Philadelphia recommends bottled water after chemical spill in Delaware River tributary
Posted on AllSides March 26th, 2023
From The Center
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...