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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Friday, June 10, 2016 at 7:39:49 AM
A membership benefit of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN ALISO CANYON GAS FACILITY OUTBUILDING
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, waste
TURKEY BANS SALE OF AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILIZERS AFTER TERROR ATTACK SPIKE " RT NEWS
Tags: Turkey, public, discovery, environmental, ammonium_nitrate, illegal
FATEHABAD EXPLOSION: FARMER HELD FOR CARRYING CHEMICALS
Tags: India, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
EASTVALE: ACID SPILL SENDS 15 STARKIST WORKERS TO HOSPITAL (UPDATE)
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, injury, acids
NORTH FORT MYERS MAN ACCUSED OF DOUSING WIFE WITH 'LIQUID FIRE'
Tags: us_FL, public, release, response, meth_lab
CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL IN QUAKER VALLEY HS CLASSROOM
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, release, response, formaldehyde, xylene
CHEMICAL REACTION AT KENT PARK SENDS ONE MAN TO HOSPITAL
Tags: public, release, injury, chlorine
CHEMICAL MIXTURES: DEBATING THE ISSUES
Tags: Belgium, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
U.S. COMPANIES REPLACE TEFLON TOXIN WITH CHEMICAL COUSIN. IS IT SAFE?
Tags: us_NH, industrial, discovery, environmental, plastics
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FIRE BREAKS OUT IN ALISO CANYON GAS FACILITY OUTBUILDING
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, waste
PORTER RANCH (CBSLA.com) " Firefighters are mopping up Thursday after a fire broke out overnight at the Southern California Gas Co. facility where wells leaked methane for months.
Los Angeles City firefighters were called out at 1:38 a.m. Thursday to the Aliso Canyon facility in Porter Ranch, where there were reports of two 55-gallon oil drums burning.
Fire officials later said the fire had started in a large trash container storing oily rags that had been used to clean tools of combustible oil. Firefighters were concerned the flames would spread to the dry brush in the hills above Porter Ranch.
No evacuations were ordered.
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TURKEY BANS SALE OF AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILIZERS AFTER TERROR ATTACK SPIKE " RT NEWS
Tags: Turkey, public, discovery, environmental, ammonium_nitrate, illegal
Turkey has suspended sales of ammonium nitrate-based fertilizers frequently used by terrorists to produce homemade explosive devices. The measure comes in the wake of latest deadly blasts targeting police and security forces across the country.
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"As of yesterday, Turkey has banned the sale of fertilizers which could be used as explosives," Agriculture Minister Faruk Celik said in press release. "So all sales of the fertilizer nitrate can no longer be carried out in Turkey."
The decision to ban the sales of fertilizer until further notice follows a meeting of security chiefs Wednesday which took place in the wake of recent terrorist attacks that involved improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and which Ankara pinned on the Kurdistan Workers" Party (PKK).
Ammonium nitrate, a substance more typically used in agriculture, has become an object of terror. The chemical compound can be a powerful explosive when mixed with fuel. Ammonium nitrate accelerates the rate at which the fuel burns, producing a huge explosion.
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FATEHABAD EXPLOSION: FARMER HELD FOR CARRYING CHEMICALS
Tags: India, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
Summary: The explosion took place at around 11 AM near Bhuna when the bus was on its way from Jakhal to Fatehabad. Chandigarh, June 9 () Haryana Police has arrested a farmer for carrying chemical powder in a bottle which exploded inside a private bus on Tuesday at Bhuna in Fatehabad district, leaving a couple injured. He had taken 200 acre of land on lease and wanted to use the chemical powder comprising potash and sulphur to trigger the explosion to scare away stray animals and birds. Police have ruled out any foul play or terror angle in the incident, saying the 37-year-old farmer Mukesh was carrying the chemical powder, which is generally used to scare away birds and stray animals from fields by causing an explosion. However, the bottle got heated up on its own and burst resulting in the explosion," Fatehabad's SP O P Narwal said today.
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EASTVALE: ACID SPILL SENDS 15 STARKIST WORKERS TO HOSPITAL (UPDATE)
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, injury, acids
An unloading accident caused an acid spill that prompted the evacuation of a Starkist Foods canning facility in Eastvale where 15 workers were sent to the hospital for treatment of inhalation problems, say Riverside County Fire Department officials.
A firefighter also went to the hospital with unspecified minor injuries not related to breathing difficulty, officials said.
Roughly 40 gallons of concentrated cleaning acid spilled about 2:45 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at the sprawling facility at 12450 Philadelphia Avenue, just east of Milliken Avenue. The area is in the northeast corner of the city, nearly a mile northwest of Interstate 15 and Highway 60.
"They were off-loading (the acid) with a forklift from a trailer at loading dock," said Capt. Lucas Spelman. "One of the forklift arms pierced the bottom of the blue, plastic container."
