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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 07:32:14 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Friday, October 7, 2016 at 7:30:37 AM
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Table of Contents (21 articles)
VIDEO: CREWS INVESTIGATE HAZMAT INCIDENT AFTER R ADIOACTIVE MATERIAL SPILLED IN ANTIOCH
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, response, radiation
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVESTIGATION CLOSES WOOD ROAD OUTSIDE CAMARILLO
Tags: us_CA, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL SPILL TURNS MISSOURI CREEK 'MILK WHITE'
Tags: us_MS, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
3 HOSPITALIZED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL IN HESSTON
Tags: us_KS, industrial, release, injury, other_chemical
ACTIVISTS WARN THAT PCBS ‰?? TOXIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS ‰?? CONTAMINATE THOUSANDS OF U.S. SCHOOLS
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental, toxics
FOSSIL FUEL METHANE EMISSION UNDERESTIMATED
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental, methane
8 KEYS TO GOOD FIREFIGHTER EXTRICATION GLOVES
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
ADELL PLASTICS FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN, NO TOXIC FUMES FOR NEIGHBORS
Tags: us_MD, industrial, fire, response, plastics
A PAPER ON CHEMICAL SAFETY WAS ACCEPTED ONE DAY AFTER SUBMISSION. WAS IT PEER REVIEWED?
Tags: us_MI, laboratory, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
I-15 REOPENS HOURS AFTER TANKER WITH AMMONIUM NITRATE ROLLED; BOTH SOUTHBOUND, NORTHBOUND LANES CLEAR
Tags: us_UT, transportation, release, response, ammonium_nitrate
HAZMAT INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, FIRE SAFETY
Tags: us_MD, industrial, release, response, batteries, sulfuric_acid
FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A HAZMAT SPILL IN HARPERS FERRY
Tags: us_WV, transportation, release, response, oils
AL SOLUTIONS CLAIMS SETTLED
Tags: us_PA, industrial, follow-up, death
THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF AN E-CIGARETTE BLOWS UP WHILE YOU‰??RE USING IT
Tags: us_WA, public, explosion, injury, batteries
APEX CHEMICAL EXPLOSION 10 YEARS LATER: HOW IT CHANGED HAZ-MAT SITE REGULATIONS
Tags: us_NC, industrial, follow-up, environmental, waste
UPDATE: METH LAB ON MT. LEHMAN ROAD DESCRIBED AS 'LARGE SCALE'
Tags: Canada, public, discovery, response, meth_lab
WORKERS EVACUATED AFTER TWO DANGEROUS LEAKS AT TRUCKING COMPANY
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, response, gas_cylinders, hvac_chemicals
HYDROGEN SULFIDE INHALATION KILLED MOTHER, TODDLER FOUND ON FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE IN JUNE
Tags: us_FL, public, follow-up, death, batteries, hydrogen_sulfide
CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION TESTS URGED ON BRISBANE'S NORTHSIDE AFTER POULTRY DEATHS
Tags: Australia, public, discovery, environmental, runoff, waste
COPS RAID NEWCASTLE HOME OVER 'CHEMICAL BOMB THREAT'
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, follow-up, response, fireworks
SOUTHINGTON COMPANY WON‰??T FACE FINE FOR CHEMICAL SPILL, MUST REIMBURSE EMERGENCY SERVICES MYRECORDJOURNAL.COM |
Tags: us_CT, public, follow-up, response, metals
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VIDEO: CREWS INVESTIGATE HAZMAT INCIDENT AFTER RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL SPILLED IN ANTIOCH
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, response, radiation
COSTA COUNTY (KRON) ‰?? Crews have contained and cleaned up radioactive material that spilled at a construction site in Antioch, according to Contra County County Fire officials.
Fire dispatch received a call at around 9 a.m. informing them of a possible hazardous material situation, fire officials said.
The situation happened near the Twin Creek Apartments at 1111 James Donlon Blvd.
A piece of construction equipment was damaged and leaked a ‰??very small amount of radioactive material,‰?? Robert Marshall of Contra Costa County Fire said.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVESTIGATION CLOSES WOOD ROAD OUTSIDE CAMARILLO
Tags: us_CA, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
Two women were treated for exposure to an unknown chemical Thursday morning after an incident at Los Duraznos Ranch on the Oxnard Plain.
