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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (7 articles)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:15:57 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 7:15:47 AM
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Table of Contents (7 articles)
A RANCOROUS FEUD OVER A RESEARCH GRANT LEAVES A PROFESSOR WITH NO REGRETS
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, discovery, environmental
MADISON COUNTY FIREWORKS PLANT CITED FOR SERIOUS SAFETY VIOLATION
Tags: us_AL, industrial, follow-up, death, fireworks
HASH OIL LABS ON RISE IN UTAH
Tags: us_UT, public, discovery, environmental, butane, drugs
CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED AT HAVILAND ENTERPRISES
Tags: us_MI, industrial, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
GUILTY PLEA HEARING REQUESTED FOR EXEC IN CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, response, other_chemical
FIRE AT PLANT LIMITED TO ONE SECTION
Tags: us_KY, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
PORTIONS OF SH 34 CLOSED IN KAUFMAN DUE TO HAZMAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, dust, hydrochloric_acid
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A RANCOROUS FEUD OVER A RESEARCH GRANT LEAVES A PROFESSOR WITH NO REGRETS
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, discovery, environmental
The professor at the center of an acrimonious dispute between the University of California at San Diego and the University of Southern California says he made clear to UC for months that he intended to switch institutions.
"It was not a surprise," Paul S. Aisen, a professor of neurology, said of his defection in June to USC. "As soon as I started to think about affiliating with another institution, I discussed it with UCSD," Dr. Aisen said in an interview with The Chronicle. Those talks began "in late 2014," he said.
UC-San Diego, however, describes itself as blindsided by Dr. Aisen‰??s attempt to move his multimillion-dollar Alzheimer‰??s Disease Cooperative Study and staff to USC. "USC engaged in months of negotiations with Dr. Aisen as if the ADCS were Dr. Aisen‰??s personal property, without any attempt to communicate with UC-San Diego in advance," said Gary S. Firestein, dean of translational medicine at UC-San Diego.
That shock and anger touched off a rare court fight between research universities over control of grants and study data. In the weeks since his departure from UC-San Diego, Dr. Aisen has largely replicated his Alzheimer‰??s program at USC, bringing over much of his staff and a major private grant. But a state court so far has blocked his attempt to take along a key $55-million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
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MADISON COUNTY FIREWORKS PLANT CITED FOR SERIOUS SAFETY VIOLATION
Tags: us_AL, industrial, follow-up, death, fireworks
MADISON COUNTY, AL (WAFF) -
A Madison County fireworks manufacturer has been cited by OSHA for 13 serious safety violations.
On Feb. 6, an explosion at Ultratec Special Effects killed two people and left others with burns.
‰??Ultratec failed to provide a safe environment for employees working with highly explosive materials and as a result two lives have been lost and several other employees were injured. Management neglected its responsibility to protect workers by failing to address safety hazards in its manufacturing process,‰?? said Ramona Morris, OSHA‰??s director of the Birmingham Area Office.
The serious violations are as follows:
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HASH OIL LABS ON RISE IN UTAH
Tags: us_UT, public, discovery, environmental, butane, drugs
Extracting oil from marijuana by using butane lighters is apparently a growing trend in Utah, according to Deputy Davis County Attorney Rick Westmoreland.
The finished product is also known as BHO, dabs, crumble, shatter and hash oil, officials said. The oil is a concentrated form of tetrahydrocannabinol (TCH) -- the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that produces the "high" users want.
That oil is different than the kind that's legal in Utah. In 2014, state lawmakers passed a bill making legal cannabidiol, an oil derived from a hemp called Alepsia and used to treat severe, debilitating epileptic conditions. It contains low levels of THC.
"In the last year, we've filed 10 to 15 cases, which doesn't sound like a lot, until you realize three years ago we had none," Westmoreland said.
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CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED AT HAVILAND ENTERPRISES
Tags: us_MI, industrial, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
This is the second time the company has had to respond to a spill in the last month.
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) -- About 50 gallons of diluted sodium hydroxide entered a storm water drain flowing into Mill Creek during a late morning spill at Haviland Products on the city's Northwest Side.
About 200 gallons of the chemical, commonly known as lye, spilled at Haviland's Ann Street facility, located west of U.S. 131. Haviland employees were able to contain 150 gallons on site, but the remainder entered the city's storm water drain, Grand Rapids Battalion Chief Bruce Veldkamp said. The incident was reported at 11:15 a.m.
The chemical was 50 percent diluted and the amount entering the water system does not pose a health risk, Veldkamp said.
Grand Rapids employees capped a storm sewer on Ann Street across from Will Avenue NW to keep the spill in check. Health officials are monitoring Mill Creek and have set up a containment system where the storm drain enters the creek several hundred yards west of the plant.
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GUILTY PLEA HEARING REQUESTED FOR EXEC IN CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, response, other_chemical
Federal prosecutors want a federal judge to schedule a guilty plea hearing for the last executive charged in a massive chemical spill that contaminated West Virginia's biggest drinking water supply.
In U.S. District Court in Charleston on Tuesday, prosecutors asked Judge Thomas Johnston to set the hearing for former Freedom Industries executive Dennis Farrell.
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said prosecutors generally file for guilty plea hearings when a defendant has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge or charges.
Farrell faces spill-related federal pollution charges. Michael Carey, Farrell's attorney, did not immediately return a call for comment.
The January 2014 spill spurred a ban on using tap water for 300,000 people for up to 10 days.
The bankrupt company and four ex-officials have pleaded guilty to federal pollution charges.
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FIRE AT PLANT LIMITED TO ONE SECTION
Tags: us_KY, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A tank that normally contains heated fluid was emptied for cleaning Sunday at Bluegrass Plating at 451 North Estill Ave. in Richmond. But the tank‰??s heater was turned on before it was refilled. That caused it to overheat and catch fire, according to Richmond Fire Chief Wayne Long.
Heat from the burning tank melted a plastic skylight directly overhead, which helped vent the fire and smoke, Long said.
While the building‰??s fire sprinkler system did not activate, the fire‰??s heat burst an overhead water pipe, and the water helped limit the fire, the chief added.
A fire alarm sounded at 6:48 p.m., and firefighters were en-route by 6:50.
Assistant Chief Kevin Cole, first on the scene at 6:53, could see a column of black smoke rising from the structure from several blocks away, Long said. Knowing the building contained industrial chemicals, Cole called all four Richmond fire stations to respond.
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PORTIONS OF SH 34 CLOSED IN KAUFMAN DUE TO HAZMAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, dust, hydrochloric_acid
KAUFMAN, Texas ‰?? Portions of State Highway 34 in Kaufman are closed due to a hazmat spill on the roadway, according to officials.
At 7:52 p.m., first responders were notified of a tanker truck spilling a liquid, later identified as hydrochloric acid, onto the roadway, according to Kaufman County Fire Marshal Randy Richards who said the general public is not in any immediate danger.
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The dome lid on the tanker failed for unknown reasons, resulting in the spill, according to Richards. Approximately 50 gallons spilled. Richards says the acid was already used so it was somewhat diluted before the spill. Firefighters are neutralizing the acid with lime powder until a hazmat crew arrives for cleanup.
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Ralph Stuart
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Secretary
Division of Chemical Health and Safety
American Chemical Society
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