Jan 13, 2014 Charleston, W.Va– The chemical spillage that occurred on Thursday, 9th Jan 2014 has created a major environmental crisis, with a shortage of potable water. The chemical 4 methyl cyclohexane methanol spilled into the Elk river that supplies potable water to Charleston, which has made the water too toxic for even washing or … Read more
By now, all of you must have read about the salmonella outbreak, at Peanut Corporation of America’s plants. The NY times reports that, the company now says that its plant was inspected by “private” food safety inspectors regularly who gave them “an overall superior rating”. Some other inspectors apparently gave the plants ‘meets or exceeds … Read more
Running an industrial manufacturing plant in these days is tough. First, you have to meet all the production and cost targets, whereas you are not allowed to hire more hands (due to the slowing economy), or to have any safety violations or incidents, nor any environmental issues. With shrinking budgets and an equally shrinking manpower, … Read more
