Philadelphia recommends bottled water after chemical spill in Delaware River tributary

Posted on AllSides March 26th, 2023
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Philadelphia officials suggested residents of the city use bottled water Sunday after more than 8,000 gallons of chemicals used in latex finishing spilled into a tributary of the Delaware River Saturday night. The spill is believed to have originated from a burst pipe at the Trinseo PLC plant in Bristol, Pa., which spilled some 8,100 gallons into Otter Creek. In a statement Sunday, Mike Carroll, deputy managing director for the Philadelphia Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability (OTIS), said no contaminants have been detected thus far. However, he said the...

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