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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (10 articles)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:32:39 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Monday, September 21, 2015 at 8:32:27 AM
A membership benefit of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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Table of Contents (10 articles)
BOISE, MERIDIAN, NAMPA, CALDWELL, IDAHO NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS AND BREAKING NEWS
Tags: us_ID, public, release, response, mercury
HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND TO AMMONIA LEAK IN CLAY COUNTY
Tags: us_MN, industrial, release, response, ammonia
THE BERKSHIRES ONLINE GUIDE TO EVENTS, NEWS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY COMMUNITY INFORMATION.
Tags: us_MA, education, release, injury, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED AT FONTERRA PLANT
Tags: New_Zealand, industrial, release, response, nitric_acid
2020 SCIENCE MICROBEADS: THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE RISK
Tags: public, release, environmental, other_chemical
FAMILY RECOVERS FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, carbon_monoxide
FIRM IN CHINA CHEMICAL BLAST SKIRTED SAFETY RULES
Tags: China, industrial, follow-up, environmental, ammonium_nitrate, calcium_carbide, cyanide, potassium_nitrate, sodium_cyanide, toxics
VALLEY FIRE: PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED IN LAKE COUNTY
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, unknown_chemical
41 HOSPITALISED AFTER AMMONIA LEAK AT CHINA CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: China, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
'IRRITANT' FORCES EVACUATION, EARLY DISMISSAL AT ALBERT GALLATIN SCHOOL
Tags: us_PA, education, release, injury, irritant
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BOISE, MERIDIAN, NAMPA, CALDWELL, IDAHO NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS AND BREAKING NEWS
Tags: us_ID, public, release, response, mercury
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) -- A family has been displaced after high mercury levels were found in their Boise home Thursday evening.
The Boise Fire Department responded to a call about a mercury spill on the 1100 block of Lee Street. When firefighters got there, they found high levels of mercury at the entrance to the home.
Officials say the residents--three adults, a dog and four children under the age of nine--were immediately vacated. The American Red Cross provided them with temporary housing and everyone received medical evaluations.
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HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND TO AMMONIA LEAK IN CLAY COUNTY
Tags: us_MN, industrial, release, response, ammonia
KRAGNES TOWNSHIP, Minn. ‰?? Hazmat crews responded to an anhydrous ammonia leak in Clay County on Sunday night.
The leak, at the Kragnes Elevator located at 9673 21st St. N., was reported around 7 p.m.
The Clay County Sheriff‰??s Department says the leak was called in by someone at the Kragnes Inn after they smelled something suspicious.
Fire crews did an air quality check around the tank and said that it‰??s safe.
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THE BERKSHIRES ONLINE GUIDE TO EVENTS, NEWS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY COMMUNITY INFORMATION.
Tags: us_MA, education, release, injury, unknown_chemical
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. ‰?? Nearly 30 MCLA students were taken to the hospital on Saturday night after being exposed to an unknown substance that caused the evacuation of the Berkshire Towers dormitory.
According to a statement from Massachusetts College of LIberal Arts on Sunday morning, "indications of ammonia were found but no source was identified. The college has arranged for further air quality testing to ensure the safety of Berkshire Towers residents."
The Berkshire Towers will remain closed for the short term until then and students residing in the dorms will be offered alternative housing. Classes will resume Monday as scheduled.
The students who were taken to the hospital for evaluation have returned to campus.
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CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED AT FONTERRA PLANT
Tags: New_Zealand, industrial, release, response, nitric_acid
Firefighters contained a chemical spill at a dairy processing factory this morning.
60 litres of nitric acid leaked at Fonterra's Edendale plant in Southland.
Fire Service southern communications acting shift manager Lyn Crosson said firefighters arrived at the plant shortly after 9am and stayed there for about four hours.
"The leak was isolated from inside and the spill outside was contained very quickly."
The nitric acid was cleaned up and then had to be carefully disposed of.
A Fonterra plant engineer worked with firefighters to contain the spill, Ms Crosson said.Firefighters had to be decontaminated afterwards.
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2020 SCIENCE MICROBEADS: THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE RISK
Tags: public, release, environmental, other_chemical
There‰??s a new viewpoint article in the Journal Environmental Science and Technology that calls for a ban on the use of microbeads, based on available evidence, and that has been causing something of a stir.
The authors argue that the number of microbeads being washed into the environment from personal care products raises sufficient concerns to justify replacing them with alternative materials, or removing them from products altogether.
