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CHMMNews Three Injured in Chemical Incident at Walmart in McCook, NE http://t.co/WD7xVBs0y3 #HazMat 4 hours ago by acsdchas
labsustain ES&T: Toxicity of CuO Nanomaterials used in Al/CuO Nanothermites Before and After Combustion http://t.co/6HiTwsW6Tc
acsdchas Sustainable Chemistry summit - Europe | 2014, March 25th, 26th & 27th http://t.co/X7H0vBAwIP
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acsdchas JOEH: The Hierarchy of Environmental Health and Safety Practices in the U.S. Nanotechnology Workplace" http://t.co/dZ8zHi5pXY
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acsdchas CEN It?s Not Easy Being Green - a history of environmental chemistry http://t.co/9FPuZjhY9E
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labsustain "Bringing Green Chemistry into the Conversation" http://t.co/u7N35FYDAZ
acsdchas J Chem Ed: Higher education chemical lab safety interventions: Efficacious or ineffective http://t.co/RsaO6lA0AU
labsustain C&EN: Microplastic Beads Pollute Great Lakes: Companies pledge to remove scrubbing beads from personal care products http://t.co/Y8HXckZUZq
acsdchas JOEH: Dermal Absorption of Chemicals: Estimation by IH SkinPerm http://t.co/IL0oN4G333
acsdchas C&EN: Analyzing Laboratory Hazards, comments sought on living document http://t.co/65b2XJNmkn
acsdchas Green Chemistry Institute: California adopts nationally ground-breaking safer consumer product regulations http://t.co/yYVnkoCpka
acsdchas Workshop: Safe Products, Made Safely: Tools for Businesses Tuesday, October 8, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. http://t.co/z75zbHbjGf
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Table of Contents (10 articles)
INVESTIGATION BEGINS AFTER HAZMAT SITUATION AT HOTEL
Tags: us_SC, public, release, injury, pool_chemicals
OFFICIAL: NO THREAT FROM HAZMAT INCIDENT IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
Tags: us_PA, transportation, release, injury, irritant
POLICE WORK TO DEFUSE A POTENTIAL HAZMAT SITUATION IN LAUREL COUNTY
Tags: us_KY, transportation, discovery, response, methyl_methacrylate
CARSON CHEMICAL PLANT FIRE SPARKS HAZMAT CONCERN; 4 HOSPITALIZED
Tags: us_CA, industrial, fire, injury, plastics
NYSP2I
Tags: us_NY, industrial, discovery, environmental
ACS WEBINAR: TRAGIC CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS ? TALES, INVESTIGATIONS, AND LESSONS LEARNED
Tags: public, follow-up, environmental
THREE INJURED IN CHEMICAL INCIDENT AT WALMART IN MCCOOK
Tags: us_NE, public, release, injury, ammonia, bleach
NATIONAL REPORT ON HUMAN EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
PUPILS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMISTRY LAB SPILL AT HOVE SCHOOL (FROM THE ARGUS)
Tags: United_Kingdom, education, release, injury, unknown_chemical
HIGHER EDUCATION CHEMICAL LAB SAFETY INTERVENTIONS: EFFICACIOUS OR INEFFECTIVE?
Tags: Belgium, laboratory, discovery, environmental
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INVESTIGATION BEGINS AFTER HAZMAT SITUATION AT HOTEL
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/23509101/crews-respond-to
Tags: us_SC, public, release, injury, pool_chemicals
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A third party company is being brought in to investigate a hazmat situation that occurred Monday evening at the Landmark Resort at 1501 South Ocean Boulevard.
The resort's Marketing and Public Relations Director Matt Klugman told WMBF News an employee put an acid based compound into the wrong tanker which was both stored inside the pool room.
Klugman said the employee who was handling the chemicals was wearing the proper equipment, and that's why he wasn't injured more severely.
Landmark Resort is bringing in a third party company to investigate and according to Klugman they'll be holding an employee training to make sure something like this never happens again.