The resulting hazardous-materials investigation closed a portion of Wood Road north of Pacific Coast Highway shortly after 8 a.m., officials said.
One of the women was splashed in the face with a chemical that investigators had not identified, Ventura County Fire Department Battalion Chief Robert Szczepanek said. The woman was decontaminated at the scene and taken to St. John's Regional Medical Center, he said.
The second female was in the area at the time of the incident, and she drove herself to a medical facility, where the staff directed her to St. John's, according to Szczepanek.
The situation was not believed to be life-threatening, he said.
The incident called for a regional hazardous-materials response to Los Duraznos, an agricultural facility where raspberries are being grown.
The Oxnard Fire Department was the first agency on the scene after the 7:22 a.m. call in the 6400 block of Wood Road, officials said. Personnel from the Ventura County and city of Ventura fire departments as well as federal fire crews from Naval Base Ventura County soon responded. Officials from Ventura County's Department of Environmental Health also were on the scene.
Fire officials determined the incident occurred during the normal operation of equipment and chemicals, not an accidental leak. Fire units began departing the scene shortly before 10 a.m.
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CHEMICAL SPILL TURNS MISSOURI CREEK 'MILK WHITE'
Tags: us_MS, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
A paving company in St. Peters, Missouri, has been identified as the guilty party in a chemical spill that turned a creek white.
The state Department of Natural Resources said in a statement that Pavement Solutions was responsible for the spill affecting Coldwater Creek in Hazelwood, which prompted reports from concerned residents:
The contamination resulted from an accident involving a truck that was transporting the product on McDonnell Boulevard on Friday, Sept. 30. Pavement Solutions contacted the department‰??s Environmental Emergency Response Spill Line following the Sept. 30th release but indicated the spill had been properly cleaned and disposed.
On Sunday, Oct. 2, the department‰??s Environmental Emergency Spill Line received complaints of a milky-white substance in Coldwater Creek at approximately 10:40 a.m. The department sent staff to the location to observe the creek and take samples for analysis. The department also began to examine industries and other projects in the area to identify a potential source.
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3 HOSPITALIZED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL IN HESSTON
Tags: us_KS, industrial, release, injury, other_chemical
HESSTON, Kan. (KWCH) UPDATE--8:30 p.m. Thursday: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Wichita office has opened its investigation into the chemical spill.
"When hazardous chemicals are not properly controlled, there is a potential for release at any time, which could result in a tragedy," says Judy Freeman, OSHA's Area Director of Wichita. ‰??We will conduct a thorough investigation to determine if any violations of OSHA safety standards contributed to the incident.‰??
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UPDATE: The Harvey County Sheriff's Office says it was an isocyanate product that spilled at GVL Poly of Hesston on Thursday.
The sheriff's office said a total of six employees reported medical issues due to the spill. Three employees were transported to Newton Medical Center in serious condition; the other three employees went to Newton Medical Center through private vehicles, eight others were treated on the scene.
The entire plant was evacuated, and is currently closed down as the clean up of the spill is being addressed.
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The Harvey County Sheriff's Department is working a chemical spill in Hesston.
Melissa Flavin, spokeswoman for the department, says the spill is located at the GVL Poly Plant, 8500 block of N. Hesston Road.
There are at least six patients. Most are suffering from breathing problems caused by fumes. None of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.
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ACTIVISTS WARN THAT PCBS ‰?? TOXIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS ‰?? CONTAMINATE THOUSANDS OF U.S. SCHOOLS
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental, toxics
Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, are industrial chemicals so toxic that Congress banned them 40 years ago. Research has shown that they can cause a range of health concerns, including cancer and neurological problems such as decreased IQ. And yet, because they were commonly used in building materials for decades, they continue to contaminate classrooms in between 13,000 and 26,000 schools nationwide, according to Harvard researchers.
No one knows exactly how many schools are affected ‰?? nor how many children are being exposed to these toxic chemicals ‰?? because many schools don‰??t test for PCBs. Under federal law, they don‰??t have to.
