Flooded industrial sites, toxic chemical releases are growing threat in hurricanes like Milton and Helene

Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants are in Hurricane Milton’s path as it heads toward Florida.

James R. Elliott, Rice University; Dominic Boyer, Rice University, and Phylicia Lee Brown, Rice University Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants are in Hurricane Milton’s path as it heads toward Florida, less than two weeks after Hurricane Heleneflooded communities across the Southeast.Milton, expected to make landfall as a major hurricane late on Oct.

That is because hazardous releases remain largely invisible due to limited disclosure requirements and scant public information. Even emergency responders often don’t know exactly which hazardous chemicals they are facing in emergency situations.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires major polluters to file only very general information about chemicals and on-site risks in their risk management plans.

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