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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Monday, June 13, 2016 at 7:22:20 AM
A membership benefit of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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Table of Contents (22 articles)
SPRINGFIELD SUICIDE WITH 'COCKTAIL OF CHEMICALS' SPARKS HAZMAT RESPONSE
Tags: us_MA, public, release, death, suicide
EPA"S CHEMICAL PLANT SAFETY PROPOSAL SATISFIES NO ONE
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
FOUND IN BATH HOME, COPS SAY
Tags: us_PA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
NO JAIL TIME FOR NORWELL MAN CAUGHT WITH EXPLOSIVES AFTER CAR BLEW UP
Tags: us_MA, public, explosion, response, explosives
ACID LEAK AT STARKIST FOODS FACILITY IN EASTVALE SENDS 15 TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, injury, other_chemical
EDWARDS EOD DESTROYS HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL FOUND IN LANCASTER
Tags: us_CA, industrial, discovery, environmental, waste
REPAIRS AT CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANT LIKELY TO COST ABOUT $20M
Tags: us_KY, industrial, discovery, response, other_chemical
UPDATE: THREE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER SALEM PD CHEMICAL SCARE
Tags: us_NH, public, release, injury, cleaners
FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL FIRE IN STANFIELD
Tags: us_NC, industrial, fire, response, hydrogen_peroxide
THIRTY FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE OVERNIGHT WAREHOUSE FIRE IN FORT LAUDERDALE
Tags: us_FL, industrial, explosion, environmental, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT TEAM EXAMINES VIAL OF LIQUID
Tags: us_IL, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
FIRE AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT TACKLED BY SEVERAL APPLIANCES
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, fire, response, flammables
SPILLED CHEMICALS PROMPT CLOSURE OF FOOTHILL BLVD. IN PASADENA
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, pool_chemicals
CHICAGO WOMAN HELD ON $250K BAIL IN EXPLOSION IN EVANSTON TARGET BATHROOM
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, response, bomb, illegal
PINK WATER IN OREGON FROM EXCESS CHEMICALS
Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, other_chemical
LOW-DOSE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND CANCER
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN ALISO CANYON GAS FACILITY OUTBUILDING
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, waste
TURKEY BANS SALE OF AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILIZERS AFTER TERROR ATTACK SPIKE " RT NEWS
Tags: Turkey, public, discovery, environmental, ammonium_nitrate, illegal
FATEHABAD EXPLOSION: FARMER HELD FOR CARRYING CHEMICALS
Tags: India, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
EASTVALE: ACID SPILL SENDS 15 STARKIST WORKERS TO HOSPITAL (UPDATE)
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, injury, acids
NORTH FORT MYERS MAN ACCUSED OF DOUSING WIFE WITH 'LIQUID FIRE'
Tags: us_FL, public, release, response, meth_lab
CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL IN QUAKER VALLEY HS CLASSROOM
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, release, response, formaldehyde, xylene
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SPRINGFIELD SUICIDE WITH 'COCKTAIL OF CHEMICALS' SPARKS HAZMAT RESPONSE
Tags: us_MA, public, release, death, suicide
SPRINGFIELD " A 20-year-old man committed suicide by immersing himself in a "cocktail of chemicals" sparking a major hazardous materials event that lasted more than five hours.
The victim pitched a tent in the backyard of Old Acre Road, climbed into some type of large bag and poured a variety of chemicals on his body, said Dennis G. Leger aide to fire commissioner Joseph Conant.
The man was found by a Milbrook Scholars student at the Children's Study Home, where he was staying, and started CPR. Firefighters arrived and continued CPR until they realized the chemicals were involved and called the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services Regional Hazmat Team 2, Leger said.
The incident was first reported at about 11:35 p.m. on Saturday and the team did not clear the scene until about 5 a.m., Sunday, Leger said.
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EPA"S CHEMICAL PLANT SAFETY PROPOSAL SATISFIES NO ONE
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
It is usually hard to make everybody happy, but sometimes it"s just as hard to make anybody happy.
That appears to be the case with an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to overhaul a 25-year-old regulation intended to minimize chemical plant accidents, protect workers and the public, and shine light on industry practices that could lead to disaster. That regulation is called the Risk Management Program (RMP).
EPA"s proposed changes would require new measures for some of the 12,700 chemical plants and refineries covered by RMP that use any of hundreds of specific high-risk chemicals such as chlorine and phosgene.
For example, the Feb. 22 proposal would require them to consider inherently safer process designs, a concept that chemical companies have long opposed. It also would require industry to hire third-party contractors to perform independent safety audits after an incident and companies to thoroughly investigate and discover the root cause of plant accidents.