Now activists are mounting a campaign to change that, lobbying Congress to close what they say is a dangerous loophole that could be harming millions of children. The effort comes in the aftermath of the Flint water crisis, amid new scrutiny of schoolchildren‰??s exposure to another toxic substance for which schools are not required to test: lead in drinking water fountains.
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FOSSIL FUEL METHANE EMISSION UNDERESTIMATED
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental, methane
Fossil-fuel-related emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have been miscalculated and may be twice as high as previously thought. Researchers say the emissions have been at this high level for the past three decades (Nature 2016, DOI: 10.1038/nature19797).
However, the researchers find that total fossil fuel-related methane emissions, although previously underestimated, remained relatively stable between 1985 and 2013, despite an increase in oil and natural gas drilling and production activities.
The study provides another piece in a puzzle of global methane emission sources and emissions levels. Methane is the primary component of natural gas and a by-product of oil and coal production and use. It is also released through agricultural practices and decay of organic material. The hydrocarbon has a global warming potential 28 to36 times that of carbon dioxide over 100 years, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Researchers used a combination of atmospheric measurements and a detailed data set of long-term global methane emissions coupled with methane-carbon-isotope records. They found total fossil fuel methane emissions from industry and leakage from natural geological sources are 60 to 110% greater than past estimates and inventories.
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8 KEYS TO GOOD FIREFIGHTER EXTRICATION GLOVES
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
Many fire departments have evolved from being strictly a fire suppression and protection operation to that of an all-hazards emergency services organization. For many of those departments, providing technical rescue services like vehicle extrication, rope rescue, water rescue and high-angle rescue, is a big part of their package.
As more departments became engaged in technical rescue, firefighters found a profound performance gap existed between the protection and dexterity previously offered by their two glove options.
Firefighting gloves compliant with the NFPA 1971 offer good protection from cuts and abrasions, but at the cost of a significant loss of manual dexterity.
Ordinary leather work gloves, that while allowing good dexterity, often were no match for the hazards of broken glass and jagged metal.
Firefighters were quick to adapt and overcome those glove shortcomings. Many of them started carrying auto repair gloves in addition to their structural and utility work gloves.
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ADELL PLASTICS FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN, NO TOXIC FUMES FOR NEIGHBORS
Tags: us_MD, industrial, fire, response, plastics
BALTIMORE HIGHLANDS, Md. - About two dozen firefighters continue to fight the fire at Adell Plastics in Baltimore Highlands Wednesday.
The fire started just after 1 p.m. when employees saw an orange glow in the warehouse. Angela Glorioso said as soon as she recognized the building was on fire, she urged her coworkers to get out.
Heroically, she then ran into the neighboring building and told the front office they needed to evacuate, all while she called 9-1-1.
The entire building was covered in thick black smoke as the fire was fed by plastic pellets, what Adell Plastics manufactures, and cardboard. A gas line that took a few hours to get shut off, also fueled the blaze.
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A PAPER ON CHEMICAL SAFETY WAS ACCEPTED ONE DAY AFTER SUBMISSION. WAS IT PEER REVIEWED?
Tags: us_MI, laboratory, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
Some scientists raise their eyebrows when they see a paper was accepted only a day or two after being submitted ‰?? which is exactly what happened during an academic debate over a controversial topic: e-cigarettes.
In 2015, a group of Harvard researchers published a paper in Environmental Health Perspectives suggesting the flavoring added to e-cigarettes could be harmful; the next year, another group criticized the paper in the journal, noting the chemicals may not be as dangerous as the original paper claimed. The Harvard researchers then fired back, noting that the criticism cited two papers that were accepted within one and three days after submission, and therefore ‰??appear not to have been peer reviewed.‰??
However, a little digging suggests otherwise.
The editor of the journal that published both of the cited papers in question ‰?? Toxicology Reports ‰?? told us the papers were peer reviewed at Toxicology, but transferred to his journal as part of a process known as portable peer review.
Here are more details from Lawrence Lash, editor-in-chief of Toxicology Reports from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan:
Toxicology Reports receives two types of submissions: 1) Direct, de novo submissions and 2) referrals from one of the other toxicology journals published by Elsevier.
The goal for the referrals is to provide an outlet for publication of sound science that may be descriptive or even report negative data that is not considered novel enough or mechanistic enough for our other peer-reviewed journals.
