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Friday, June 5, 2015 at 7:12:59 AM
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Table of Contents (6 articles)
OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL LEAK AT CLARENDON LABORATORY
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, release, response, ammonia
MCSO INVESTIGATING METH HOUSE EXPLOSION
Tags: us_FL, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab
MINOR HAZMAT SITUATION ON UCONN‰??S CAMPUS
Tags: us_CT, laboratory, release, response, formaldehyde
NOT ALL BIOLABS ARE THE SAME: ANOTHER VIEW
Tags: laboratory, follow-up, environmental
HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND TO SPILL AT STOUT FIELD BUSINESS
Tags: us_IN, industrial, fire, response, peroxide, styrene
LEOMINSTER FIREFIGHTERS HANDLE HAZARDOUS SPILL
Tags: us_MA, transportation, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL LEAK AT CLARENDON LABORATORY
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, release, response, ammonia
A chemical leak broke out at an Oxford University laboratory.
The Clarendon Laboratory in Parks Road was evacuated late on Wednesday evening after reports of a strange and noxious smell, later identified as ammonia gas.
Two fire engines from Oxford City station, a hazardous materials and decontamination vehicle, and 12 fire crew managed to contain the incident.
An Oxford University spokesman said there were no injuries as a result of the incident.
He added: "Students noticed the noxious smell and called the university's security services who immediately evacuated the building and notified the fire service.
"The fire service responded rapidly and ensured that any gas was quickly dispersed and the equipment was made safe.
"The building reopened as normal this morning."
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MCSO INVESTIGATING METH HOUSE EXPLOSION
Tags: us_FL, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab
The Madison County Sheriff's Department is investigating a methamphetamine cooking operation at a Levy Drive home that exploded and caught fire late Sunday.
MCSO detectives are attempting to locate a man reported to be cooking meth in the home at the time of the explosion.
The majority of the home was engulfed when MCSO deputies arrived around 10 p.m. and determined the occupants had driven to a local hospital.
Detectives noticed a strong chemical odor in the air after the fire was extinguished and located a witness who saw the blaze start and said the occupants had been cooking meth inside the mobile home when it exploded.
A male burn victim corroborated the story, but evidence was destroyed in the fire which caused major damage to the home.
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MINOR HAZMAT SITUATION ON UCONN‰??S CAMPUS
Tags: us_CT, laboratory, release, response, formaldehyde
STORRS, Conn. (WTNH)- A minor chemical spill caused a building on UCONN‰??s campus to be evacuated today.
Officials tell News 8 a one-liter formaldehyde spill occurred, but was isolated to a small area in the basement of the Bousfield Psychology Building. There weren‰??t too many people in that building, but they were evacuated because this was considered a hazmat situation.
No one was hurt.
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NOT ALL BIOLABS ARE THE SAME: ANOTHER VIEW
Tags: laboratory, follow-up, environmental
The recent USA TODAY series on safety breaches at biolabs raises important issues that need to be addressed. However, it presents all biolabs as if they are the same, when in fact there are many different types of laboratories that work with select agents ‰?? substances that could be used as bioterror agents ‰?? including public health laboratories.
OUR VIEW: Separate biolab safety from security
OPPOSING VIEW: Biological labs operate safely
A distinguishing and primary function of public health labs is response to public health threats, such as the recent Department of Defense shipments of live anthrax. In fact, the Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel recognized public health laboratories as unique in that they perform "vital national security functions." Serving as the backbone of the Laboratory Response Network, public health labs have been on the front lines as H1N1 influenza, MERS, Ebola and bioterrorist attacks struck. There is a deeply ingrained culture of quality and safety in everything they do.
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HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND TO SPILL AT STOUT FIELD BUSINESS
Tags: us_IN, industrial, fire, response, peroxide, styrene
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) ‰?? Firefighters, including decontamination units, responded to a business in Stout Field Park Wednesday afternoon.
Fire crews respond to a business at Stout Field Park on June 3, 2015. (WISH Photo/Chopper 8)
Crews were dispatched to Insituform at 1:55 p.m. after a possible fire was reported. Firefighters arrived to find light smoke and a hazardous materials spill. Workers at the plant told firefighters that a malfunction during a routine mixing caused two chemicals to ignite.
The fire was quickly put out, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department. Ten employees were nearby when the malfunction occurred, but no one was injured.
One pound of a styrene and peroxide mixture spilled.
‰??The mixing machine is a static 15 gallon round aluminum bowl that is approximately 3 feet tall and sits on a stand approx. 3 feet off the ground,‰?? IFD public information officer Rita Reith explained in a media release. ‰??The product when mixed, flows out of the bowl and into tubes. It is unclear what caused the ignition to occur. At the time it contained 1 lb of mixed product.‰??
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LEOMINSTER FIREFIGHTERS HANDLE HAZARDOUS SPILL
Tags: us_MA, transportation, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
LEOMINSTER -- Firefighters responded to and quickly addressed a hazardous-materials situation on Mill Street on Tuesday evening.
The Fire Department received a report about 6:30 p.m., from Road Scholar Transport that a plastic tote containing a 25 percent solution of sodium hydroxide had begun to leak.
"When we got there, very little was actually spilled," Deputy Chief Dan Kirouac said. "It was, literally, just dripping a little bit at a time."
Because sodium hydroxide is a caustic chemical, the department called in a tier-1 hazmat team to have a little more expertise on the scene, Kirouac said.
"They went and evaluated the situation," he said. "The situation was stable."
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