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Explosion Kills Three

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An explosion in South Korea in August 2002 at a plant manufacturing carbon-fibre composite adhesives killed 3 and injured 12 people (Chem Eng News, Aug 26, p13).  The plant was using epichlorohydrin and m-aminophenol as raw materials for the adhesive.  A spokesman for the company, Dongwoo Fine-Chem (82% owned by Sumitomo, Japan) said that the cause of the blast was, as yet unknown.