This isn‰??t the only publisher to adopt such a system. A 2013 article in The Economist notes, for example, that Genome Biology, the flagship journal of open access publisher BioMed Central, passes around 40% of its content to ‰??less prestigious‰?? sister journals with referee reports attached. The JAMA family of journals also does the same.
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I-15 REOPENS HOURS AFTER TANKER WITH AMMONIUM NITRATE ROLLED; BOTH SOUTHBOUND, NORTHBOUND LANES CLEAR
Tags: us_UT, transportation, release, response, ammonium_nitrate
MIDVALE, Utah, Oct. 5, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) ‰?? Cleanup and side street traffic jams continued until the early evening Wednesday after a rolled semi carrying potentially dangerous load forced the closure of Interstate 15 during morning rush hour and throughout the day.
Southbound I-15 lanes reopened by about 3 p.m. and northbound lanes opened just before 5 p.m., when the tanker had been safely removed.
Marissa Villase̱or, spokeswoman for Utah Highway Patrol, said the multi-vehicle crash at approximately 9:15 a.m. involved a truck trailer, two vehicles, and a semi hauling ammonium nitrate, which is a combustible and can be explosive. Troopers said the crash was caused after a small trailer attached to a pickup truck came loose.
The second trailer attached to the semi hauling the ammonium nitrate overturned, but did not leak. No one was injured in the crash.
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HAZMAT INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, FIRE SAFETY
Tags: us_MD, industrial, release, response, batteries, sulfuric_acid
A combination of chemical fumes from battery acid and cleaning products was behind a hazardous material (HAZMAT) incident and evacuation requiring a multiple engine response at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Sept. 30.
JBM-HH fire officials received a call at about 9:40 a.m. from personnel working at Bldg. 246 (402 Sheridan Ave.) about an ‰??odor causing distress to personnel‰?? who worked in the basement of the building, said Jon Culberson, assistant chief of JBM-HH Fire and Emergency Services.
First responders detected chemical fumes in the basement of the building using a multi-gas detection meter. Immediately, they pulled the fire alarm to initiate a mandatory evacuation. The building houses an office space and barracks.
‰??A HAZMAT response was initiated with our mutual aid partners ‰?? Arlington County Fire Department and the City of Alexandria. Our first priority was life safety ‰?? we didn‰??t know how the incident was going to go,‰?? Culberson said. ‰??Teams had to clear personnel from the basement, first, second and third floors.‰??
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FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A HAZMAT SPILL IN HARPERS FERRY
Tags: us_WV, transportation, release, response, oils
Shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, crews from the Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire Company were on the scene of a Hazmat oil spill.
‰??We had to call a Hazmat unit in from Mount Weather, Virginia, which is part of FEMA, to come in to help mitigate the scene,‰?? said Earl Cogle, Fire Chief.
Fire officials said the cause of the spill was the direct result of a truck driver making a Proof Of Delivery to a residence.
‰??He was making a delivery to drop a POD off when he struck the wall on the driver‰??s side of the truck, which holds a 90 gallon fuel tank, puncturing the fuel tank at the bottom, leaking out 40 to 50 gallons along the state highway,‰?? said Cogle.
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AL SOLUTIONS CLAIMS SETTLED
Tags: us_PA, industrial, follow-up, death
NEW CUMBERLAND ‰?? The families of three men killed in an industrial accident in 2010 have reached a final settlement with two private equity firms that had invested in AL Solutions Inc., court records show.
The settlement for $17.5 million resolves a wrongful death lawsuit that has been pending in Hancock County Circuit Court for five years.
The families sued AL Solutions and its parent company, Tygem Holdings Inc., in May 2011 after an explosion at AL Solutions‰?? New Cumberland plant killed three employees ‰?? brothers James E. Fish, 38, and Jeffrey S. Fish, 39, both of New Cumberland, and Steven Swain, 27, of Weirton.
The Fish brothers were pronounced dead at the scene on Dec. 9, 2010, and Swain succumbed to injuries he suffered in the blast four days later in a Pittsburgh hospital.
The men‰??s estates also named two private equity firms ‰?? the New York-based BlackRock Capital Investment Corp. and the Boston-based Tremont Associates LLC ‰?? as defendants, alleging they improperly and negligently managed AL Solutions.
