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t Tuesday, August2,1988 Belleville (III.) News-Democrat ff By ANTHQ^Y SMITH | doggone high for a three-gAllon ' News-Democrat ; emission. I.Just find it surprising," ) SAUGET -- East St. Louis Mayor); Officer said at a press conference.. Carl E. Officet iald Monday that Monsanto officials were also 'many residents who received; Seemed shocked by the number of ( treatment; after, a chemical spill ; people that, claimed they were * , Sunday at Monsanto; C&'s W.Gy/> affected'..by, the' cloud, Said Krummrich plant may not have spokesman Andi Smith. . : been injured at all. '<&}*> . t"Wf were surprised that so many \ A cloud of 1 phosphorous^' people went to the hospitals. The ftrichloride .escaped from a; storage) cloud had dissipated by 8:45, sd we tank at 7:35 a.mi Sunday hfter a ', were surprised by the numbers we pressure disc ruptured. The leak1 received," Smith shid. was brought under control in about People were still seeking k;5 minutes. An investigitiOihfyttf treatment from area hospitals as ^continuing into what caused/the! la^|,as, 8,pjn,,;Monday, <J .two o On pdiSc t5 burst Mqre>than 100 theeasenna^nbibeieiitimate, vi. ^treatment Sunday f irrttatM pyeS, troul wa* legit; bAbh& tHit&Spi bJ O' . and nausei. y . "These numbers aire OJ fb SO See MONSANTO/3A w 1115 a 1:1 < ) Continuedfroni'tA ' late (Mohday), ,1 don't knbw." said a'j residents after previous spills. . > , After the .spill Sunday, the com- munity alarm siren was sounded.and nursing lsup4i^isor .at .Ceritreviller1 the-police and fire departments of/ Township Hospital, whb refused ,to^ East St, Louis were notified.1 r give her name. . . ; .Smith said no evacuation .was ne Centreville f Township , Hospital ' cessary, and; the all-clear siren was, treated approximately 80 residents, sounded at 8:|5a.m.<1 with a small number still trickling ih! The plant will be; cited, for a viola-, for treatment late Monday. ; ,, ^ tipn.of Section 9A of the Environment-. St. Mary's Hospital nursing super a( Protection ActJbythe Illinois Envi visor Earl Crawford said there were ronmental Protection:Agency, spoke-, still people in the emergency waiting sman John Justice said... ; / room late Monday. "They hear they A letter stating specific violations might benefit, they keep coming. '' wfll be senttothe company, and Mon He said he did not know the number santo will have15 days to respond., , ; of people treated Monday. About 70, "They will present us with,the facts were.treated Sunday. , ) of the .accident and measure^ they A spokeman for Gateway Commun-, feel will prevent this from happening ity Hospital in East St. Louis said two in,the future. What comes about after families were treated at 7 p.m. Mon their response Will depend on our peo day. Gateway admitted six residents, for observation Sunday, and all were in satisfactory, condiUQiL the sppl ?maq iaicl. the (JaleWawspoiesm) ple in Springfield," Justice said. The Illinois atfetrih^y, general's ofifice taay^btsipfje tyvplvted in the case; wquld hot cotaWnrbn WHetner dll cases were legitimate. spll id ISakJ atMoraabto intKe ^ ; > Mdhsantd spokesman Andl SniitU^ P A .spokeam^n.. for kfie^Sifeie^ said 'the cbmpany hasn't..'decided-* whether it will pay the medical bills 1' general's office could be reached for j bf those Injured or if it will compen-s comment, j ., j ... ^ 1 pate residents who were caught in the'.' A spill of nearly 360 gallonsof ptfosj vaporous cloud; Smith said. : ' .* phorous trichloride) a component of ) On Sunday ta spokesman said the'. the herbicide passd, occurred April j Residents would be compensated'fori 17. Over 4OOpeople {received,medical) injuries:'-- /->:( '> .- . ' . !! -M treatment and Monsanto settled ni ' The :06mpany has compensated m erous claims. .It o.'.-fr'iV'l STLCOPCB4036293