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After West Disaster, News Study Finds U.S. Chemical Safety Data Wrong About 90 Percent

Jon McClure, Daniel Lathrop, and Matt Jacob | Dallas News | August 24, 2013

Even the best national data on chemical accidents is wrong nine times out of 10. A Dallas Morning News analysis of more than 750,000 federal records found pervasive inaccuracies and holes in data on chemical accidents, such as the one in West that killed 15 people and injured more than 300. Read More »

No Accurate Records Kept Of Serious Chemical Accidents In U.S.

Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman | AllGov | August 29, 2013

Following the horrific explosion in West, Texas, earlier this year, the Dallas Morning News wanted to find out how many serious chemical accidents had occurred in the United States. The newspaper combed through 750,000 federal records, only to learn that no single agency in the federal government has been keeping track... Read More »