I hope this was not done to help big pharma more because I know across the board at all of the companies they have been working on various drugs/treatments in their pipeline and acquiring many small biotech firms in cancer the past 3 years.
Manufacturing plant explosions in US 2023:
1. Jan 11 Carus Chemical Company complex in LaSalle, IL (100 MI from chicago)
2. Feb 6 Chicago Heights, IL - Morgan Li(230,000 square feet of domestic production, assembly and warehousing space on 13 acres for rapidly growing custom wood and metal manufacture)
3. Feb 20 Ohio- Metals Plant(aluminum alloy-I. Schumann & Co.)
4. March 18 Michigan -Dicastal manufacturing facility (aluminum alloy-car tires)
5. March 25, 2023 Pennsylvania- Chocolate factory(gas leak)
6. April 25- Chicago suburbs(Seneca Petroleum Plant)
7. May 4 Massachusetts-Chemical Plant(According to Newburyport Fire Department officials, the incident took place about 12:45 a.m. at a Newburyport industrial park home to Seqens, pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.)
8,9,10. May 20 Texas - Oil Valero West Refinery in Corpus Christi(First Shell May 5, then Marathon petroleum May 15, then Valero. In the last three weeks, major fires have broken out at these companies’ oil refineries and chemical plants in East Texas)