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Table of Contents (12 articles)
SMALL GAS LEAK CAUSES EVACUATION
Tags: us_IL, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
MAN BLOWS OFF FINGERS MAKING BOMB
Tags: Australia, public, explosion, injury, bomb
MAPTAPUT FACTORY UNDER FIRE FOR COVERING UP FATAL EXPLOSION
Tags: Thailand, industrial, explosion, death, hydrogen, sodium_hydroxide
PHOSPHORIC ACID SICKENS 2 AT JFK AIRPORT POST OFFICE
Tags: us_NY, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL SPILL IN POOL SENDS 15 KIDS TO HOSPITAL
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, injury, pool_chemicals
CYCLIST TREATED AFTER CHURCH CHEMICAL LEAK (FROM LANCASHIRE TELEGRAPH)
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, injury, other_chemical
WORKER SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER WATERLOO CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, injury, formaldehyde
CHEVRON REFINERY FIRE ONE YEAR LATER: FALLOUT, IMPACT SHOW NO SIGNS OF WANING
Tags: us_CA, industrial, follow-up, response, petroleum
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. SYSTEM FOR FLAGGING HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IS WIDELY FLAWED
Tags: public, discovery, response
WOMAN IN HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL AT UNLEY
Tags: Australia, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
PHARMACY CHAIN LIMITS SALE OF NAIL POLISH REMOVER OVER METH CONCERNS
Tags: public, discovery, response, acetone
EPA STRENGTHENS CHEMICAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
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SMALL GAS LEAK CAUSES EVACUATION
http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/Small-Gas-Leak-Causes-Evacuation-219208421.html
Tags: us_IL, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
DAVIS JUNCTION (WIFR) -- A small gas leak caused a section of a Davis Junction neighborhood to evacuate.
Everything appears to have gone back to normal after argon gas was accidentally released from a rail car on Route 251 near Route 72, says one board member.
Hazmat crews were called to the scene and investigators ended up evacuating about five homes.
Crews are currently trying to determine what caused the leak.
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MAN BLOWS OFF FINGERS MAKING BOMB
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/man-blows-off-fingers-making-bomb/story-fnii5s41-1226695249704
Tags: Australia, public, explosion, injury, bomb
A MAN blew off three of his fingers while making a homemade bomb in the state's central west yesterday.
The 20-year-old man was found by emergency services with three fingers from his left hand severed after reports of an explosion at a property on Yells Road at Murga about 4pm.
Police were told the man was mixing chemicals to make a homemade bomb when it accidentally detonated.
The man was treated by paramedics at the scene before being flown to Liverpool Hospital for emergency surgery.
The man's injuries are not considered to be life-threatening police said.
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MAPTAPUT FACTORY UNDER FIRE FOR COVERING UP FATAL EXPLOSION
http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/maptaput-factory-under-fire-for-covering-up-fatal-explosion-29157?ref=pmci
Tags: Thailand, industrial, explosion, death, hydrogen, sodium_hydroxide
Executives at a Maptaput tin factory are under fire for allegedly covering up a fatal explosion for more than a week.
Maptaput Industrial Estate Director Pratheep Engchuan accused Siam Tin Plate Co. of failing to report the July 20 chemical-tank explosion that killed 48-year-old contractor Pranai Inphanao in order to protect the company?s reputation. Pratheep said he learned of the incident from police July 28.
Pranai died at Bangkok Hospital Rayong July 20 after a tank containing recycled sodium hydroxide exploded in the factory?s chromium-dipping facility. The explosion caused the tank?s lid to fall on the victim. Officials suspect the explosion occurred after the compound reacted with hydrogen gas released during steel-coil cleaning.
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PHOSPHORIC ACID SICKENS 2 AT JFK AIRPORT POST OFFICE
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/11/us/new-york-suspicious-package/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Tags: us_NY, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
New York (CNN) -- Two workers at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport post office were exposed to phosphoric acid Sunday from a package that originated from China, a law enforcement official said.
