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Monday, January 26, 2015 at 7:54:26 AM
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Table of Contents (5 articles)
PETROLEUM JELLY CAUSES ROAD CHAOS AT GERRINGONG
Tags: Australia, transportation, release, response, petroleum
AKZO NOBEL CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED, HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, discovery, environmental
POLICE: US NAVY VETERAN IN CANADIAN CHEMICAL CASE THREATENED POLICE
Tags: Canada, public, discovery, response, other_chemical
LAWMAKERS MOVE TO BAN PLASTIC SCRUBBING BEADS
Tags: us_VT, industrial, discovery, environmental, cleaners, water_treatment
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PETROLEUM JELLY CAUSES ROAD CHAOS AT GERRINGONG
Tags: Australia, transportation, release, response, petroleum
A fluid spill on the Princes Highway at Gerringong caused lengthy traffic delays in the area on Monday morning.
Two northbound lanes of the Princes Highway had to be closed for three hours after petroleum jelly spilt across the road just before 10:00am (AEDT).
Holiday-makers travelling home after the Australia Day long weekend were caught in six kilometres queues, as RMS, Hazmat and Fire crews worked to clear the area.
Spokesman for the Transport Management Centre Dave Wright said the clean up was delayed, as crews thought the substance spilt was soil.
"So initially our crews went to start the cleanup operation only to find out this was an oily, slippery substance," he said.
"As a result, the hazmat crews were called and they obviously had to analyse what the spill was before formal clean-up could commence. Obviously that would determine what sort of response would be required."
Mr Wright said due to petroleum jelly's oily nature, it takes more time than other fluids to absorb.
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AKZO NOBEL CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED, HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
A chemical spill at the Akzo Nobel plant in Huron caused a noticeable smell, but the chemical itself was contained at the plant and was successfully cleaned up, an official at the Erie County Health Department said Friday.
The 21-gallon chemical leak occurred overnight early Thursday and did not get outside a designed containment area. The spill is being blamed on a pump failure at the plant, located at 300 Sprowl Road in Huron.
Bob England, director of Environmental Health for the Erie County Health Department, identified the chemical as ethyl acrylate.
He said the spill produced a pungent odor that could be detected up to three-quarters of a mile away from the plant, formerly known as the Glidden plant.
"It's very volatile. It has a very low vapor pressure," England said. "It had the smell of acetone or nail polish remover. It was experienced in different locations based on wind direction."
England said he did not believe the spill created a public health issue.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, discovery, environmental
The application of the twelve principles of green chemistry in nanoparticle synthesis is a relatively new emerging issue concerning the sustainability. This field has received great attention in recent years due to its capability to design alternative, safer, energy efficient, and less toxic routes towards synthesis. These routes have been associated with the rational utilization of various substances in the nanoparticle preparations and synthetic methods, which have been broadly discussed in this tutorial review. This article is not meant to provide an exhaustive overview of green synthesis of nanoparticles, but to present several pivotal aspects of synthesis with environmental concerns, involving the selection and evaluation of nontoxic capping and reducing agents, the choice of innocuous solvents and the development of energy-efficient synthetic methods.
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POLICE: US NAVY VETERAN IN CANADIAN CHEMICAL CASE THREATENED POLICE
Tags: Canada, public, discovery, response, other_chemical
TORONTO ‰?? A U.S. Navy veteran at the center of an investigation into hazardous chemicals has been charged with uttering threats against police and possessing a dangerous chemical, police announced Thursday.
Police allege 42-year-old Christopher Burton Phillips possessed a chemical called osmium tetroxide for a dangerous purpose.
The discovery of hazardous chemicals prompted the evacuation of two neighborhoods in Halifax this week and an Ottawa hotel where Phillips was arrested.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police were alerted to a suspicious package by a concerned citizen in Halifax, eventually leading to the evacuation of homes Tuesday morning. The package was determined to contain hazardous materials but not explosives, the RCMP said. Five homes elsewhere in Halifax were also evacuated as police found hazardous and volatile materials there as well.
Ottawa police arrested Phillips at the Chimo hotel in Ottawa on Wednesday and linked the arrest to the discovery of the chemicals in Halifax. Police say they found no hazardous materials in the Ottawa hotel.
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LAWMAKERS MOVE TO BAN PLASTIC SCRUBBING BEADS
Tags: us_VT, industrial, discovery, environmental, cleaners, water_treatment
Lawmakers are looking to ban microbeads, barely visible plastic scrubbing grains used in personal care products, such as soaps and cleansers, from being sold in Vermont.
Environmentalists and water quality advocates want them outlawed because the non-biodegradable plastic waste is washed down the drain and slips through nearly all of the state‰??s wastewater treatment plants.
The House Fish and Wildlife Committee last week took up the bill, H.4, to prohibit the manufacture and sale of the products in Vermont, effective Jan. 1, 2017, and 2018, respectively. Illinois last year signed into law a similar ban on microbeads, but it takes effect one year later. The beads have been found in the Great Lakes.
Many manufacturers already use alternatives, such as ground nuts, oatmeal and pumice, and are not opposing the ban. However, they urge Vermont to pass regulations that align with those in Illinois, including postponing the proposed implementation date by one year.
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Ralph Stuart
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Secretary
Division of Chemical Health and Safety
American Chemical Society
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