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FOUND IN BATH HOME, COPS SAY
Tags: us_PA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
Police, fire crews and a member of the Lehigh County hazardous materials team responded Friday morning to a Bath home.
Colonial Regional Police Chief Roy Seiple said emergency personnel received a call of a man who became ill after mixing chemicals in a home in the 100 block of West Main Street.
But when crews arrived, they found no chemicals, and learned the man had mixed medications, Seiple said.
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NO JAIL TIME FOR NORWELL MAN CAUGHT WITH EXPLOSIVES AFTER CAR BLEW UP
Tags: us_MA, public, explosion, response, explosives
A Norwell man will avoid jail time for possessing explosives found in his home after he accidentally blew up his car while driving in Quincy.
Joseph Brennan Jr., 37, pleaded guilty in Plymouth County Superior Court to six counts related to his possession of explosives. A judge continued the case without a finding and placed him on probation for two years. He also ordered him to pay restitution for the hazmat teams that responded and forbade him from possessing or purchasing any more hazardous materials.
Plymouth County prosecutors wanted him to serve at least 18 months in jail.
Brennan"s stash was discovered after an explosion in his car in Quincy the night of April 11, 2015. Police said Brennan appears to have been driving with bomb-making materials in his car when he lit a cigarette, sparking the explosion.
Brennan"s hands and face were burned, but he was otherwise uninjured.
Hazmat teams then went to his Norwell home, where they found bomb-making components, packing materials and several completed explosive devices, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney"s office. They also searched the Hingham home of a friend, Benjamin Young, 28, where they found materials used to make homemade explosives.
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ACID LEAK AT STARKIST FOODS FACILITY IN EASTVALE SENDS 15 TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, injury, other_chemical
EASTVALE (CBSLA.com) " An acid leak at a facility where tuna cans are labeled sent over a dozen workers to the hospital in the Inland Empire.
Fifteen people were taken to the hospital for minor respiratory issues following the leak Thursday.
The incident unfolded at Starkist Foods in the 12000 block of Philadelphia Avenue in Eastvale, spurring the evacuation of an entire building while Hazmat crews cleaned the area.
Hours later, the evacuated employees were able to grab their belongings and head home after what some called a "scary experience."
Anna Maria Perez, an employee, described the odor in Spanish as "extremely strong."
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EDWARDS EOD DESTROYS HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL FOUND IN LANCASTER
Tags: us_CA, industrial, discovery, environmental, waste
6/10/2016 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen from the 812th Civil Engineering Squadron blew up 20 gallons of a hazardous chemical at an on-base range June 6.
The chemical was determined to be a nitrocellulose-dope lacquer, which was found at a drop-off point for hazardous materials waste in Lancaster, California. The city was able to track it back to General William J. Fox Airfield.
"Nitrocellulose-dope lacquer was originally used to harden the flight surfaces of fabric-based aircraft," said Staff Sgt. Christopher Severe, 812th CES, EOD. "We knew from our research that this particular lot could have been used from between 1940 and 1956. We take a worst-case scenario approach so we assumed it was in its most dangerous state from 1940."
Severe said this particular compound has a known issue of spontaneously combusting or igniting if it's set down too hard.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency and DoD, as a general rule the military is responsible for disposing of military munitions found in local areas. Munitions also include chemicals.
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REPAIRS AT CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANT LIKELY TO COST ABOUT $20M
Tags: us_KY, industrial, discovery, response, other_chemical
RICHMOND, KY.
An official says it is expected to cost about $20 million to make repairs at a central Kentucky chemical weapons destruction plant.
Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, the general contractor for the plant in Madison County, said it is seeking compensation from General Atomics of San Diego for the cost to replace piping with deficient welds since the welds were done by a subcontractor for that company.
(Thousands of welds might be deficient at Madison County weapons destruction plant | Local officials briefed on weld problems at chemical weapons destruction plant)
Bechtel Parson's project manager, Ron Hink, told The Richmond Register (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_1reNVIC&d=DQIFaQ&c=lb62iw4YL4RFalcE2hQUQealT9-RXrryqt9KZX2qu2s&r=meWM1Buqv4IQ27AlK1OJRjcQl09S1Zta6YXKalY_Io0&m=qU3t19Kl6p9G4LPXxptbL6kovDjXez9HknSCLjTnwWM&s=n959B9kh1oeXErcNcGMC0JzZbGPlWuOzpLYPq54aDRc&e= ">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_1reNVIC&d=DQIFaQ&c=lb62iw4YL4RFalcE2hQUQealT9-RXrryqt9KZX2qu2s&r=meWM1Buqv4IQ27AlK1OJRjcQl09S1Zta6YXKalY_Io0&m=qU3t19Kl6p9G4LPXxptbL6kovDjXez9HknSCLjTnwWM&s=n959B9kh1oeXErcNcGMC0JzZbGPlWuOzpLYPq54aDRc&e= ) that the dispute resolution could involve multiple steps.