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OFFICIAL: NO THREAT FROM HAZMAT INCIDENT IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_24154679/springfield-township-road-shut-down-hazmat-incident
Tags: us_PA, transportation, release, injury, irritant
A rupture in a 55-gallon drum at a Springfield Township chemical plant released a vapor cloud into the air Monday morning, but the cloud dispersed quickly, and residents were not in danger, officials said.
At 5:43 a.m., firefighters and hazmat personnel were sent to Bimax Inc., 158 Industrial Road, near Susquehanna Trail South.
"The chemical release was due to a few chemicals that reacted together, causing one of the tanks to bulge and then break at the seams, which released several vapor clouds in the area," Shrewsbury Fire Chief Tony Myers said. "The chemical that was released was strictly an irritant; it poses no danger to the residents here, other than smelling bad."
Myers said one of the chemicals is used for creating a coating on optical equipment.
Emergency workers received many reports of people saying they were "sick to their stomachs" but only one person, a tractor-trailer driver, was taken to an area hospital to be examined, Myers said.
"We assume that he took a lot of breaths of the irritant" and closed his cab door, which trapped the vapor inside it, he said.
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POLICE WORK TO DEFUSE A POTENTIAL HAZMAT SITUATION IN LAUREL COUNTY
http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Police-work-to-defuse-a-potential-hazmat-situation-in-Laurel-County-225136082.html
Tags: us_KY, transportation, discovery, response, methyl_methacrylate
LAUREL Co., Ky. (WYMT) - Officials with the Somerset hazardous materials task force were called to East 4th Street, and Tobacco Road in Laurel County on Tuesday evening.
Quick thinking led police to several buckets containing potentially dangerous ingredients.
Laurel County Sheriff's Deputy Gilbert Acciardo said his officers were holding a traffic stop in response to a stolen trailer when the incident occurred around 4.
"The pickup truck pulling the trailer actually jumped the curb and jarred the trailer a little bit," said Acciardo. "Officers arrested the driver and we had an outstanding warrant for him."
The driver was 35-year-old Joshua B. Sizemore.
When officers opened the trailer to see what exactly was inside, deputies said fumes just about knocked them down.
"Our officers were wise enough to know there was a problem by the odor that was coming from the trailer and they closed it and immediately closed it back up," Acciardo said.
The hazmat team found five, five gallon buckets.
"Methyl methacrylate which is a concrete sealer, that's in layman's terms, but it has the same problems," Acciardo said. "It's highly flammable and the vapors are very dangerous."
Officers said all containers were sealed and there is no risk.
"If the seal had been broken and a spark anywhere nearby had went off near one of those containers it could have exploded," said Acciardo.
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CARSON CHEMICAL PLANT FIRE SPARKS HAZMAT CONCERN; 4 HOSPITALIZED
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id'59689
Tags: us_CA, industrial, fire, injury, plastics
CARSON, Calif. (KABC) -- Investigators are trying to figure out what caused an intense fire that brought hazmat crews to a plastics manufacturing plant in Carson and sent four people to the hospital Monday.
The two-alarm blaze erupted at the Plaskolite West plant in the 2200 block of East Del Amo Boulevard around 6:50 p.m.
A crew of 70 firefighters knocked the fire down in about 90 minutes.
Three civilians and a firefighter were taken to local hospitals for treatment.
One civilian was treated for burns while another suffered from smoke inhalation. No information on the third person's injuries was released.
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NYSP2I
http://www.rit.edu/affiliate/nysp2i/upcoming-workshops-events
Tags: us_NY, industrial, discovery, environmental
Safe Products, Made Safely: Tools for Businesses
Tuesday, October 8, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Learn how Life Cycle Assessment, Green Screen, and GreenWERCS can help your business
Join us for a day of insight and discussion, as speakers from across the country share their expertise and experience in evaluating and implementing approaches and tools to eliminate or reduce the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products and processes.
The program will feature advice and best practices from sustainability leaders including:
Sean Burek - Business Development Specialist, The Wercs, Ltd.
