News Muncher - searching for visakhapatnam

In one of the deadliest industrial accidents since the Bhopal tragedy of 1984, a gas leak at the LG Polymers India’s plant in Visakhapatnam killed 11 people, including a child, left hundreds of people hospitalized and forced the evacuation of thousands of others. The styrene gas leak occurred around 2.30am as most of the city’s residents were sleeping, just like …

Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam gas leak | Centre steps in, 500 kg of chemicals airlifted from Gujarat

Around 500 kg of chemicals were airlifted from Gujarat and sent to Visakhapatnam on Thursday to neutralise the impact of hazardous gas Styrene that leaked at the plant in the early hours claiming more than half a dozen lives. Due to the lockdown, officials at LG Polymers Private Ltd, where the gas leak took place, requested the government authorities to …

The gas leak from LG Polymers, which led to the death of at least seven people in Visakhapatnam, is suspected to have been caused by styrene gas. The most common health problems when exposed to styrene involve the nervous system — both the central and the peripheral nervous systems. According to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the …

As details trickled out on the nature of the gas leak at the LG Polymers in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday that killed at least 10 people and forced hospitalisation of hundreds of others, it became evident that it was the leakage of styrene gas that triggered the tragedy. The National Disaster Response Force’s Director-General S N Pradhan said, “This …

A leakage of Styrene gas has already killed 8 people in Visakhapatnam while over a thousand others have been hospitalized. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held an urgent meeting with the NDMA while Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy is on his way to Vizag where he will meet with those affected by the gas leak. Short-term Irritation to …

Visakhapatnam gas leak claims 11 lives; over 350 hospitalised

Eleven people, including a six-year-old girl, died and over 350 were admitted to hospitals after styrene monomer gas leaked from a chemical plant belonging to LG Polymers at RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Problem in temperature controls led to the leak Following the leak the company and the district administration took up elaborate sprinkling of water inside the plant …

Visakhapatnam gas leak | Updates

Eleven people, including a six-year-old girl, died and over 350 were admitted to hospitals after styrene monomer gas leaked from a chemical plant belonging to LG Polymers at RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel will take up on Friday the matter titled “In re: Gas Leak at LG Polymers Chemical …

The port city of Visakhapatnam, or Vizag, in Andhra Pradesh woke up to a gas leak tragedy on Thursday. A person who has inhaled styrene gas needs immediate medical help. Styrene gas also impacts the lungs and reduces the oxygen inhaling capacity, which may result in suffocation in some victims. Sudden and short-term exposure to styrene gas causes damage to …