The massive complex was built to dismantle and destroy chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond. The facility is expected to start operations in 2020.
Officials say other issues have pushed back the start date by about six months. Replacing the piping is not expected to cause an additional delay.
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UPDATE: THREE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER SALEM PD CHEMICAL SCARE
Tags: us_NH, public, release, injury, cleaners
SALEM, N.H. " Three members of the Police Department were treated at an area hospital Friday and later released after noxious chemical fumes filled the police station.
Deputy Chief James Chase, Capt. Joel Dolan and Officer Basil Chingros were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Methuen shortly after noon and the police station evacuated when a chemical reaction caused a chlorine-like odor to fill the air.
The incident occurred when two toxic drain cleaners " Drano and Green Gobbler " were used to unclog a sink, according to Deputy Fire Chief Jeffrey Emanuelson.
Mixing the two chemicals produced a potentially dangerous "respiratory irritant," Emanuelson said.
"In sufficient quantities, it can be seriously harmful," he said.
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FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL FIRE IN STANFIELD
Tags: us_NC, industrial, fire, response, hydrogen_peroxide
Multiple fire crews responded to a small chemical fire at Talley Farms in Stanfield Thursday morning.
The fire was created by a combination of hydrogen peroxide and cleaning fluid, possibly ammonia, according to local officials.
"They were burning some feed sacks and evidentally some of the embers got into the building and ignited some of the combustible materials," West Stanly Fire Department Chief Kenny Crump said.
WSFD was on the scene at the farm from 11:30 a.m. to around 4 p.m., along with units from Oakboro, Ridgecrest, Midland and New Salem volunteer fire departments " around 40 responders total.
The N.C. Hazardous Materials Regional Response Team of Charlotte was called in because of the amount of hydrogen peroxide involved, along with cleaning up the hazardous materials spilled and containing excess unspilled liquids. More than 350 gallons were stored in the containers; however, not all of the chemicals spilled, Crump said.
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THIRTY FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE OVERNIGHT WAREHOUSE FIRE IN FORT LAUDERDALE
Tags: us_FL, industrial, explosion, environmental, unknown_chemical
About 30 firefighters battled a large warehouse fire shortly after midnight Saturday, authorities said.
When Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to multiple calls reporting explosions and a fire, they arrived to find the "front bay door was blown off and flames throughout the building," Capt. Greg May said. The blaze took about 40 minutes to contain.
Because of unknown chemicals in the unoccupied building at 520 SE 32nd St. and to contain runoff of tainted water, a HazMat team was called to the scene, May said.
No one was injured. The warehouse, situated west of South Federal Highway and north of Interstate 595, was damaged significantly, May said.
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HAZMAT TEAM EXAMINES VIAL OF LIQUID
Tags: us_IL, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
BLOOMINGTON " A late night for the Bloomington Police Hazmat team.
The team was dispatched to a home just west of Bloomington around 6:30pm. A resident found a vial of fluid in an old safe.
The Hazmat team decided not to open the vial and turned it over to the bomb squad so it could be properly disposed of. Police were called to a home on Oak Hill road and left the scene just before midnight. Part of the street outside the home had to be blocked off.
It"s not believed the public was ever in danger.
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FIRE AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT TACKLED BY SEVERAL APPLIANCES
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, fire, response, flammables
The emergency services swung into action last night after a fire was discovered in a Queen's University building which houses chemistry labs.
The incident happened around 9.30pm on Friday and a full evacuation was put in place as a precaution.
No one was injured during the fire or the evacuation of the building on Stranmillis Road, Belfast.
A team of 50 fire officers tackled the blaze and number of potentially dangerous and highly flammable chemicals were stored in the labs in the property where the fire broke out.
A spokesman for the NIFA said: "The seat of the fire was a research laboratory with a lot of important work going on. The site and the complex layout of the building, plus the chemicals involved meant we needed to had to deploy the numbers we did."
A spokeswoman for Queen's University, Belfast, said: "Queen"s can confirm there was a fire in one of the labs of the David Keir building last night.
"The building was evacuated and the Fire Service attended the scene. There were no injuries and the building has since reopened."
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SPILLED CHEMICALS PROMPT CLOSURE OF FOOTHILL BLVD. IN PASADENA
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, pool_chemicals
PASADENA >> Firefighters and hazardous materials crews shut down a portion of Foothill Boulevard in Pasadena Saturday after three containers filled with potent acid fell from a passing truck, authorities said.
