This single-valued function shows the 9,000 chemical substance plants across the U.S. where , according to the Environmental Protection Agency , a “ catastrophic chemical release ” could occur . It help us answer an unsavory dubiousness — whether you live near a potentially life-threatening chemical plant .
Mother Jones put this map togethera year after the fertilizer plant detonation in West , Texas that killed 15 people and injure 200 . The 9,000 plants , show as yellowish dots on theinteractive map , handle one or more of the 140 toxic or flammable chemical substance that are “ potentially wild to nearby communities . ”
chemical substance condom expert say this is the most comprehensive national - level chemical safe data out there . So it may be worth contain out if one of those dots is near to you byzooming in on the full mathematical function . [ Mother Jones ]
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