The package was identified after workers smelled an odor emanating from it, the official said.
A hazardous response team from the FBI responded to the airport "out of an abundance of caution," said Peter Donald, a spokesman for the FBI in New York.
The product was identified as organophosphate and secured by Port Authority police. The package was contained to the post office, and airport operations were not affected, the official said.
Donald said the package "was determined to be beauty supplies."
The two workers -- identified by another law enforcement official as Customs and Border Protection employees -- declined medical attention.
Phosphoric acid is a colorless liquid with a syrupy consistency used as an acidifying agent to give colas their flavor.
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CHEMICAL SPILL IN POOL SENDS 15 KIDS TO HOSPITAL
http://blackburnnews.com/midwestern-ontario/midwestern-ontario-news/2013/08/10/chemical-spill-in-pool-sends-15-kids-to-hospital/
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, injury, pool_chemicals
Huron East Mayor Bernie MacLellan says at this time they don?t know what went wrong in the Vanastra Swimming Pool Friday.
MacLellan explains the pool was being cleaned using an automated process that pumps chemicals into the water and apparently too much of the chemical was pumped into the water, which resulted in fifteen children being taken to the hospital with coughing spells.
MacLellan adds no one suffered any serious injuries but the manufacturer has been called in to find out why the equipment malfunctioned.
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CYCLIST TREATED AFTER CHURCH CHEMICAL LEAK (FROM LANCASHIRE TELEGRAPH)
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10604565.Cyclist_treated_after_Church_chemical_leak/
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, injury, other_chemical
A CHEMICAL used as a weapon during the First World War escaped into the air from a factory.
Emergency services were alerted to the leak at the William Blythe plant, in Bridge Street, Church, after a man, who was making his way along the canal towpath, started to feel his eyes burning and was struggling to breathe.
The cyclist, who was in his 60s, needed hospital treatment and was kept in over night.
A major police and fire service operation, codenamed Merlin, was launched to investigate the leak and contain it if necessary.
It emerged the chemical that was leaking was stannic chloride, which is known for causing irritating, but non-deadly, dense smoke on contact with air.
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WORKER SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER WATERLOO CHEMICAL SPILL
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4026937-worker-sent-to-hospital-after-waterloo-chemical-spill/
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, injury, formaldehyde
WATERLOO ? One employee was taken to the hospital to be treated for chemical inhalation after a spill occurred at Ultra Manufacturing in Waterloo early Saturday morning.
Waterloo Fire Rescue responded to a hazardous material spill at 3:05 a.m., said Platoon Chief Wilf Hergott.
The spilled chemical is formaldehyde, known for a pungent odour that is highly toxic. It can affect the respiratory tract, Hergott said.
Waterloo Fire Rescue ventilated the building and performed air quality checks. The Ministry of Labour was notified, said Hergott.
"Someone was handling (the chemical). It was an accidental spill," Hergott said.
The employee is said to be in good condition.
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CHEVRON REFINERY FIRE ONE YEAR LATER: FALLOUT, IMPACT SHOW NO SIGNS OF WANING
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23833914/chevron-refinery-fire-one-year-later-fallout-impact
Tags: us_CA, industrial, follow-up, response, petroleum
RICHMOND -- When the No. 4 crude unit at Chevron's century-old waterfront oil refinery burst into flames and sent black smoke billowing into a cloudless sky Aug. 6, 2012, it was easy for many to assume that the fallout from the accident would be fleeting.
After all, fires of similar scope had occurred at the same refinery in 1999 and 2007, quickly drifting from the spotlight once the smoke had cleared. The 2012 blaze, which resulted in no reported serious injuries, even seemed to pale in comparison with other refinery accidents over the years, such as a tragedy in 1999 at the Tosco refinery north of Concord where four workers were killed and a fifth severely burned.
