This Wednesday morning a huge white smoke screen that came from a metallurgical of the city, it was possible to observe from several points of Keep, what would be the result of a toxic gas mixture leak from Acid Plant 2 in the facilities of a metallurgical company in the region.
According to the press release issued by Industrias Peñoles, It all happened while trying to repair a minor leak in a pipeline at the sulfuric acid, same that got out of control at the edge of 10:00 hours.
After the incident, the company activated the security protocols and stopped the operations of the plantThey also notified the competent authorities.
“The gas emission formed a column that rose vertically without affecting the neighboring neighborhoods of the metallurgical complex, causing a visible emission of a mixture of trioxide and sulfur dioxide gases, with which the protocols of the area were activated,” says the version of the company.
They also reported that the emission was controlled in 28 minutes, starting a research to find out the details provoked the failure notifying the competent authorities.
According to the company statement, no people were affected to health, both in workforce and neighbors of sectors surrounding the plant located in the Metallurgical neighborhood.
“We have a sulfur dioxide monitoring network and access to the
The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) and at no time were gas concentrations higher than the limits established by the authority detected. The neighboring population did not have any risk exposure to the gas,” the Peñoles press release said.
Given these facts, la SSecretary of the Environment of Coahuila reported that he acted in a timely manner with the immediate stop of the team, as well as with the mitigation of the same in a matter of minutes.
For its part, the teacher stipulates that the guidelines establish a maximum of 48 hours to give formal notice of what happened.
What is sulfur trioxide?
The sulfur oxide (VI) or sulfur trioxide (SO3)is under normal conditions a colorless solid with a fibrous texture, but at 25 °C and 1 atm it is a gas that acts as a significant pollutant, being the main agent of acid rain.
And if the trioxide is inhaled, it could cause nasal and throat irritation, as it irritates the upper respiratory tract and may cause possible nosebleeds, as well as severe irritation of the eyes, throat, lower respiratory tract, and tearing, which may be tolerated for 30 to 60 minutes.
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