{"690722":{"#nid":"690722","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Study finds BioLab plume produced \u0027numerous toxic compounds\u0027 beyond what early warnings identified","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EA new Georgia Tech study found the chemical plume from the 2024 BioLab fire in Conyers, Ga., released bromine, not chlorine, as its dominant compound in the immediate aftermath. This finding stands in stark contrast to early public warnings about the fire, which prompted 17,000 evacuations, closed portions of I-20, and led to overnight shelter-in-place orders for weeks. Nearly two years later, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is still investigating the fire and chemical release.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.6c00160\u0022\u003Epaper\u003C\/a\u003E containing the study was published in the March 2026 issue of \u003Cem\u003EEnvironmental Science \u0026amp; Technology Letters\u003C\/em\u003E and identified 26 different chemical species in the air following the Sept. 29, 2024, fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers. The authors wrote that the chemically complex plume \u0022exposed millions in metropolitan Atlanta to numerous toxic compounds\u0022 and represented the first detailed study of a pool chemical facility fire.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EA new Georgia Tech study found the chemical plume from the 2024 BioLab fire in Conyers, Ga., released bromine, not chlorine, as its dominant compound in the immediate aftermath. This finding stands in stark contrast to early public warnings about the fire, which prompted 17,000 evacuations, closed portions of I-20, and led to overnight shelter-in-place orders for weeks. Nearly two years later, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is still investigating the fire and chemical release.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.6c00160\u0022\u003Epaper\u003C\/a\u003E containing the study was published in the March 2026 issue of \u003Cem\u003EEnvironmental Science \u0026amp; Technology Letters\u003C\/em\u003E and identified 26 different chemical species in the air following the Sept. 29, 2024, fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers. The authors wrote that the chemically complex plume \u0022exposed millions in metropolitan Atlanta to numerous toxic compounds\u0022 and represented the first detailed study of a pool chemical facility fire.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-06-10 19:48:22","changed_gmt":"2026-06-11 16:21:29","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"GPB","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2026\/06\/10\/study-finds-biolab-plume-produced-numerous-toxic-compounds-beyond-what-early","dateline":{"date":"2026-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"193982","name":"BioLab"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}