Chemical Leak at Tennessee Cheese Factory Sends 29 Workers to Hospital

Chemical Leak at Tennessee Cheese Factory Sends 29 Workers to Hospital
Cheese factory La Quesera Mexicana, Tenn., in March 2019. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn.—Twenty-nine workers at a Tennessee cheese factory were sent to the hospital on Wednesday morning after a leak of anhydrous ammonia, Greeneville City Manager Todd Smith said at a news conference.

The Greeneville Fire Department was first called to La Quesera Mexicana at 7:15 a.m. when a leak occurred during maintenance on a valve. Six people were hospitalized at the time.