Chemical Safety Headlines =46rom Google Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:15:02 AM A service of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety Connecting Chemistry and Safety at http://www.dchas.org All article summaries and tags are archived at http://pinboard.in/u:dchas Table of Contents (8 articles) METH LAB FOUND IN VEHICLE STOPPED NEAR SERGEANT BLUFF Tags: us_IA, public, discovery, response, illegal, meth_lab SPRINGDALE FIREFIGHTERS, EMS, POLICE TREATED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE Tags: us_PA, public, release, injury, carbon_monoxide AMMONIA RELEASE Tags: us_NE, public, release, response, ammonia BELLINGHAM MAN BURNED IN EXPLOSION WHILE MAKING HASHISH Tags: us_WA, public, explosion, injury, drugs CHEMICAL INCIDENT COULD CHANGE MERRIMACK FIRE RESPONSE PLANS Tags: us_NH, public, release, environmental, fire_extinguisher, follow-up CREWS QUICKLY EXTINGUISH FIRE AT SYNTECH CHEMICAL PLANT PEARLAND Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical UPDATE: HAVERHILL GAS CLOUD SPARKED WHEN FIRE CREWS TREATED CHEMICAL WITH WATER Tags: United, Kingdom, transportation, release, response, water MAYA CINEMA HAZMAT SITUATION CALLED A BAD PRANK Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical --------------------------------------------- METH LAB FOUND IN VEHICLE STOPPED NEAR SERGEANT BLUFF http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_f8e4f7 cd-db71-5548-afa9-e59dee03e0f5.html Tags: us_IA, public, discovery, response, illegal, meth_lab SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa -- Two Ohio men are facing a felony drug charge after a police K-9 found a mobile meth lab in the truck they were driving on Interstate 29 near Sergeant Bluff. Jamie S. Cremeans, 40, and William Noel Strouse, 42, both of Mount Vernon, Ohio, were arrested Saturday and charged with possession of precursors with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, a class D felony; and misdemeanor charges of possession of drugs and child endangerment with no injury. --------------------------------------------- SPRINGDALE FIREFIGHTERS, EMS, POLICE TREATED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE http://www.wpxi.com/news/28602893/detail.html Tags: us_PA, public, release, injury, carbon_monoxide SPRINGDALE, Pa. -- County officials said two residents of a house in Springdale Borough reported feeling light-headed and dizzy. An elderly man and his mother live in the 400 block of Chestnut Street. The son visited a local hospital to get checked out. The hospital determined that the man had carbon monoxide poisoning. Upon learning this news, he called 911 to report the problem and have his mother taken to a hospital too. Emergency personnel responded to investigate and, while in the house, began to feel sick themselves. --------------------------------------------- THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH. > NEWS http://www.nptelegraph.com/articles/2011/07/19/news/70001051.txt Tags: us_NE, public, release, response, ammonia A stretch of Highway 83 was closed down Monday near Stapleton for an ammonia spill south of the small sand hills community. Stapleton was also evacuated because of possible health concerns. "It was at the Logan County Coop, just north of the Highway 83 and 92 junction," Captain Jeff Hankla said. "They have four large ammonia tanks. There is one main pipe that feeds all four of them and the pop off valve ruptured, for an unknown reason. The personnel that worked there shut off all the valves, but they had one valve fail. So all that ammonia was being released into the air." Emergency personnel from North Platte were called at approximately 9:30 a.m., to assist with cleaning up the spill and to assist in fixing the valve. Hankla said the convenience store and coop were evacuated, and because of prevailing winds, homes were evacuated to the northeast of the station, including Stapleton. It also shut down portions of Highway 83 and Highway 92 for about four hours. --------------------------------------------- BELLINGHAM MAN BURNED IN EXPLOSION WHILE MAKING HASHISH http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/07/bellingham_man_burned_i n_explo.php Tags: us_WA, public, explosion, injury, drugs A man was seriously injured in an explosion in Bellingham today while he was making hashish. Not meth. Not crack. Hash. KIRO: Firefighters said a man had suffered multiple flash burns on his body after there was an explosion inside his home. Bellingham firefighters from the hazmat team responded to check for hazards and determined the home was safe. Bellingham police officers entered the home to assess the damage and found 6.5 pounds of marijuana, butane bottles, drug