Chemical Plant That Poisoned Philly’s Water Forced My School to Evacuate in 2007

The same chemical complex that forced my elementary school to evacuate has now poisoned my water. I found this out the hard way. Lying in bed, the news is blaring in the background as my mom fervently tries staying up to date with the Philadelphia Water Department’s announcements after the tap water advisory. The 8,000-12,000 gallons of latex emulsion that leaked from a burst pipe at a Trinseo…

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