The incident was first reported about 11:40 a.m. along Foothill Boulevard, between Rosemead Boulevard and Halstead Street, Pasadena Fire Department spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.
Three unlabeled, orange-colored, one-gallon plastic containers slipped off a truck and fell into the roadway, prompting safety concerns, Derderian said.
"They"re still trying to neutralize it," she said shortly after 1 p.m. "Preliminary reports are it"s some kind of hydrochloric acid."
The powerful and highly corrosive acid is used for many industrial purposes, such as controlling the acidity levels in swimming pools.
It was later confirmed the substance was, in fact, pool-cleaning acid, officials said.
Nearby businesses remained open, however workers and customers were being asked to "shelter in place," Derderian said.
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CHICAGO WOMAN HELD ON $250K BAIL IN EXPLOSION IN EVANSTON TARGET BATHROOM
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, response, bomb, illegal
Chicago woman was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Saturday after being charged with setting off an explosion in a women's restroom in an Evanston Target.
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An eyewitness was inside the Target bathroom when the explosion occurred inside Schmidt's stall, Assistant State's Attorney Marcell
The Chicago police Bomb Squad confirmed that the explosion was the result of a chemical reaction inside the bottle.
Schmidt also faces a $1,000 arrest warrant for retail theft out of Branch 23 courtroom at the Grand Central police district.
Police said in an earlier news release that they discovered through the course of their investigation that Schmidt was inside the stall at the time the incident occurred based on witness accounts and surveillance footage. The department received assistance during the investigation from the Cook County Bomb Squad.
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PINK WATER IN OREGON FROM EXCESS CHEMICALS
Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, other_chemical
Oregon, Ohio (13abc, Action News) - Residents in Oregon have reported pink water coming from their faucets.
Water department superintendent Doug Wagner says there was too much Potassium permanginate -- a chemical that's part of the treatment process -- in the water.
They typically add more when there is an algal bloom. There isn't one now, but they were turning on some new equipment preparing for the algal bloom season when the extra dose of the chemical got in the water supply.
Again water is safe. Should be resolved by 11 or so. He advises residents to let their water run if it's still pink in the morning and it should clear right up.
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LOW-DOSE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND CANCER
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
According to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), environmental toxic exposures are responsible for between 7% and 19% of human cancers. However, the 2008"2009 President"s Cancer Panel Annual Report estimated that the "true burden of environmentally induced cancers has been grossly underestimated." While the amount of cancers related to chemical exposures is not easily defined, it has been scientifically verified that individual chemicals can independently enable many of the mechanisms of the carcinogenic process.
The Halifax Project
To date, the search for these substances has focused on complete carcinogens"chemicals that can cause cancer on their own. However, we now know that cancer is a disease in which multiple pathways are affected. So is it possible that cumulative exposures to mixtures of environmental chemicals at low doses might contribute to cancer by collectively disrupting or triggering some of the most important pathways that lead to carcinogenesis? That was the hypothesis examined by the Halifax Project, using 11 "Hallmarks of Cancer" (essential alterations in cell physiology that collectively dictate malignant growth) as a starting point.
Although there"s not a straight line from chemical exposure to cancer, studying environmental carcinogens is too important to be dismissed because it"s difficult.
" Leroy Lowe, PhD
"We recruited 174 scientists from 26 countries to assess the potential role of low-dose chemical mixtures on the Hallmarks of Cancer. In total, the researchers reviewed 85 examples of chemicals for actions on key pathways/mechanisms related to carcinogenesis," explained Leroy Lowe, PhD, President and cofounder of the nonprofit organization Getting to Know Cancer, which initiated the Halifax Project.
Asked about the WHO"s assessment that 7% to 19% of cancers are related to chemical exposure, Dr. Lowe responded, "Epidemiology is not an exact science. A study in the British Journal of Cancer1 found that only 43% of cancers are related to lifestyle and environmental factors. Sir Richard Peto, FRS, wrote the foreword to the Parkin et al study and I asked him what caused the other 57% of cancers, and he said, "Some of the remaining cancers are probably due to undiscovered avoidable causes." So it"s reasonable to postulate that a percentage of those cancers are related to the environment. Although there"s not a straight line from chemical exposure to cancer, studying environmental carcinogens is too important to be dismissed because it"s difficult."
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FIRE BREAKS OUT IN ALISO CANYON GAS FACILITY OUTBUILDING
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, waste
PORTER RANCH (CBSLA.com) " Firefighters are mopping up Thursday after a fire broke out overnight at the Southern California Gas Co. facility where wells leaked methane for months.
