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The EPA doesn’t require safety tests for most chemicals, including the three that spilled into a Delaware River tributary

Federal health officials estimated levels of concern for butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, and methyl methacrylate.

A smokestack at the Trinseo Altuglas facility where three chemicals spilled into a Delaware River tributary on March 24 in Bristol.
A smokestack at the Trinseo Altuglas facility where three chemicals spilled into a Delaware River tributary on March 24 in Bristol.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer