies recovered
Link between soil pollution and heart disease identified in new study
Soil pollution is defined as contamination of soil at higher than normal concentrations by waste materials of human origin that have adverse effects on human and ecosystem health.
1,500-year-old jugs reveal how Romans kept their wine full of flavor -study
While the existence and importance of wine are well known to scholars, exactly how ancient Romans kept their wine safe and full of flavor was yet unknown.
3 people rescued after large fire breaks out in facility in Haifa
A number of explosions were heard as the fire spread in the facility.
Six burned to death after blast at Indian chemical plant
The blast on Sunday night took place in a hub for chemical and petrochemical manufacturing units at the state's Dahej industrial estate.
Fire at industrial zone in Jordan Valley under control - police
Residents in the area were instructed to remain indoors due to fears of chemical air pollution.
Greeneye Technology by JVP raises $22 for AI precision spraying system
Each year, farmers worldwide apply millions of gallons of herbicides – the vast majority of which are wastefully sprayed onto bare soil or the crop.
Fire breaks out on ZIM container ship off the coast of Canada
40 containers of mining chemicals had fallen overboard, posing a significant risk to mariners.
Israeli company achieves breakthrough in non-toxic waterproof fabrics
The experiment results indicated that Sonovia's ultrasound tech brought the fabrics to level 100 water resistance, the highest possible level, for each fabric sample tested.
Lebanon PM warns of 'dangerous nuclear chemicals' in oil facility
The comments came nearly eight months after a stockpile of chemicals detonated in Beirut, killing nearly 200 people in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions on record.
Gadiv Petrochemical fined NIS 634k for Haifa Bay pollution
Environmental Protection Minister MK Gila Gamliel declared in response to the decision, that "the closure of polluting factories from Haifa Bay has begun."
