DEQ investigates benzene spill at ExxonMobil BR

Published June 22, 2012 10:11pm ET



BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — ExxonMobil says as much as 28,700 pounds of benzene may have been released June 14 at its chemical plant in Baton Rouge.

The estimate is included in a report to the state Department of Environmental Quality about the spill of the chemical naphtha, which contains benzene.

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