Sulfur trioxide leak at northeast Missouri plant spurs inquiry

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | 8:33 a.m. CDT; updated 10:37 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, March 24, 2010

PALMYRA — Investigators are trying to determine what led to an estimated 200 pounds of the acid rain-producing gas sulfur trioxide leaking at the BASF plant near the northeast Missouri town of Palmyra.

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