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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (8 articles)
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:49:42 -0500
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Friday, January 16, 2015 at 7:49:33 AM
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Table of Contents (8 articles)
TEAR-GAS SUBSTANCE INSIDE CHURCH'S SAFE ACCIDENTALLY DEPLOYED
Tags: us_ks, public, release, injuries, other_chemical
HAZMAT INVESTIGATES CHEMICAL SPILL AT DELAWARE CO. SCHOOL
Tags: us_pa, laboratory, release, response, acids
'ALL CLEAR' AFTER LANSING HAZMAT
Tags: us_il, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
HAZMAT SITUATION AT JESSIE TRICE SENDS 7 TO THE HOSPITAL
Tags: us_fl, laboratory, release, injury, phenol
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES: LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF HYSTERECTOMY IN THE UNITED STATES
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, waste
LOCAL POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS LEARN HOW TO COUNTER HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES
Tags: us_MA, public, discovery, environmental, bomb, explosives
TOXIC CHEMICAL SCARE ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON WEDNESDAY
Tags: laboratory, release, response, ammonia, toxics
PITTSFIELD PHARMACY VAN FLIPS IN N.Y., DRAWING HAZMAT RESPONSE
Tags: us_NY, transportation, release, response, oxygen
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TEAR-GAS SUBSTANCE INSIDE CHURCH'S SAFE ACCIDENTALLY DEPLOYED
Tags: us_ks, public, release, injuries, other_chemical
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -
Hazmat crews were called to a Northland church Thursday afternoon where one employee suffered respiratory issues.
A pastor at Gashland Baptist Church, 601 Northeast Barry Road, told KCTV5 News that crews were at the church investigating.
Paramedics checked out the employee who accidentally discharged the chloropicrin, which is a substance similar to tear gas. The woman needed to have her eyes flushed out and suffered respiratory issues.
The material was stored in the decades-old safe as a theft deterrent. The employee accidentally bumped something, which caused the substance to be released into the air.
Firefighters worked with church officials to clean up the safe and air out the church.
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HAZMAT INVESTIGATES CHEMICAL SPILL AT DELAWARE CO. SCHOOL
Tags: us_pa, laboratory, release, response, acids
WALLINGFORD, Pa. -- Hazmat crews were called to a Wallingford, Pennsylvania school to investigate a chemical spill early Thursday morning.
The Action Cam was at Strath Haven Middle School on the 200 block of South Providence Road.
Crews responded around 1:00 a.m. to clean up a small chemical spill in one of the schools laboratories.
Censors detected a small amount of sulfuric acid in one of the classrooms.
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'ALL CLEAR' AFTER LANSING HAZMAT
Tags: us_il, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
ANSING, Ill. (WLS) -- A truck leaked several hundred gallons of hydrochloric acid, triggering a HAZMAT situation near 175th Street and Chicago Avenue in south suburban Lansing Thursday morning.
Illinois State Police said the Quality Carriers truck leaked several hundred gallons of acid. The spill was contained to the ground, officials said, and crews used materials to keep the toxic fumes from evaporating.
Traffic on the nearby Bishop Ford was not impacted, but 175th was closed for a couple of hours.
Police have not said what led to the chemical leak, but driver Martin Ortiz said weather can play a factor in some situations.
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HAZMAT SITUATION AT JESSIE TRICE SENDS 7 TO THE HOSPITAL
Tags: us_fl, laboratory, release, injury, phenol
Seven people were hospitalized Thursday after they were exposed to a strong disinfectant used in a podiatry office when two small glass containers shattered at a community health center in Northwest Miami-Dade.
Employees of the Jessie Trice Community Health Center near Northwest 53rd Street and 22nd Avenue were moving things around when the bottles broke, according to Miami-Dade Fire Lt. Troy Maness.
One employee had direct exposure to the solution call Phenol, while six others suffered from inhalation exposure.
Miami-Dade Fire Chief Gary Fregeolle said all seven were taken to the hospital.
‰??It's a stronger solution that I have heard is for cleaning, disinfecting, some times used for surgical procedures,‰?? he said.
Maness said all of the people transported were employees of the center.
