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Cancerous byproducts emitted from Martinez refinery fireplace: well being officers 

By Miles Cooper
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February 11, 2025
Cancerous byproducts emitted from Martinez refinery fireplace: well being officers 
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Cancerous byproducts emitted from Martinez refinery fireplace: well being officers 

(KRON) – The Martinez Refining Firm’s newest fireplace emitted chemical substances and combustion byproducts that may trigger most cancers in addition to coronary heart and lung illness, in accordance with Contra Consta Well being (CCH). 

Round 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 1, an enormous fireplace ignited on the refinery. In accordance with the county officers, a report indicated employees had been opening tools when hydrocarbon began to leak, which precipitated the hearth. The fireplace was not utterly out till Feb. 4.

Contra Costa Well being has issued a well being advisory and shelter-in-places for residents of the Martinez, Pacheco and Clyde areas.

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Dr. Ori Tzvieli, the County’s well being officer, mentioned the neighborhood was lucky that the wind blew many of the poisonous smoke north, away from populated areas.“This could have been much worse,” well being officer Dr. Tzvieli mentioned. “We got lucky this time. But our community shouldn’t have to rely on luck.”

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4 days after the hearth, CCH requested MRC to reveal the merchandise that had been launched or caught fireplace throughout the blaze. The refinery responded with the next chemical merchandise: naphtha (petroleum), gentle thermal and lightweight catalytic cracked; distillates (petroleum), gentle catalytic cracked; isobutane-rich C3-C4; diethanolamine; and distillates (petroleum), intermed cat cracked.

Combustion byproducts from the hearth, in accordance with CCH, included particulate matter from the smoke, benzene, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and xylene.

County officers are collaborating with a toxicologist to find out the long-term well being results together with potential impacts to soil and water, per the CCH. The refinery is scheduled to offer CCH with a 30-day follow-up report in March.

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