HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) - Ua pepehi ʻia ʻelua kānaka e kahi kemika i ninini ʻia ma kahi hale hana ma La Porte a ua hōʻeha i nā ʻumi he nui i ka pō Pōʻalua. He nui nā hoʻohana o kēia kemika, me ka ʻai ʻana o ke kanaka. Akā i kona ʻano maʻemaʻe, hiki ke ʻā, hiki ke lapalapa a make.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi ulia ma ka hale hana ʻo LyondellBasell ma kahi o 100,000 paona o ka waikawa acetic, e hoʻoulu ana i nā kuni a me nā pilikia hanu i nā mea i pakele.
He wai kala ʻole ka waikawa ʻakika, he hui organik ʻala ʻawaʻawa i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana ʻana i nā pena, nā mea hoʻopaʻa, a me nā mea hoʻopili. ʻO ia kekahi ʻāpana nui o ka vīnega, ʻoiai ʻo kona nui he 4-8% wale nō.
Wahi a nā palapala ma ka pūnaewele o LyondellBasell, hana ia ma ka liʻiliʻi he ʻelua ʻano o ka waikawa acetic glacial. Ua wehewehe ʻia kēia mau huahana he anhydrous.
Wahi a ka pepa ʻikepili palekana o ka hui, he mea lapalapa ka hui a hiki ke hana i nā mahu pahū ma nā mahana ma luna o 102 degere Fahrenheit (39 degere Celsius).
ʻO ka hoʻopili ʻana me ka waikawa acetic glacial hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i nā maka, ka ʻili, ka ihu, ka puʻu, a me ka waha. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻAha Kemika ʻAmelika e hiki i ka nui o kēia hui ke hoʻoulu i nā kuni.
ʻO ke kūlana hōʻike haʻahaʻa loa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Occupational Safety and Health Administration he 10 ʻāpana i ka miliona (ppm) ma luna o kahi manawa ʻewalu hola.
Ke aʻo aku nei ke Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi, pono ʻoe e kiʻi koke i ka ea hou, wehe i nā lole haumia a pau, a holoi i ka wahi i haumia me ka wai nui.