‰??As always we would like to make certain that our patients, as well as our staff, are safe so those individuals went to the ER as a precautionary measure,‰?? Deborah George, chief clinical officer for the center, told Miami Herald news partner CBS4.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/edison-liberty-city/article6706542.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/edison-liberty-city/article6706542.html#storylink=cpy
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES: LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF HYSTERECTOMY IN THE UNITED STATES
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, waste
The healthcare sector is a driver of economic growth in the U.S., with spending on healthcare in 2012 reaching $2.8 trillion, or 17% of the U.S. gross domestic product, but it is also a significant source of emissions that adversely impact environmental and public health. The current state of the healthcare industry offers significant opportunities for environmental efficiency improvements, potentially leading to reductions in costs, resource use, and waste without compromising patient care. However, limited research exists that can provide quantitative, sustainable solutions. The operating room is the most resource-intensive area of a hospital, and surgery is therefore an important focal point to understand healthcare-related emissions. Hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to quantify environmental emissions from four different surgical approaches (abdominal, vaginal, laparoscopic, and robotic) used in the second most common major procedure for women in the U.S., the!
hysterectomy. Data were collected from 62 cases of hysterectomy. Life cycle assessment results show that major sources of environmental emissions include the production of disposable materials and single-use surgical devices, energy used for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, and anesthetic gases. By scientifically evaluating emissions, the healthcare industry can strategically optimize its transition to a more sustainable system.
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LOCAL POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS LEARN HOW TO COUNTER HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES
Tags: us_MA, public, discovery, environmental, bomb, explosives
NORTHAMPTON ‰?? With jury selection moving forward in the trial of the Boston Marathon bombing, two hours away over 100 first responders learned how to safely deal with homemade explosive devices like the ones that killed and maimed in Boston in 2013.
The free day-long class Saturday drew police officers, firefighters and emergency dispatchers from nine Hampshire County communities, including Amherst, Easthampton and Northampton, and from as far away as Fall River. It was presented by instructors from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the only place in the country where first responders can go to learn how to safely deal with homemade explosives, according to Northampton Deputy Fire Chief Jon Davine.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old about to be tried and his deceased brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev are accused of making bombs using pressure cookers and fireworks which were detonated during the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring over 200 people. ‰??That shows you how easy that stuff can be done,‰?? Davine said in an interview outside the JFK Middle School room where the class was held.
Davine said that local people making explosives at home is not uncommon, which is why it is important that first responders know what to do if they come across a potential explosives lab.
Davine is a member of the Joint Hazard Assessment Team, made up of eight first responders from across the state, that works with the state‰??s hazardous materials team to safely handle and test homemade explosives. He said he was trained at the New Mexico facility.
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TOXIC CHEMICAL SCARE ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON WEDNESDAY
Tags: laboratory, release, response, ammonia, toxics
NASA confirmed at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday (January 14, 2015 at 1600 UTC) that there was no hard evidence for a real leak of toxic chemicals on the International Space Station (ISS). The U.S. side of the space station was evacuated and sealed off earlier Wednesday following coolant loop pressure increases that possibly indicated a leak of toxic ammonia. The evacuation occurred around 4 a.m. EST (0900 UTC) Wednesday morning. NASA spent the day powering systems back up on the U.S. side, and analyzing the event throughout the day.
All six members of the space station‰??s crew are safe. NASA said the crew ‰??acted appropriately‰?? in evacuating the U.S. portion of the station and that toxic chemical leaks (especially an ammonia leak) is one of three emergency scenarios that the crew trains for, the other two being decompression (sudden pressure loss in the capsule) and fire.
The six-member crew donned emergency masks and hurried to the Russian side of the orbiting lab after the alert. They closed the hatch to the U.S. side behind them. NASA said that no scientific research has been lost as a result of this incident.
The Russian Federal Space Agency had told news outlets in Moscow that the cause was a toxic chemical leak ‰?? characterizing the situation as a leak of ‰??harmful substances‰?? ‰?? but NASA said there was no data to confirm a leak, and stressed that the crew was safe.
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PITTSFIELD PHARMACY VAN FLIPS IN N.Y., DRAWING HAZMAT RESPONSE
Tags: us_NY, transportation, release, response, oxygen
HILLSDALE, N.Y. >> A Pittsfield man escaped injury on Monday when the truck he was driving flipped on its side, causing leaks in three oxygen tanks he was delivering.
Clifton Stillman, 55, of Pittsfield, an employee of Flynn's Pharmacy in Pittsfield, was heading south on state Route 22 in a Ford box truck shortly after noon when the vehicle crossed the center line and struck a guard rail in the northbound lane, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. The truck then veered back into the southbound lane, struck another guardrail, and tipped over on the driver's side.
Stillman wasn't hurt in the wreck, but deputies discovered that three of the 950-pound home oxygen tanks aboard the vehicle were leaking.
The Columbia County Hazmat Team and Columbia County Emergency Management responded to the scene to help with the cleanup.
The cause of the crash ‰?? which closed the road for more than four hours ‰?? remains under investigation.
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