Ammonia Week in Review | June 20, 2014

Bizarre use of ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…… 

I-75 Reopens After Anhydrous Ammonia Leak – Thousands of people can breathe easier now that an ammonia spill is finally cleaned up.  That leak from a tanker truck on I-75 at the SR 47 exit shut down the interstate for six hours on Tuesday, June 17. Traffic was shut down in both directions. […keep reading]

Deputy: Hot Water Tower Collapse Severed Ammonia Line At Smithfield Packing; Minor Injuries Reported – More than 2,400 employees evacuated the world’s largest pork processing plant Tuesday after a hot water tower collapsed and ruptured an ammonia container. […keep reading]

Staten Island Woman Blinds Neighbor’s Dog With Ammonia – A 69-year-old Staten Island woman may have permanently blinded her neighbor’s dog by throwing ammonia on his face.  Irene Helale claims she doesn’t know how the ammonia wound up covering the face of Rocky, a 5-year-old English bulldog. But Rocky’s owners, Tina and Frank Latino, say Helale has a long history of provoking Rocky, and it came to a head on Sunday.  […keep reading]