By Jack Phillips A federal agency is investigating a Georgia chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of smoke into the air this week, prompting a shelter-in-place advisory and evacuation zone east of Atlanta. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a statement that it is sending a team to the BioLab plant in […]
Tag: HAZMAT
HAZMAT is an abbreviation for “hazardous materials”—substances in quantities or forms that may pose a reasonable risk to health, property, or the environment. HAZMATs include such substances as toxic chemicals, fuels, nuclear waste products, and biological, chemical, and radiological agents.