fromLos Angeles Times
1 hour agoWhy is the Orange County chemical tank crisis so hard to fix?
Inside the tank is an estimated 7,000 gallons of a chemical used to make plastics called methyl methacrylate, or MMA, stored in liquid form. "It's durable, lightweight, transparent, so it could even be used as a substitute for glass," Elias Picazo, assistant professor of chemistry at USC, said of the final plastic product. The polymer can also be used in household goods as well.
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