No air pollution after petrochemical plant blast in Rayong

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No air pollution after petrochemical plant blast in Rayong
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BANGKOK, June 10 -- Hazardous substances did not breach safety standard levels in the vicinity of the IRPC petrochemical plant in Thailand's eastern province of Rayong, the site of an explosion Sunday night, said Wichien Jungrungruang, director-general of the Pollution Control Department.

Department staff have already checked levels of several air pollutants, especially volatile organic compounds such as benzene, styrene and sulfur dioxide, at the factory and surrounding communities and did not find any substance breaching their safety standard levels.

To ensure safety, local natural resources and environment officials will carefully measure pollutants around the factory again today, Mr Wichien said.

IRPC president Sukrit Surabotsopon said hydrocarbon leakage caused the explosion at a vacuum gas oil hydro treating unit at 6pm Sunday evening, and the fire was completely put out at 8.20pm. No one was injured.

Company staff are checking air quality in the vicinity, he said. Most local refineries and petrochemical plants continue to operate and only the burnt facility and adjacent ones are closed temporarily. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-06-10

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No air pollution after petrochemical plant blast in Rayong

BANGKOK: -- The level of hazardous substances in the air near the IRPC petrochemical plant in Rayong province, which caught fire on Sunday, is still below safety standards, Wichien Jungrungruang, director general of the Pollution Control Department said on Tuesday.

His staff have visited the area to check levels of air pollutants, particularly volatile organic compounds such as benzene, styrene and sulfur dioxide, both at the plant and in the surrounding communities. They did not find any trace of any substance breaching the safety standard level.

However to ensure safety, local natural resources and environment officials will re-check the pollution levels around the plant again today, he said.

IRPC president Sukrit Surabotsopon said a hydrocarbon leakage caused the explosion in a vacuum gas-oil hydro-treatment unit at 6pm on Sunday evening, and the fire was completely put out at 8.20pm. No one was injured.

The damage is estimated at about Bt400 million, he said.

Company staff are checking air quality in the vicinity, he said. Most local refineries and petrochemical plants have continued to operate and only the burned out facility and adjacent units have been temporarily closed.

-- The Nation 2014-06-10

[lemonjelly]

No air pollution, but the bullshit stinks !!!

[Now or Never]

Yes ... sure no pollution ..... I believe you,.... millions wouldn't.

[Emster23]

"Hazardous substances did not breach safety standard levels " does not mean "no air pollution"! Anybody know what the standards are, if any, and who took measurements, if measurements were taken at all? The company? Thailand is a warm country, but still has plenty of snow jobs.

[Borzandy]

safety standard levels cannot be breached in Thailand.

[belg]

thainess... we have some chemicals but below safe standards, for the people sitting in a high & safe office building, they should force those board members to go stay in a hotel nearby, a few weeks

[englishoak]

is still below safety standards,

so that means its probably borderline.... thing is if you raise the safety standard limit on air pollution of what is acceptable you can pretty much do what you like.

Brazil has been doing this for years, there is no safety standard than what they says it is... and theres nothing stopping them changing it to suit.

[TinoThailand]

Its true, when you smile you will be ok

[OJAS]

A nice fuzzy picture of the wretched plant in the OP, but no indication in the accompanying article as to its precise location in Rayong Province!

A bit like telling a foreign visitor to the UK that Buckingham Palace is somewhere in London!!

EDIT: Now see from the thread at http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/732825-rayong-thousands-evacuated-over-toxic-gas/ that the plant was in Ban Chang. Nowhere near my Thai family then, thank goodness! But I do extend my sympathies to those who were directly affected.

Edited June 10, 2014 by OJAS

[chickenslegs]

No air pollution - so it's safe for the pigs to fly then.

[seabass69]

A nice fuzzy picture of the wretched plant in the OP, but no indication in the accompanying article as to its precise location in Rayong Province!

A bit like telling a foreign visitor to the UK that Buckingham Palace is somewhere in London!!

EDIT: Now see from the thread at http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/732825-rayong-thousands-evacuated-over-toxic-gas/ that the plant was in Ban Chang. Nowhere near my Thai family then, thank goodness! But I do extend my sympathies to those who were directly affected.

I'm sure they appreciate your sympathies and are able to now move on with their lives...Where would the world be without sympathetic online messages?

[Ragzilb]

What people don't understand is that any toxic chemical as heavy metals and other more soft chemicals. from the lower parts of Thailand will get caught in the Hadley Cell, and a lot will land in the mountains of Chaing Mai. If I lived there I would daily check for pH-Value in the rain to see if any of my rain is low in pH. Remember rain at the pH-value of 4.5 or less makes heavy metals water soluble. Its especially in the mountains we are starting to see pH-value of 2.5.

Well just wanted to say

Cheers

[OJAS]

A nice fuzzy picture of the wretched plant in the OP, but no indication in the accompanying article as to its precise location in Rayong Province!

A bit like telling a foreign visitor to the UK that Buckingham Palace is somewhere in London!!

EDIT: Now see from the thread at http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/732825-rayong-thousands-evacuated-over-toxic-gas/ that the plant was in Ban Chang. Nowhere near my Thai family then, thank goodness! But I do extend my sympathies to those who were directly affected.

I'm sure they appreciate your sympathies and are able to now move on with their lives...Where would the world be without sympathetic online messages?

Can't win, can you? Bet someone on here would have been at my throat for gloating if I hadn't included my sympathetic online message! Damned if you do, and damned if you don't!!