paraphernalia and hashish, officers said. --------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL INCIDENT COULD CHANGE MERRIMACK FIRE RESPONSE PLANS http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/926523-196/chemical-incident-could-cha nge-merrimack-fire-response.html Tags: us_NH, public, release, environmental, fire_extinguisher, follow-up MERRIMACK - A chemical incident reported over the weekend has left Merrimack fire officials reconsidering response plans. Early Saturday afternoon, Merrimack firefighters responded to the former BP gas station on Daniel Webster Highway, where the fire suppression system had activated, leaving the area covered in a powder substance. In accordance with the town=92s existing protocols, the firefighters washed the material, a dry chemical known as Monoammonium Phosphate, down a nearby storm drain. =93The material data sheets indicate it=92s not an environmental hazard,=94 Fire Chief Michael Currier said Tuesday. No fire occurred, and department officials are investigating what caused the system to activate. But the incident caught the attention of neighbor Chuck Mower, a former selectman, who contacted town officials, fearing the chemicals could get into the local water system. =93I=92m still stunned at their response,=94 Mower said Tuesday. =93I can=92t imagine why we=92d be flushing hundreds and hundreds of pounds of suppression materials like that. =85 Who knows what kind of damage it can do?=94 --------------------------------------------- CREWS QUICKLY EXTINGUISH FIRE AT SYNTECH CHEMICAL PLANT PEARLAND http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8256246 Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical PEARLAND, TX (KTRK) -- Foam helped firefighters quickly put out a chemical plant fire in Pearland overnight. Related Content MORE: Got a story idea? Let us know! Several large tanks at the Syntech chemical plant on Hooper and Riley ignited just before 1am. Fortunately, firefighters tell us the tanks were filled with non-hazardous chemicals. They sprayed gallons and gallons of foam on the fire. It was extinguished within 30 minutes. Firefighters still don't know what started the fire. --------------------------------------------- UPDATE: HAVERHILL GAS CLOUD SPARKED WHEN FIRE CREWS TREATED CHEMICAL WITH WATER http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/update_haverhill_gas_cloud_sparked_when_fire_cr ews_treated_chemical_with_water_1_966651 Tags: United, Kingdom, transportation, release, response, water A GAS cloud sparked by a chemical spill at a factory in west Suffolk was caused by firefighters treating the substance with water, it has emerged. Residents in Haverhill were told to keep their windows and doors closed after a tanker delivering aluminium chloride to International Flavours and Fragrances (IFF) in the town, spilt its contents at about 12.40pm today. About 240 staff at the firm=92s factory on Duddery Hill were evacuated when half a ton of the chemical spilled from the delivery truck onto the floor. Aluminium chloride is a white powder which can cause irritation to the eyes, skin and the respiratory system if breathed or touched. Group manager John Wilcock said fire crews from Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds and Ixworth, wearing chemical protection suits and specialist breathing equipment, were called to the incident about 12.49pm. The crews then poured a bucket of water onto a shovelful of the chemical to test the reaction. =93We tried to treat it with a bucket of water which sent a big gas cloud across the town which quickly dispersed,=94 Mr Wilcock said. --------------------------------------------- MAYA CINEMA HAZMAT SITUATION CALLED A BAD PRANK http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/15103087/maya-cinema-evacuated-after-haz mat-sutuation Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical SALINAS, Calif.- Salinas firefighters said a cup of chlorinated liquid mixed with green soda led to the evacuation of one of the auditoriums Monday afternoon. Fire officials told Central Coast News they believe it was a bad prank during a movie. One person suffered a nose bleed, but he is doing ok. The liquid was taken to the Monterey County Health Department and the theater was cleaned by management. Fire officials said theater management said it will step up its surveillance. Emergency crews evacuated a portion of the Maya Cinema around 4:30 p.m. and the HAZMAT team responded. Initially, according to Salinas police, 10 to 11 people reported getting a bloody nose and feeling sick after being in one of the auditoriums. ---------------------------------------------
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