The families reached an agreement with AL Solutions and Tygem Holdings last year in which the companies‰?? insurance company paid them $15.8 million in exchange for the dismissal of the civil claims.
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THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF AN E-CIGARETTE BLOWS UP WHILE YOU‰??RE USING IT
Tags: us_WA, public, explosion, injury, batteries
It was an injury unlike any Dr. Elisha Brownson had seen ‰?? a young man whose teeth were blown out when his electronic cigarette exploded in his mouth. His injuries were so severe he was admitted to the trauma intensive care unit.
‰??I had never heard of an injury mechanism like this before,‰?? said Brownson, a surgeon who specializes in treating people with burns. The patient ‰??left a gruesome impression on me.‰??
Unfortunately, his wasn‰??t an isolated case. More victims of exploding vaping devices followed, until Brownson and her colleagues at the University of Washington Medicine Regional Burn Center in Seattle saw about two such patients each month.
Fifteen of those cases are described in Thursday‰??s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. All of the patients were injured using electronic cigarettes or personal vaporizers, which rely on a lithium-ion battery to heat a liquid that is inhaled in an aerosol form.
Though lithium-ion batteries are generally safe, some can overheat. When that happens, they can explode. (The technical term is ‰??thermal runaway.‰??) That‰??s what happened to the 15 patients who were seen in the UW burn center between October 2015 and June 2016.
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APEX CHEMICAL EXPLOSION 10 YEARS LATER: HOW IT CHANGED HAZ-MAT SITE REGULATIONS
Tags: us_NC, industrial, follow-up, environmental, waste
APEX, N.C. (WNCN) ‰?? Ten years ago Wednesday, an explosion and fire at a hazardous waste transfer facility in Apex forced more than 17,000 people from their homes.
FEMA later said it was one of the largest evacuations in the history of the U.S.
That fire forever changed how facilities like that operated ‰?? bringing about both new federal and state rules.
On Oct. 5, 2006, Apex Fire received a 911 call from a near-by resident reporting a chlorine smell and cloud coming from the Environmental Quality facility.
Apex firefighters watched a small fire grown into a major inferno as they arrived on scene.
‰??Suddenly someone said, ‰??It just broke thru the roof,'‰?? recalled former Town Manager Bruce Radford.
The Environmental Quality company‰??s building consisted of a metal-roofed structure with two open sides divided into bays.
The facility was divided into bays where everything from pesticides to lab waste were stored for later shipment to treatment or disposal facilities.
But nobody knew exactly what was in the building.
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UPDATE: METH LAB ON MT. LEHMAN ROAD DESCRIBED AS 'LARGE SCALE'
Tags: Canada, public, discovery, response, meth_lab
Police are investigating what they describe as a "large-scale" meth lab at a home in the 1700 block of Mt. Lehman Road.
Members of the Abbotsford Police Department (APD) drug squad executed a search warrant at the residence yesterday (Monday). Based on what was found at the scene, they called in the RCMP clandestine lab enforcement and response team and Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service hazmat response, who arrived this morning (Tuesday) and are expected to be there all day as evidence is collected.
The RCMP forensic identification unit and BC Ambulance personnel were also called to the scene.
MacDonald said the chemicals found in the home were of great concern.
"The environment of the residence was extremely toxic, dangerous and presented severe public safety risks prior to this intervention by law enforcement," said Abbotsford Police Const. Ian MacDonald.
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WORKERS EVACUATED AFTER TWO DANGEROUS LEAKS AT TRUCKING COMPANY
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, response, gas_cylinders, hvac_chemicals
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Services say workers at a North Inkster Park trucking company had to be evacuated from their workplace twice Monday in separate incidents of dangerous leaks.
Hazmat teams went into Day and Ross Transportation, on the 200 block of Haggart Street at 5:19 p.m. after a call that R12 refrigerant was leaking from pressurized cylinders.
A second call for leaking cylinders came in at 10:59 pm. Monday at the same location.
A spokesperson for the fire department says both times the Hazmat teams were able to stop the leaking gas and restore air quality and workers went back in.
The cause of the leaks is under investigation.
