The regional director said that when the pumps at the Meadow Road well and treatment plant came on at 4 a.m. April 25, in response to the demand for water, the undiluted slug of sodium hydroxide — lye ...

(TNS) — A hacker, who attempted to raise levels of sodium hydroxide in the city of Oldsmar, Florida’s water supply, put thousands at risk of being poisoned, officials said. A CNN report said that ...

Environmentalists and fishermen are pushing back against a plan from a group of scientists who want to dump more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, more commonly known as lye, into the ocean off ...

Dozens of residents were taken to hospitals Wednesday with burns or rashes after the town's water supply was accidentally treated with too much corrosive lye, officials said. People in Spencer were ...