Recent approved testing methods were unable to detect some of the most dangerous byproducts of the chemicals stored at BioLab, leaving nearby businesses and residents without clear answers about what they were exposed to.
Pamela travels to Roseland, Louisiana, after an explosion at Smitty’s Supply, a scene that mirrors the BioLab fire in Conyers, Georgia. She talks with residents, local leaders, and retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré about health testing, cleanup, and the struggle to rebuild trust in public institutions. Along the way, she examines how the U.S. Chemical Safety Board balances limited authority with public expectation and how BioLab and its parent company, KIK Consumer Products, remain under scrutiny as investigations and enforcement actions continue.
When BioLab burned in Conyers, officials told the public the danger was over. What if they never looked for the most toxic chemicals? This episode follows the trail of missing tests, hidden dioxins, and the local voices who refused to let the story fade, including the Rockdale County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor who kept asking the questions others stopped asking.
Follow the investigation into BioLab’s sudden halt to manufacturing in Conyers and the complex finances of its parent, KIK Consumer Products. We connect resident claims and class actions with pressure from creditors and a changing pool chemical market, so you understand how corporate decisions and court rulings could shape health monitoring and compensation for thousands. Join us as we unpack filings, facilities, and the supply chain to reveal what is visible and what remains hidden.
When a massive chemical fire broke out at the BioLab plant in Conyers in September 2024, the EPA had a tool: a plane, capable of mapping the toxic plume in real time. But it never left the ground.
In this episode, you’ll hear from families who are still searching for answers, alongside the clinicians and researchers working to understand the health consequences of the BioLab fire in Conyers, Georgia.
Sept. 29 is the first anniversary of the BioLab fire in Conyers, Ga., where investigations continue into the chemical plume that shrouded parts of metro Atlanta in smoke and debris.
Last season, Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story uncovered how a fire at a Georgia chemical plant left residents in an Atlanta suburb searching for answers. In Season Two, host Pamela Kirkland goes deeper. Former employees are coming forward with insider accounts of what really went on inside the plant. Community members continue to face health challenges. And new investigations are raising even more disturbing questions about safety, accountability, and whether disasters like this can ever be prevented.
In an exclusive interview with GPB's Pamela Kirkland, environmental whistleblower Scott Smith discusses documents about suspected surveillance while he gathered soil and water samples after the BioLab fire in Conyers, Ga., in the fall of 2024.
Four former BioLab employees say the Conyers plant ignored warnings and failed to fix critical hazards ahead of the September 2024 fire. Their accounts echo new findings from federal investigators.
A 1999 federal court was supposed to pave the way for Georgians with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live more independently, and outside of hospitals. But years later, people with IDD still face major challenges in finding a place to live.
A new update in the federal investigation of the BioLab fire reveals the company was storing twice the intended amount of reactive chemicals before a fire at its plant in Conyers, Ga.
