Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations

By Philip Steenstra, Ph.D. Candidate in Toxicology, University of Michigan
Rachel O’Brien, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Stuart Batterman, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Global Public Health, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan

Because of the federal government shutdown and proposed budget, key federal investigations may stop, including into what happened at a Chevron refinery in California in October 2025.

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