PORTSMOUTH — Several residents in the Port City area are looking to form an environmental group to raise awareness of the issue of MtBE. Elayna Bosen, one of the organizers of the effort, said ...

Federal regulators have said that MTBE is a possible carcinogen at high doses, and California law limits exposure to 13 parts per billion in water. Advertisement.

The chemical tanker was carrying about 216,000 barrels of MTBE, according to the Coast Guard. As of Tuesday morning, Reuters reports , there were 36 ships waiting to enter the channel and 28 ...

Epping Auto Salvage tested positive for 860 parts per billion MtBE. According to Martin, out of 15 wells tested in that area, two tested above the state standard, one at 350 ppb and the other at ...

The U.S. Geological Survey last summer detected MTBE at concentrations of 0.54 to 5.6 parts per billion at near-shore sites in Lake Tahoe.

North Korea has increased its efforts to produce parts for a new nuclear reactor it is building while continuing to operate the main existing one that provides fuel for its atom bombs, the U.N ...

The probe suggested that the highly inflammable solvent, Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE), used in the pharmaceutical industry, leaked when it was being transferred from the reactor to a storage ...

24 April 2013 Qatar Fuel Additives Company (Qafac), a subsidiary of Industries Qatar, is planning to enhance the production of MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether), a gasoline additive, in Mesaieed and Ras ...

Andhra Pradesh Labour minister Vasamsetty Subhash said the explosion in the reactor occurred during the lunch break at pharmaceutical company Escientia Advanced Sciences Private Limited, located in ...

Qafac produces 1,830 tonnes of MTBE a day, according to its website. It is produced by processing butane and methanol. While QP provides the field butane, methanol is provided by the on-site ...