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POLICE SEE DECREASE IN LARGE-SCALE METH LABS, BUT USE OF ONE-POT METHODS REMAINS STEADY
Tags: us_MI, public, discovery, response, meth_lab
CALL FOR ?BEST? SCIENCE MAY BE TOXIC
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
CHEMICAL LEAK BREAKS OUT IN BOISBRIAND INDUSTRIAL PARK
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL AND PLASTICS INDUSTRIES LOVE FRACKING
Tags: us_TX, industrial, discovery, response, natural_gas
SUSPENDED U OF S STUDENT ACCUSED OF CHEMICAL THREAT RELEASED ON BAIL
Tags: Canada, laboratory, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
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POLICE SEE DECREASE IN LARGE-SCALE METH LABS, BUT USE OF ONE-POT METHODS REMAINS STEADY
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2013/12/police_are_seeing_a_decrease_i.html
Tags: us_MI, public, discovery, response, meth_lab
JACKSON, MI ? As the older method of making meth is on the decline, makers are using a simpler and quicker method to produce the drug, police say.
Michigan State Police Detective Lt. Dave Cook shows the Hazmat approved storage location for hazardous waste at the Jackson Post where ingredients used to make methamphetamine are stored before being destroyed or recycled.
The Michigan State Police say over the past 10 years, use of larger methamphetamine labs to produce the drug has been on the decline. These methods include red-phosphorus, Phenyl-2-Propanone and Anhydrous Ammonia methods.
But police say the use of one-pot methods to make meth has stayed steady over the last couple years, if not increased slightly. The one-pot method is when the ingredients to make meth are placed in a plastic bottle to mix.
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CALL FOR ?BEST? SCIENCE MAY BE TOXIC
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i48/Call-BestScience-Toxic.html
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
A bipartisan bill that would change how the Environmental Protection Agency governs commercial chemicals is getting a lot of attention from Congress and those in the chemical enterprise. Introduced earlier this year, the measure (S. 1009) would modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a law that has remained essentially unchanged since Congress passed it in 1976.
The bill would compel EPA to assess the safety of thousands of industrial chemicals?a responsibility the agency does not now have. The chemical industry, environmental and health advocates, and the Obama Administration all support the legislation?s call for safety assessments.
But as experts pore over the details of the 127-page bill, they are raising concern about certain provisions. The latest issue to emerge is one that they say could seriously cramp EPA?s ability to assess chemical safety?precisely the added responsibility that other parts of the bill put on the agency.
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CHEMICAL LEAK BREAKS OUT IN BOISBRIAND INDUSTRIAL PARK
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chemical-leak-breaks-out-in-boisbriand-industrial-park-1.2444805
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
Firefighters early this morning responded to a suspected chemical leak in the Boisbriand industrial park north of Montreal.
The incident happened at a business on Cure´-Boivin Boulevard that manufactures foam insulation.
A cloud of smoke could be seen in the area and there were reports of a smell in the air.
Quebec environment ministry officials and firefighters were on the scene.
By 7 a.m., the City of Boisbriand said on its Twitter feed that the leak was non-toxic and didn?t pose a threat to residents.
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CHEMICAL AND PLASTICS INDUSTRIES LOVE FRACKING
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/chemical-and-plastics-industries-love-fracking
Tags: us_TX, industrial, discovery, response, natural_gas
PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- Fracking is fueling a manufacturing renaissance in some parts of the country. Companies want to use the gas to provide energy -- but one sector uses natural gas to make materials that go into virutally everything we own.
The chemical industry is spending billions to expand its business in the United States. And it?s all because of fracking.
The boom is taking shape at places like BASF?s massive ?ethane cracker? in Port Arthur, Texas. Unit manager Andy Miller looks up at what looks like an enormous HVAC system. He points to a furnace, where oil and natural gas are heated to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and turns into ethylene, an ingredient in most plastics. From here, the ethylene will go elsewhere to be turned into a variety of consumer goods, like food packaging, antifreeze, even diapers.
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SUSPENDED U OF S STUDENT ACCUSED OF CHEMICAL THREAT RELEASED ON BAIL
http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/suspended-u-of-s-student-accused-of-chemical-threat-released-on-bail-1.1566956
Tags: Canada, laboratory, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
A suspended University of Saskatchewan student charged in connection with stealing chemicals from campus was released on bail Thursday afternoon.
25-year-old Mohamadmahdi Kowsari was charged with theft under $5,000 in October after dangerous chemicals were found in his home.
He?s spent the past month in police custody.
The search of his home followed a sweep of the university?s chemical engineering lab by hazmat officials. Kowsari allegedly threatened to mix two potentially dangerous chemicals.
The lab was evacuated during the sweep and nothing dangerous was found. No one was hurt in the incident.
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