Los Angeles City firefighters were called out at 1:38 a.m. Thursday to the Aliso Canyon facility in Porter Ranch, where there were reports of two 55-gallon oil drums burning.
Fire officials later said the fire had started in a large trash container storing oily rags that had been used to clean tools of combustible oil. Firefighters were concerned the flames would spread to the dry brush in the hills above Porter Ranch.
No evacuations were ordered.
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TURKEY BANS SALE OF AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILIZERS AFTER TERROR ATTACK SPIKE " RT NEWS
Tags: Turkey, public, discovery, environmental, ammonium_nitrate, illegal
Turkey has suspended sales of ammonium nitrate-based fertilizers frequently used by terrorists to produce homemade explosive devices. The measure comes in the wake of latest deadly blasts targeting police and security forces across the country.
Trends
"As of yesterday, Turkey has banned the sale of fertilizers which could be used as explosives," Agriculture Minister Faruk Celik said in press release. "So all sales of the fertilizer nitrate can no longer be carried out in Turkey."
The decision to ban the sales of fertilizer until further notice follows a meeting of security chiefs Wednesday which took place in the wake of recent terrorist attacks that involved improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and which Ankara pinned on the Kurdistan Workers" Party (PKK).
Ammonium nitrate, a substance more typically used in agriculture, has become an object of terror. The chemical compound can be a powerful explosive when mixed with fuel. Ammonium nitrate accelerates the rate at which the fuel burns, producing a huge explosion.
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FATEHABAD EXPLOSION: FARMER HELD FOR CARRYING CHEMICALS
Tags: India, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
Summary: The explosion took place at around 11 AM near Bhuna when the bus was on its way from Jakhal to Fatehabad. Chandigarh, June 9 () Haryana Police has arrested a farmer for carrying chemical powder in a bottle which exploded inside a private bus on Tuesday at Bhuna in Fatehabad district, leaving a couple injured. He had taken 200 acre of land on lease and wanted to use the chemical powder comprising potash and sulphur to trigger the explosion to scare away stray animals and birds. Police have ruled out any foul play or terror angle in the incident, saying the 37-year-old farmer Mukesh was carrying the chemical powder, which is generally used to scare away birds and stray animals from fields by causing an explosion. However, the bottle got heated up on its own and burst resulting in the explosion," Fatehabad's SP O P Narwal said today.
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EASTVALE: ACID SPILL SENDS 15 STARKIST WORKERS TO HOSPITAL (UPDATE)
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, injury, acids
An unloading accident caused an acid spill that prompted the evacuation of a Starkist Foods canning facility in Eastvale where 15 workers were sent to the hospital for treatment of inhalation problems, say Riverside County Fire Department officials.
A firefighter also went to the hospital with unspecified minor injuries not related to breathing difficulty, officials said.
Roughly 40 gallons of concentrated cleaning acid spilled about 2:45 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at the sprawling facility at 12450 Philadelphia Avenue, just east of Milliken Avenue. The area is in the northeast corner of the city, nearly a mile northwest of Interstate 15 and Highway 60.
"They were off-loading (the acid) with a forklift from a trailer at loading dock," said Capt. Lucas Spelman. "One of the forklift arms pierced the bottom of the blue, plastic container."
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NORTH FORT MYERS MAN ACCUSED OF DOUSING WIFE WITH 'LIQUID FIRE'
Tags: us_FL, public, release, response, meth_lab
North Fort Myers man is facing aggravated battery charges after his wife suffered chemical burns on her arm and body when, she said, he doused her with a solution called 'Liquid Fire'.
Robert Braitling, 47, is in Lee County jail on $25,000 bond and awaiting a July 11 arraignment.
A report from the Lee County Sheriff's Office said Braitling and his wife were arguing on May 24 over the installation of a washing machine. The wife said the argument escalated and Braitling tossed the liquid, which the sheriff's office report said was consistent with methamphetamines.
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CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL IN QUAKER VALLEY HS CLASSROOM
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, release, response, formaldehyde, xylene
Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale was evacuated at about 12:45 Thursday afternoon after a chemical spill in a classroom, district spokeswoman Angela Yingling said.
Formaldehyde and two forms of xylene mixed in a third-floor science lab, Leetsdale fire Chief Ernie Logan said. Nobody was injured.
No students were in the building at the time. Their last day of class was June 7. But an unknown number of district staff members and some community members were inside.
The spill was contained, Logan said.
He said the mixture can be an inhalation hazard, which prompted the evacuation.
Logan said he expected crews to be on scene through mid-afternoon.
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