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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Friday, April 7, 2017 at 6:56:23 AM
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Table of Contents (10 articles)
THE MOST TOXIC SITES IN EACH NEW JERSEY COUNTY
Tags: us_NJ, public, discovery, environmental, waste
HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND TO UPS FACILITY IN BROCKTON, MASS.
Tags: us_MA, public, release, response, nitric_acid
SMALL FIRE, EXPLOSION AT CANNABIS OIL LAB
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, response, butane, clandestine_lab
STARK COUNTY SHERIFF AND STARK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PRESS RELEASE ON FATAL ACCIDENT ‰?? STARK COUNTY NEWS
Tags: us_IL, transportation, release, response, ag_chems, diesel
3 CHILDREN FOUND DURING METH LAB FIRE IN MADISON COUNTY HOME
Tags: us_AL, laboratory, explosion, injury, clandestine
HAZ-MAT CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL AT CONCORD MEDICAL FACILITY
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, formaldehyde, methanol
FIRE RETARDANT REPLACEMENTS MIGRATE TO ARCTIC SEDIMENT
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
124 WASTE WORKERS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: South_Africa, industrial, release, injury, chlorine, waste
CHEMICAL LEAK CAUSES EVACUATION AT TSU SCIENCE BUILDING
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
BROCKTON FIRE RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_MA, transportation, release, response, nitric_acid
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THE MOST TOXIC SITES IN EACH NEW JERSEY COUNTY
Tags: us_NJ, public, discovery, environmental, waste
New Jersey has more places under the federal Superfund program, which prioritizes cleanups of dangerous contaminated sites, than any other state.
Many have histories more colorful than an oil slick: A massive chemical fire at a mob-controlled waste storage facility. Agent Orange in the Passaic River. Local wildlife turned green. And the only site ever to be put on the Superfund list twice.
While many of those sites have been cleaned up, they require longterm treatment and monitoring. With the EPA's budget on the chopping block under President Donald Trump's administration, advocates worry things will backslide for the Superfund, which has already been near-broke for decades.
‰??Just think about it: We‰??ve got over a hundred Superfund sites in this state. We've got 21 counties," former Gov. Jim Florio, who wrote the Superfund law when he was in Congress in the early 1980s, said recently. "Nobody lives very far from these sites.‰??
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HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND TO UPS FACILITY IN BROCKTON, MASS.
Tags: us_MA, public, release, response, nitric_acid
Hazardous materials teams responded to a chemical spill at a UPS facility in Brockton, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning.
The Brockton Fire Department says the Tier 2 HazMat incident at 200 Oakhill Way involved five liters of nitric acid leaking in a trailer.
Nitric acid is a corrosive agent used in the manufacturing process.
There were no reported injuries.
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SMALL FIRE, EXPLOSION AT CANNABIS OIL LAB
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, response, butane, clandestine_lab
Los Angeles County Fire responded to an incident in unincorporated Pasadena at approximately 8:30 p.m. on the 1900 block East Washington Boulevard, along with Engine 32 of Pasadena Fire and Altadena Sheriff‰??s Department.
The cause, while under investigation, was reported as a drug lab explosion. However, according to Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Gustavo Medina, there were no injuries initially reported.
The fire was quickly extinguished and then LACFD firefighters also found multiple empty butane tanks at the location; and, hazmat was called in to investigate. Medina said firefighters found a small fire in a shed and put it out in about five minutes.
At the location, Deputies along with fire personnel, discovered a possible ‰??honey oil‰?? marijuana extraction laboratory.
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STARK COUNTY SHERIFF AND STARK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PRESS RELEASE ON FATAL ACCIDENT ‰?? STARK COUNTY NEWS
Tags: us_IL, transportation, release, response, ag_chems, diesel
Toulon ‰?? At 3:29 p.m. Monday, March 27, a 911 call came into the Stark County Sheriff‰??s office requesting assistance at the scene of a car-truck collision at the intersection of Route 17 with Route 78, three and a half miles west of Toulon. Sheriff Deputies, Toulon Fire Department and Stark County Ambulance responded to the scene.
Sixteen year-old Bradon H. Ely of rural West Jersey, the single occupant of the car, was pronounced dead at 4:00 p.m. by the Stark County Sheriff/Coroner Steve Sloan. Craig Betcher, the driver of the semi, was transported to Saint Luke‰??s Hospital in Kewanee and released with minor injuries.
Rescue workers found the car in the ditch on the east side of Highway 78 and a semi-trailer truck in the ditch on the west side. Both vehicles ended up approximately 50 yards north of the intersection.
The semi had rolled onto its side, spilling about 25 tons of a stabilized urea-based fertilizer onto the right of way. A small volume of diesel fuel from the truck leaked onto the fertilizer. The spillage of this chemical mixture necessitated the initiation of Emergency Management protocols and the activation of the Chemical Response Plan. MABAS 39 HazMat team was requested, sending equipment and personnel to the scene. Don Schmidt, Matthew Schnepple and Keenan Campbell, EMA Directors of Stark County, Henry County and Bureau County, were requested to the scene to manage proper chemical response procedures. An Illinois State Police Accident Reconstructionist was also requested to the scene.
