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Ammonia Week in Review | December 28, 2018

December 28th, 2018

A Colorado brewery sends six people to the hospital in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Colorado Budweiser Brewery Ammonia Leak Leaves Six in Hospital – Six people were taken to hospital after an ammonia leak at the Fort Collins Anheuser-Busch brewery in Colorado during the evening of Tuesday 18 December. Two of the six had to be […]

Ammonia Week in Review | December 14, 2018

December 14th, 2018

A “water curtain” is used to stem a leak in the UK in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Blenheim Business Park Evacuated Over Ammonia Leak – An ammonia leak at a winemaking company has affected several businesses at an industrial park on the southern outskirts of Blenheim. Jackson said firefighters initiated a hazardous materials protocol […]

Ammonia Week in Review | November 30, 2018

November 30th, 2018

2,000 eels perish by ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Company Admits to Poisoning Fish and Eels with Ammonia – In April this year the ammonia was found in a four kilometre stretch of the Kaputone Creek in the suburb of Belfast, along with the dead eels and fish. After an investigation lasting several months, […]

Ammonia Week in Review | November 16, 2018

November 16th, 2018

A fish-killing ammonia dump leads to a fine $350,000 in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Surrey Ice-Making Plant Fined $350K for Fish Killing Ammonia Dump – Arctic Glacier Ice pleads guilty to releasing ammonia refrigerant into a storm sewer that flowed into a stream. Environment and Climate Change Canada says on April 30, 2014, ammonia was […]

Ammonia Week in Review | November 2, 2018

November 2nd, 2018

White Castle Distribution Center ammonia leak causes shelter-in-place for surrounding community in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Officials: Ammonia Leak Safely Cleaned Up at White Castle Processing Plant in Covington – An ammonia leak scared nearby residents and forced some to shelter in place for 5 1/2 hours into Saturday night. No one was injured, […]