IHOUSTON, eTexas (KTRK) — Ukuchitheka kwamakhemikhali esikhungweni sezimboni eLa Porte kubulale abantu ababili kwalimaza abantu abaningi ngoLwesibili ebusuku. Le khemikhali inezindlela eziningi zokusetshenziswa, okuhlanganisa nokusetshenziswa ngabantu. Kodwa ngesimo sayo esimsulwa, ingaba yingozi, ivuthe futhi ibulale.
Ingozi eyenzeka eLyondellBasell complex ikhiphe cishe amakhilogremu angu-100,000 e-acetic acid, okwabangela ukusha nezinkinga zokuphefumula kwabasindile.
I-Acetic acid iwuketshezi olungenambala, inhlanganisela enuka kamnandi esetshenziswa ekwenzeni upende, izinto zokuvala, kanye nezinamathiseli. Futhi iyisakhi esiyinhloko seviniga, yize ukuhlushwa kwayo kungama-4–8% kuphela.
Ngokusho kwemibhalo ekuwebhusayithi kaLyondellBasell, ikhiqiza okungenani izinhlobo ezimbili ze-glacial acetic acid. Le mikhiqizo ichazwa njenge-anhydrous.
Ngokusho kwephepha ledatha lokuphepha lenkampani, le nhlanganisela iyasha futhi ingakha umusi oqhumayo emazingeni okushisa angaphezu kwama-degrees Celsius angu-102 (39 degrees Celsius).
Ukuthintana ne-glacial acetic acid kungabangela ukucasuka emehlweni, esikhumbeni, ekhaleni, emphinjeni, nasemlonyeni. I-American Chemistry Council ithi ukugxila kwalesi sakhi kungabangela ukusha.
Izinga eliphansi lokuchayeka elibekwe yi-Occupational Safety and Health Administration yizingxenye eziyi-10 ngesigidi (ppm) esikhathini samahora ayisishiyagalombili.
I-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yeluleka ukuthi uma ubhekene naleli gciwane, kufanele uthole umoya omusha ngokushesha, ukhumule zonke izingubo ezingcolile, bese ugeza indawo engcolile ngamanzi amaningi.