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NORTH FORT MYERS MAN ACCUSED OF DOUSING WIFE WITH 'LIQUID FIRE'
Tags: us_FL, public, release, response, meth_lab
North Fort Myers man is facing aggravated battery charges after his wife suffered chemical burns on her arm and body when, she said, he doused her with a solution called 'Liquid Fire'.
Robert Braitling, 47, is in Lee County jail on $25,000 bond and awaiting a July 11 arraignment.
A report from the Lee County Sheriff's Office said Braitling and his wife were arguing on May 24 over the installation of a washing machine. The wife said the argument escalated and Braitling tossed the liquid, which the sheriff's office report said was consistent with methamphetamines.
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CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL IN QUAKER VALLEY HS CLASSROOM
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, release, response, formaldehyde, xylene
Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale was evacuated at about 12:45 Thursday afternoon after a chemical spill in a classroom, district spokeswoman Angela Yingling said.
Formaldehyde and two forms of xylene mixed in a third-floor science lab, Leetsdale fire Chief Ernie Logan said. Nobody was injured.
No students were in the building at the time. Their last day of class was June 7. But an unknown number of district staff members and some community members were inside.
The spill was contained, Logan said.
He said the mixture can be an inhalation hazard, which prompted the evacuation.
Logan said he expected crews to be on scene through mid-afternoon.
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CHEMICAL REACTION AT KENT PARK SENDS ONE MAN TO HOSPITAL
Tags: public, release, injury, chlorine
An employee of a chemical company was sent to a local hospital at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday after exposure to a chemical reaction while working at the city of Kent maintenance building at the Town Square Plaza park.
The park is at Second Avenue North between West Harrison and West Smith streets.
The worker, an employee of the Orca chemical company, suffered respiratory distress after an acid was accidentally mixed with chlorine, according to a Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority media release. Both chemicals are used in the water spray play area at the park. Firefighters evaluated the employee and sent him to the hospital as a precaution.
Both Kent RFA Hazardous Materials Response Teams responded to the call, isolated the building, and shut down the pump house that feeds the water park. They then allowed the remaining airborne chemical to dissipate in the wind while monitoring the levels to ensure that no one in the surrounding area was affected. Adjacent to the water park are two large apartment complexes, a library, many businesses and the Green River College campus at Kent Station.
The water park will be closed until the equipment is replaced later this week.
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CHEMICAL MIXTURES: DEBATING THE ISSUES
Tags: Belgium, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
Researchers, scientists, stakeholders and policymakers from around the world gathered recently to discuss issues surrounding the risk assessment of chemical mixtures in Europe.
A number of innovative research projects were presented at the symposium, which was organised by EFSA and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Delegates also discussed work being carried out by EFSA and the RIVM aimed at integrating the assessment of mixtures into future decision-making on the safe use of pesticides and other regulated products.
Tobin Robinson, head of EFSA"s Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks Unit, said: "There is a lot of work going on in the area of chemical mixtures, so the symposium was a great opportunity to get an overview of who is doing what and, importantly, to discuss what we need to do next.
"Delegates also emphasised the need for greater collaboration " both within Europe and internationally " on this subject."
He added that EFSA has just set up a working group to develop guidance aimed at harmonising methodologies for assessing the human and ecological risks posed by exposure to multiple chemicals.
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U.S. COMPANIES REPLACE TEFLON TOXIN WITH CHEMICAL COUSIN. IS IT SAFE?
Tags: us_NH, industrial, discovery, environmental, plastics
A new kind of water contamination has shown up all over the US, including New England. This time it"s not lead, like in the Flint, Michigan water system, but instead it's a chemical used to manufacture Teflon pans, firefighting foam, even microwave popcorn bags. It's forced some communities to hand out bottled water and shut down their water systems.
Although companies have stopped using this chemical because of health worries, a new replacement compound may be toxic, too.
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The old chemicals are called "C8s," because they contain 8 carbons. The most common C8 is PFOA.
Studies funded by a 2005 lawsuit settlement with chemical maker DuPont have shown these chemicals may cause health problems including high cholesterol, kidney cancer, and thyroid disease.
Since last year, American companies aren"t using them anymore -- including Saint-Gobain, a $50 billion dollar plastics company with a plant two and a half miles from Tracy Carl"s house. Right now, Carl and her four kids get all of their water from five-gallon jugs. "We do sometimes drink out of the filtered water from the fridge, which I still don"t trust completely," she says.
But while researchers still know very little about the toxic C8 compounds, they know even less about the chemicals already being used to replace them.
Inside Saint-Gobain"s Merrimack plastics plant, enormous looms weave fabric from giant spools of glass thread. The fabrics have been used for hazmat suits, military tents and even the roof of AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. They are incredibly slippery, and impervious even to biological warfare.
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