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West Virginia lawmakers had been scheduled this afternoon to take up legislation that would put a stringent cap on the amount of deadly methyl isocyanate that could be stored at chemical plants across the state.
But House Health and Human Resources Chairman Don Perdue, D-Wayne, pulled the bill from the committee’s agenda at the last minute. Committee members were told that the legislation “had not been fully vetted” and that lawmakers “did not have time to come to an informed decision” about the bill.
Of course, this bill was introduced formally only on Monday. But lawmakers from Kanawha County have been talking about it since the session started in mid-January.
The bill is aimed at the Bayer CropScience plant in Institute, W.Va., which for decades has maintained a large stockpile of MIC.
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Citizens of Kanawha County the writing is on the walls. There will be no rush to come up with a solution to help save you and your families from death or injury from more toxic chemical accidental releases. You will have to protect yourselves.
It’s no wonder people of the Kanawha Valley have lost faith in their local government officials and Bayer CropScience aka. Dow Chemical Plant because their word is MUD! We are NO safer today then we were on the night of the deadly toxic explosion on August 28,2008! As long as citizens keep calling 911 and reporting any suspicious smells we can keep the monster in the light! A leak no matter how small could be lethal to anyone with compromised health problems such as ashma, cancer, etc….. We do not even have air monitoring devices that detect MIC! Is that not important? What are our law makers doing?
It is a real shame that reporters such as Ken Ward Jr. only report part of the facts. When only part of the facts are reported the news is being slanted enabling the reporter to make people believe in a way he/she wants you to believe.
Eric,
Thanks for reading and commenting.
Perhaps you could provide some specific examples of where I have reported only “part of the facts” and examples of the information I’ve withheld from readers.
Thanks, Ken.