Jason Salfi - Founder and Owner, Comet Skateboards
Victoria Deyoung ? Strategic Projects Manager, Xerox Corporation
Ben Bezark - Certification Manager, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
Dr. Lin Kaatz Chary - Executive Director, Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network
Pam Eliason - Senior Associate Director and Industry Research Program Manager, The Toxics Use Reduction Institute
Dr. Mark Rossi - Co-director, Clean Production Action and Chair of BizNGO
Be prepared for interactive discussions with our speakers and networking opportunities. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
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ACS WEBINAR: TRAGIC CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS ? TALES, INVESTIGATIONS, AND LESSONS LEARNED
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/855816722
Tags: public, follow-up, environmental
You may have heard about the university lab accident at Texas Tech, fatal firework accident in Hawaii, and natural gas explosion at ConAgra plant. Join Dr. Mary Beth Mulcahy of the US Chemical Safety Board as she shares the amazing work done by the CSB investigative staff and the valuable lessons all chemists can learn to prevent chemical accidents.
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THREE INJURED IN CHEMICAL INCIDENT AT WALMART IN MCCOOK
http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/Three-Injured-in-Incident-at-Walmart-in-McCook--224805352.html
Tags: us_NE, public, release, injury, ammonia, bleach
McCook, Nebraska Three people, including a McCook police officer, were hospitalized after a man, who was reportedly irate, mixed bleach and ammonia and poured it on the floor at the Walmart in McCook, 1900 West B Street on Sunday afternoon.
According to McCook police and fire officials, the incident happened around 2:30pm. Hazmat crews had to be called out and the store was evacuated for three hours.
In addition, around a dozen other people were treated and released at the scene.
It's not clear what prompted the incident inside the store.
Police say the elderly man, who's from McCook, resisted officers but was subdued by police and eventually taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation. His name is not being released and charges were pending.
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NATIONAL REPORT ON HUMAN EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
The Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, Updated Tables, September 2013 provides new data since the release of the Fourth Report, 2009. Since the publication of the Fourth Report, 201 chemicals have been updated and data on 49 chemicals have been added. This update also includes new data for 91 chemicals measured in serum pooled samples. Review this publication for the most recent and complete biomonitoring data.
The Updated Tables, September 2013, present data from the 2005-2006, 2007-2008, and 2009-2010 survey periods. The Updated Tables are cumulative and include data reported in earlier updates.
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PUPILS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMISTRY LAB SPILL AT HOVE SCHOOL (FROM THE ARGUS)
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10690309.Pupils_taken_to_hospital_after_chemistry_lab_spill_at_Hove_school/
Tags: United_Kingdom, education, release, injury, unknown_chemical
Twenty school children and their teacher were rushed to hospital following a suspected chemical spill during a science lesson.
The Year 7 pupils at Hove?s Cardinal Newman School complained of ?stinging eyes, sore throats? and ?breathing problems? midway through the morning lesson.
Emergency services were on the scene shortly before 10am and evacuated the labs ? while ordering pupils and teachers throughout the rest of the school to stay in their classrooms for more than two hours.
Head teacher Dr James Kilmartin said a ?rigorous? and ?thorough?
investigation would be carried out into what happened.
He added: ?Parents have nothing to be worried about. I hope they will be reassured that when something did happen we took the right action to respond to it.?
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HIGHER EDUCATION CHEMICAL LAB SAFETY INTERVENTIONS: EFFICACIOUS OR INEFFECTIVE?
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871553213005793
Tags: Belgium, laboratory, discovery, environmental
In this paper, we first derive a model from literature providing insights into the influence of different aspects of safety on each other, that is, knowledge, perception, attitude, behavior and its consequences. We called it the ?KPABC model?. An experiment was furthermore designed and carried out to investigate the impact of laboratory safety interventions with students, and on the different safety aspects of the KPABC model. We finally explain the research results, and based on the findings, we provide recommendations on how to improve safety within higher education chemical labs.
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