"Chemicals"

Nine military bases near the Chesapeake Bay are contaminated with "forever chemicals" from firefighting foams used by the Defense Department, an environmental advocacy group warned this week.

A leak at a chemical plant in Texas late Tuesday killed two people, and injured dozens, in what local authorities are describing as a "mass casualty incident."

The Taiwanese business community in Thailand raised 2.5 million baht to help those who have suffered from the factory blast and ensuing chemical fire in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district.