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HYDROGEN SULFIDE INHALATION KILLED MOTHER, TODDLER FOUND ON FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE IN JUNE
Tags: us_FL, public, follow-up, death, batteries, hydrogen_sulfide
woman and her three-year-old daughter, found dead in their still-running SUV on Florida's Turnpike in June, died after inhaling hydrogen sulfide, the medical examiner's office has ruled.
The pungent, colorless gas may have come from the car battery in the Porsche Cayenne SUV, though officials will need to do more tests to know for sure, said Carrie Proudfit, a spokeswoman for the Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner's Office.
Latifa Lincoln, 46, and Maksmilla Lincoln, 3, were found dead on June 2, after the SUV bumped into a guardrail on Florida's Turnpike and came to a full stop north of mile marker 224 in Osceola County. They were driving to Miami, according to a voicemail Lincoln left before her death.
Their deaths remained unexplained for months as officials investigated and waited for toxicology results.
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper and two Osceola County deputies walked up to the SUV and saw that the two didn't seem to be breathing, according to their reports. The engine was still running. Lincoln was in the driver's seat, and her daughter was buckled into a child's seat in the back.
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CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION TESTS URGED ON BRISBANE'S NORTHSIDE AFTER POULTRY DEATHS
Tags: Australia, public, discovery, environmental, runoff, waste
Chemicals leaching from a suspected old dump site on Brisbane's northside are linked to the deaths from cancerous lesions of 20 prize hens, an experienced bird veterinarian says.
Questions are now being asked because new homes are being built where the runoff flows.
Residents on Brisbane's northside say the death of 20 show chickens from cancerous lesions is linked to water leaching from old chemical pits at Dakabin that were build in the 1930s.
Brisbane bird vet Dr Adrian Gallagher says he believes the Marsden Road, Dakabin, scenario is a modern-day "canary in a coal mine" and has urged the Queensland government's Contaminated Land Unit and Moreton Bay Council to urgently investigate and properly cap what he believes is toxic leachate.
"I think, from a human health perspective, if we have these uncapped, or poorly capped toxic waste sites ‰?? that we are building on ‰?? I think people should know about it," Dr Gallagher said.
Long-term resident Alan Williams says leaching water must be tested. Photo: Tony Moore
"I feel that the likelihood that the chemical exposure, being the initial damage that resulted in this cancer developing, is still high."
Both the Contaminated Land Unit and Moreton Bay Council insist they have no record of a dump which became the sports fields behind Dakabin State High School. Some local residents have said they are shocked to discover this.
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COPS RAID NEWCASTLE HOME OVER 'CHEMICAL BOMB THREAT'
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, follow-up, response, fireworks
A MAN held in custody for six months after police discovered improvised explosive devices in his flat has been released after they were found to be homemade fireworks for Bonfire Night.
Mark Gilhespy, 50, was arrested in March after police raided his home following a tip off that he had ordered a number of chemicals from eBay.
Mark Gilhespy was arrested in March and held in custody for six months after police discovered explosives in his home
Concerns grew when officers found 12 explosive devices wrapped in electrical tape stored in the loft of his flat in West Denton, Newcastle.
However it turned out that the flash powder devices were in fact homemade explosives created for Gilhespy‰??s sister‰??s firework party the year before, but they were stored away after a disappointing test run.
The extra chemicals that had been purchased were actually being used for ‰??simple experiments‰?? from an A-Level chemistry book because the accused was interested in science, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Jolyon Perks told the court: ‰??Chemicals were also present, as were other items, including chemistry items.
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SOUTHINGTON COMPANY WON‰??T FACE FINE FOR CHEMICAL SPILL, MUST REIMBURSE EMERGENCY SERVICES MYRECORDJOURNAL.COM |
Tags: us_CT, public, follow-up, response, metals
SOUTHINGTON ‰?? Light Metal Coloring has been billed just over $45,000 by the fire and police departments for a chemical spill that occurred in late August. While the company must reimburse local emergency response agencies and a cleanup company, it won‰??t face fines for the spill.
On Aug. 24, 350 gallons of hexavalent chromium spilled from a tank on the roof of Light Metal Coloring, at 270 Spring St. Some of the chemical flowed from the building to a nearby storm drain and into the Quinnipiac River.
The company reimbursed the Southington Fire Department $29,633 for costs incurred in responding to the spill.
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