But the cumulative impact -- investigations,
Carlos Huerta, 56, in the yard of his Liberty Village Home in Richmond, Calif. On the day of the Aug. 6, 2013 fire, his wife called him at work crying as smoke and fire billowed from the Chevron Richmond refinery's No. 4 crude unit. (Robert Rogers)
fines, legal and legislative action and community outrage -- of last year's fire dwarfs anything residents and officials in Richmond and Contra Costa County have ever seen, underscoring a fundamental shift in how the public responds to industrial accidents.
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. SYSTEM FOR FLAGGING HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IS WIDELY FLAWED
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/10/us-chemical-tierii-idUSBRE97906O20130810
Tags: public, discovery, response
(Reuters) - A 27-year-old U.S. program intended to warn the public of the presence of hazardous chemicals is flawed in many states due to scant oversight and lax reporting by plant owners, a Reuters examination finds.
Under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, private and public facilities must issue an inventory listing potentially hazardous chemicals stored on their properties. The inventory, known as a Tier II report, is filed with state, county and local emergency-management officials. The information is then supposed to be made publicly available, to help first responders and nearby residents plan for emergencies.
But facilities across the country often misidentify these chemicals or their location, and sometimes fail to report the existence of the substances altogether.
And except for a handful of states, neither federal nor local authorities are auditing the reports for errors.
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WOMAN IN HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL AT UNLEY
http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/article/18443101/woman-in-hospital-after-chemical-spill-at-unley/
Tags: Australia, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
A 35-year-old woman has been hospitalised after a chemical spill at a veterinary pathology lab in Unley on Saturday.
She was rushed to Royal Adelaide Hospital after being overcome by chemical fumes that spilled in the Greenhill Road laboratory.
SA Ambulance says the woman is in a stable condition after her collapse.
The SA Metropolitan Fire Service crew has since cleaned the spill and reopened the building.
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PHARMACY CHAIN LIMITS SALE OF NAIL POLISH REMOVER OVER METH CONCERNS
http://wamu.org/news/13/08/09/pharmacy_chain_limits_sale_of_nail_polish_remover_over_meth_concerns#.UgVw5IA_a98.twitter
Tags: public, discovery, response, acetone
A pharmacy chain is working to polish up its image, and chances are that your young teen won't be too happy about it.
Summertime means sandal weather, but with little time for a professional pedicure, I visited a CVS in D.C. to buy some candy-colored laquer and a bottle of nail polish remover. But then this happened at the self-check out counter: "BEEP! Help is required for this item. Please set it aside and continue scanning."
A manager explained: CVS has placed restrictions on the purchase of nail polish removers that contain acetone, limiting the number of bottles a customer can buy.
CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis says the ingredient can be used in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine, much like some cold medications, which are now kept behind the counter. He says CVS will now require a valid ID to purchase nail polish remover. The company has placed additional restrictions on buying the product with other household items that could be used to make meth.
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EPA STRENGTHENS CHEMICAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
http://www.domesticpreparedness.com/Government/Government_Updates/EPA_Strengthens_Chemical_Assessment_Process_to_Protect_Public_Health/
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced changes to its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program to improve the scientific foundation of assessments, increase transparency in the program and the process and allow the agency to produce more IRIS assessments each year. IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates information on health effects that may result from exposure to environmental contaminants. These high quality, science-based health assessments are used to inform decisions to protect public health and the environment.
?EPA is committed to producing high quality scientific assessments in a timely and transparent manner,? said Lek Kadeli, principal deputy assistant administrator of EPA?s Office of Research and Development. ?The improvements announced today will further strengthen our IRIS assessments and enable the agency to better protect human health and the environment by completing more health assessments for chemicals that are being used across our country every day.?
Consistent with recommendations from the National Research Council, EPA will now begin releasing preliminary materials and hold a public meeting early in the assessment development process to explain the criteria for selecting studies and to ensure that critical research was not omitted. Meeting with the public earlier in the process will result in more timely opportunities for the public to provide input into the assessment and comment on the information available for each chemical assessed.
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