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(NaturalNews) In 2003, an explosion occurred downstream from the Martek Biosciences manufacturing facility where hexane is used to extract DHA used in infant formula products. Hexane is a highly explosive chemical, and a Kentucky State Fire Marshal concluded it was the release of hexane from the Martek manufacturing facility that caused the explosion.
As contained in SEC documents on the public record (http://www.secinfo.com/dsvRq.2178.d.htm):
COLUMBIA, MD, April 8, 2003 – Martek Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq: MATK), today announced that it has received a report from the Office of the Kentucky State Fire Marshal that concluded that the explosion that occurred in March, 2003 at a wastewater pretreatment facility in Winchester, KY resulted from the introduction of n-hexane, a class I flammable liquid, into the local sanitary sewer system. The Fire Marshal's report did not rule out other possible contributors to the explosion.
Martek utilizes n-hexane in its production process at the Company's plant in Winchester, KY, and the Fire Marshal has concluded that inadvertent discharges of hexane from Martek's plant had resulted in elevated levels of n-hexane in the sewer system. Martek has taken measures to insure that no further n-hexane is emitted into the sewer system. Production at the facility has not been negatively affected by these events.
In other words, Martek released volumes of hexane that were sufficient to cause an explosion. This brings up the question: What is this company doing with all those explosive chemicals in the first place?
The answer, by the way, is even more incendiary than the chemical itself: They're making oils for infant formula!
Permission to polluteMartek is also on the record applying for permission to pollute hexane from the Commonwealth of Kentucky Division of Air Quality. As shown on this Google search of a PDF document (http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cach...), Martek agreed to limit hexane emissions to less than 10 tons per year in order to avoid the classification of a "major source" for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs).
The document also explains how Martek processes DHA using hexane: (bold added)
The Martek Biosciences facility in Winchester produces two single cell oils, each of which is enriched in a specific fatty acid. One is a triglyceride oil enriched in DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) derived from a marine microalgae (DHASCO®) and the second is a triglyceride oil enriched in ARA (arachidonic acid) derived from a common soil organism (ARASCO®). The process begins when a biomass is produced through cultivation of a starter seed culture, particular to the oil to be produced, in a series of increasingly larger fermentors. After the final fermentation, in the case of the marine algae, the biomass is spray dried. The ARASCO® biomass must be dried through other means at a toll processing facility. The oil is extracted from the dried biomass using a hexane extraction process. The oil is winterized, refined, bleached, and deodorized to produce the final product.
In order to avoid classification as a major source for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) as defined in 401 KAR 63:060, Section 1, Martek has accepted limits of 9.0 tons per year (tpy) of total source-wide emissions of any individual HAP (on a rolling twelve month basis) and a source-wide limit of 22.5 tpy of total combined HAP emissions on a rolling twelve month basis.
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