These small beads of plastic ‰?? usually polyethylene ‰?? are added to many personal care products products like facial scrubs, shampoos, and even toothpaste ‰?? as an exfoliant. The problem is, they are designed to wash down the sink, where they get into environmental water systems. And because they don‰??t degrade, they accumulate, and eventually enter the food chain.
More worryingly, they have a tendency to adsorb toxic materials such as dioxins ‰?? making them even more worrisome.
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FAMILY RECOVERS FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, carbon_monoxide
St. Petersburg, Florida - Firefighters rushed a family of seven, overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning, to the hospital at around 4:15 Friday morning.
As firefighters pulled up, they found Ernest Dickson's girlfriend, Veronica, and five children all on the porch conscious, but Ernest had stumbled out of the door and collapsed.
Family survives carbon monoxide scare WTSP
"I just called the ambulance. And they was like, 'Well, get everybody out of the house, make sure everybody's out.' I was the last one to get out. I crawled to the front door, and that was it," he says.
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FIRM IN CHINA CHEMICAL BLAST SKIRTED SAFETY RULES
Tags: China, industrial, follow-up, environmental, ammonium_nitrate, calcium_carbide, cyanide, potassium_nitrate, sodium_cyanide, toxics
The recent blast in Tianjin port and other Chinese chemical plant accidents have prompted an overhaul of the country‰??s approach to safety amid accusations of corruption and mismanagement.
On 12 August, a warehouse in Tianjin erupted in an explosive blaze that killed dozens of people, and damaged and destroyed property. The warehouse had, among other things, been storing 800 tonnes of ammonium nitrate and 500 tonnes of potassium nitrate, as well as 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide and large quantities of calcium carbide. The death toll from the explosion now stands at 165, including 99 firemen, 11 police and 55 civilians, with eight people still missing.
The clean-up operation is now almost complete with nearly all hazardous chemicals from the blast having been cleared. Nine air monitoring sites and seven of the nine water monitoring sites report no findings of toxic chemicals. Cyanides have been identified at the remaining two water monitoring sites, but the concentrations are below safety benchmarks.
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VALLEY FIRE: PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED IN LAKE COUNTY
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, unknown_chemical
Lake County leaders declared a public health emergency on Friday due to concerns about possible ‰??chemical and contaminants‰?? that might have been contained in structures that burned up during the Valley Fire.
The declaration allows for more mutual aid and state help in cleaning up areas affected by the wildfire.
Lake County Health Officer Dr. Karen Tait officially made the declaration on Tuesday, but did not make a public announcement because she said she was concerned it would raise panic among residents.
The Valley Fire burning in Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties stood at 73,700 acres and was 45 percent contained, Cal Fire officials said Friday night.
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41 HOSPITALISED AFTER AMMONIA LEAK AT CHINA CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: China, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
Forty-one people have been admitted to hospital, including five in serious conditions, following a synthetic ammonia leak at a chemical plant in China's central Henan Province, the latest industrial accident in the country.
About 300 kgs of synthesised ammonia leaked from a cracked pipe at Henan Zhonghong Coal Chemical Company yesterday.
A total of 154 residents who live nearby the accident site were sent to hospital. Forty-one remain under observation, including five in serious conditions, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.
The government said the ammonia detected in the air near the site is within the national standard.
Plant operations have been suspended. A number of incidents of workplace safety hazards have occurred in China.
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'IRRITANT' FORCES EVACUATION, EARLY DISMISSAL AT ALBERT GALLATIN SCHOOL
Tags: us_PA, education, release, injury, irritant
Several people were taken to Uniontown Hospital for treatment when an ‰??irritant‰?? forced evacuation of Albert Gallatin North Middle School in Fayette County on Friday morning, authorities said.
Hazardous materials teams, state police, fire departments and ambulance services went to the school on College Avenue in German Township about 10:20 a.m., a Fayette County 911 supervisor said.
An initial emergency alert referring to the problem as a possible chemical release was inaccurate, district Superintendent Carl Bezjak said.
Several adults and students in the library became ill, Bezjak said, and were seen by a school nurse.
‰??With that number of students being ill, we decided to call 911 and hazmat,‰?? he said.
Students and staff were evacuated to the football field. Emergency responders, along with district maintenance staff, checked the building, Bezjak said.
Tests determined that the air quality was within normal range, he said.
Spokesman Josh Krysak said at 1:45 p.m. that the hospital was treating 13 students and two adults from the school for respiratory problems.
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