Noxious Gas Released at Swiss Chemical Firm
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From Reuters
BASEL, Switzerland — An obnoxious cloud of gas was released Wednesday from a Sandoz chemical company factory at Schweizerhalle, the site of a major blaze that caused serious pollution of the Rhine last November, a company statement said.
Around 33 pounds of pyridin, a colorless, organic solvent, was released and partially evaporated after a chemical reaction went wrong early Wednesday morning, the company said.
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