chemicals

The town of Norris had to be evacuated last week after dangerous chemicals were found inside Norris Labs. They were conducting chemical tests for the mining industry, but were shut down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has reported that none of the 18 pharmaceutical chemicals that spilled into tributaries of the Gallatin River on March 3 pose any threat to human health.  About 35 million gallons of effluent drained from the Big Sky-area storage pond over the course of four days...