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3 CHILDREN FOUND DURING METH LAB FIRE IN MADISON COUNTY HOME
Tags: us_AL, laboratory, explosion, injury, clandestine
Authorities said three children were found during a meth lab fire at a Madison County home Wednesday afternoon.
Huntsville Fire Capt. Frank McKenzie said they responded to a report of an explosion at a residence located on Parktrace Lane in the town of Owens Cross Roads at 12:57 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters found the children alone. They told authorities they heard a loud noise upstairs.
Firefighters extinguished two small fires on the second floor of the home. One was on a mattress and the other was on the floor. McKenzie said the children told authorities two adults, one of them injured, left the home before the fire. None of the children were injured, McKenzie said. The fire department then called Huntsville police.
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HAZ-MAT CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL AT CONCORD MEDICAL FACILITY
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, formaldehyde, methanol
CONCORD (CBS SF) ‰?? Firefighters and hazardous materials crews were at the scene of a chemical spill inside a medical facility in Concord Wednesday afternoon, according to a fire captain.
Around 1 p.m. crews were dispatched to Fresenius Medical Care at 4040 Nelson Ave., according to Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Capt. George Laing.
A gallon of formaldehyde mixed with methanol was spilled in the processing area of the facility during a transfer between a 55-gallon drum and a 1-gallon container.
Laing said the mixture presents a health hazard and is also flammable.
Around 2:30 p.m., hazardous materials specialists were preparing to enter the scene and determine if there were any issues that would require remediation.
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FIRE RETARDANT REPLACEMENTS MIGRATE TO ARCTIC SEDIMENT
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
For the first time, researchers have measured a new class of fire retardants in Arctic Ocean sediments, far from the compounds‰?? intended end uses in couch cushions and television sets (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00755). The findings add to growing evidence that organophosphate ester flame retardants (OPEs) might have many of the same properties that led to the phase-out of their predecessors, brominated flame retardants.
After decades of research, manufacturers and regulators curtailed the use of brominated flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the early 2000s. Numerous studies cataloged how these compounds interfere with the endocrine systems of humans and animals and contaminate substances including mothers‰?? milk and arctic sediment. In 2009, the parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) added two kinds of PBDEs to their POPs list. The parties determined that the compounds met the criteria: The listed PBDEs are persistent, toxic, travel long range, and accumulate in food chains.
As concerns grew over PBDEs, manufacturers turned to OPEs as alternative flame retardants, but scientists are concerned that these replacements may also meet the Stockholm Convention‰??s criteria for POPs. Not much is known about the human health effects of OPEs, yet some governments have listed them as cancer-causing agents, and in vitro and animal data suggest that the compounds may be endocrine disrupters‰??so they may meet the criterion of toxicity. They do not appear to increase in concentration as they move up the food chain, although like the brominated retardants they are replacing, OPEs readily escape into the environment and have been found in fish and in human breast milk, research shows.
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124 WASTE WORKERS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: South_Africa, industrial, release, injury, chlorine, waste
Johannesburg ‰?? The strong stench of chlorine still hung in the air hours after an early morning chemical leak on Monday at a hazardous waste treatment facility in Germiston that left more than 100 workers hospitalised.
‰??One hundred and twenty-four workers from the Interwaste Germiston depot on Power Street were treated at the scene for chest pain and respiratory distress before being transported to nearby hospitals for further treatment,‰?? said Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) spokesperson William Ntladi.
‰??Two of the workers are in critical condition, but other members of the public are not known to have been affected,‰?? he explained.
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CHEMICAL LEAK CAUSES EVACUATION AT TSU SCIENCE BUILDING
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
HOUSTON -- Several HFD vehicles are on the scene of an evacuation at the Texas Southern University Science Building due to a chemical leak.
TSU Police say classes in the building are suspended until 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. Students and staff are asked to stay clear of the building.
HFD initially responded to the scene on Ennis Street shortly before 10:30 a.m.
So far there are no reports of injuries, although Air 11 showed an ambulance along with fire trucks at the scene.
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BROCKTON FIRE RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_MA, transportation, release, response, nitric_acid
BROCKTON, MA ‰?? Brockton fire and a Hazmat team responded to a chemical spill at a UPS facility in Brockton early Tuesday morning.
Mayor Bill Carpenter confirmed that a nitric acid container broke while being loaded on a truck at the company's facility on Oak Hill Way early. Brockton Fire and Life Safety and a State Hazmat Team of about 20 technicians mitigated and stabilized the spill, and Clean Harbors completed the the clean up, Carpenter said.
Brockton fire told NBC Boston that the incident was a Tier 2 incident and involved five liters of nitric acid leaking in a trailer.
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