Texas Republicans helped exploded chemical plant lobby against safety rules

The French company that says its Houston-area chemical plant is spewing noxious smoke—and may explode—successfully pressed federal regulators to delay new regulations designed to improve safety procedures at chemical plants, according to federal records reviewed by International Business Times.

The French company that says its Houston-area chemical plant is spewing noxious smoke—and may explode—successfully pressed federal regulators to delay new regulations designed to improve safety procedures at chemical plants, according to federal records reviewed by International Business Times.

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