An explosion has been reported at a chemical plant in the Rubbertown neighborhood in west Louisville with public safety officials asking residents within a one-mile radius to stay indoors.
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Are Urban Industries Endangering Neighborhoods?
Louisville’s Rubbertown neighborhood is home to the largest carbide (a chemical compound) furnace in the world. Several miles east, the Butchertown neighborhood hosts one of the nation’s largest urban slaughterhouses. There were accidents at both of these facilities in the same week in late March, and the city is developing a new notification system for […]