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MIT Student Claims To Make One Of The World’s Deadliest Chemicals, Sparking HAZMAT Response
MIT Student Claims To Make One Of The World’s Deadliest Chemicals, Sparking HAZMAT Response
A potentially dangerous laboratory incident at MIT triggered a hazmat response last week after a graduate student told medical personnel he believed he had created dimethylmercury, a highly toxic mercury compound, according to the NY Post.
The student, who has not been publicly identified, went to a local emergency room and reported the possible synthesis. That claim was serious enough to prompt MIT to close Building 18, part of its chemistry complex, while emergency crews and university...
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Apr 2, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Colonial Restarts Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline After Georgia Damage
Colonial Restarts Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline After Georgia Damage
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Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 flows were restored after the damaged section was repaired in Georgia.
Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 halted operations on Thursday night after a third-party work crew caused damage in Paulding County, Georgia.
Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 Flows Restart
The good news for U.S. East Coast drivers is that Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 did not suffer a prolonged shutdown.
Flows on the nation's largest gasoline pipeline, which runs from Texas to New York, resumed within hours after a third-party work crew damaged...
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Aug 2, 2026 / Kyle Anzalone
EUROCOM General Warns US Lacks Ships to Continue Defense of Israel
The Commander of US forces in Europe has warned the White House that he lacks the ships to continue to defend Israel from Iranian missile attacks. According to sources speaking with The Washington Post, the head of European Command (EUROCOM), Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, sent a letter to the White House stating that without an additional […]
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Oct 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Treasury Hits Remaining 'Shadow Fleet' Shipping Iranian Oil To Asia With New Sanctions
Treasury Hits Remaining 'Shadow Fleet' Shipping Iranian Oil To Asia With New Sanctions
The Trump administration is late this week moving to identify, punish, and cut off remaining tankers in Iran's so-called 'shadow fleet' which are still engaged in shipping Iranian oil to Asia.
Thursday saw the US Treasury impose sanctions on 17 vessels and their owners involved in transporting Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and petrochemicals - with these being mostly aging oil tankers which conduct ship-to-ship transfers and other evasive, concealment tactics.
via ShutterstockThe Treasury Department hailed the action as...
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