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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 7:44:10 AM
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Table of Contents (16 articles)
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY IN TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE
Tags: us_CO, public, discovery, environmental, toxics
‰??MILITARY-GRADE‰?? CHEMICALS FOUND AT HEATH HOME
Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT TRANSPORTERS DOUBT SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS COMPLY WITH REGS
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, batteries
FEAR OF 'POISONOUS GAS' BRINGS JELAPANG FACTORY TO A HALT
Tags: Malaysia, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
CASTLE ROCK HOME WHERE CHEMICALS FOUND CONDEMNED, EVACUATIONS LIFTED
Tags: us_CO, public, follow-up, response, bomb, explosives
HAZMAT SITUATION REPORTED AT STARCHEM IN WELLFORD
Tags: us_SC, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
EXPLOSION IN ALABAMA SHUTS GAS PIPELINE, SHORTAGES POSSIBLE
Tags: us_AL, transportation, explosion, death, gasoline
7-YEAR-OLD SERIOUSLY BURNED BY CHEMICALS
Tags: us_FL, public, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
MFD & HAZMAT RESPOND TO SULFURIC ACID FIRE INSIDE BUSINESS -
Tags: us_TN, industrial, fire, response, sulfuric_acid
AIR FILTRATION TANK CATCHES FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT IN BATAVIA
Tags: us_NY, industrial, fire, injury, grease
MULTIPLE WORKERS INJURED IN ALABAMA PIPELINE EXPLOSION
Tags: us_AL, industrial, explosion, injury, methane
GOWER COLLEGE STUDENTS EVACUATED IN CHEMICALS ALERT
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE AFTER FIRE AT SUN CHEMICAL GROUP
Tags: us_OH, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
BARREL OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL FOUND IN DUBLIN ESTATE
Tags: Ireland, public, discovery, response, other_chemical
CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, response, explosives
JUDGE TENTATIVELY OKS $151M SETTLEMENT IN CHEMICAL LEAK SUIT
Tags: us_WV, public, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY IN TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE
Tags: us_CO, public, discovery, environmental, toxics
Military and civilian authorities are investigating whether any laws were broken in the unexplained discharge of 150,000 gallons of wastewater tainted with toxic chemicals at an Air Force base in Colorado.
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are looking into the release of the contaminated wastewater at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, officials said Tuesday.
The chemicals flowed into the city's wastewater treatment system but didn't get into its drinking water, officials said.
The discharge was discovered on Oct. 12 and announced six days later.
Air Force officials have scheduled a news conference Wednesday to discuss the incident and other issues surrounding the chemicals, called perfluorinated compounds or PFCs.
PFCs are an ingredient in firefighting foam used at Peterson and other military installations. They have also been used in non-stick cookware coatings and other applications.
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‰??MILITARY-GRADE‰?? CHEMICALS FOUND AT HEATH HOME
Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
HEATH, OH (WCMH) ‰?? Neighbors in Heath had to leave their homes Tuesday night after a ‰??military-grade‰?? chemical was found in Heath.
Firefighters were sent to Betty Avenue in Heath Tuesday afternoon after the chemicals were discovered.
Heath Fire Chief Warren McCord said the chemical, found in two glass vials, was originally thought to be phosgene gas. Testing on the chemical showed that wasn‰??t the case. Firefighters believe they are dealing with something more dangerous.
According to Licking County EMA Director Sean Grady, the chemicals are military-grade.
Heath firefighters and the State Fire Marshal‰??s office remain on scene with the Department of Defense.
George Nichols, a neighbor on Franklin Ave, said he saw a number of emergency and fire vehicles near his house and wondered what was happening.
‰??I had a suspicion somebody had a heart attack or something,‰?? Nichols said.
Chief McCord said many of the houses on Betty Avenue were initially evacuated because the firefighters believed there was a pipe bomb at the woman‰??s house. However, the bomb turned out to be nothing. McCord said the evacuations remain in effect while the D.O.D. removes the chemical.
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HAZMAT TRANSPORTERS DOUBT SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS COMPLY WITH REGS
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, batteries
Despite the surge in the shipment of goods deemed dangerous and hazardous ‰?? and exemplified by the proliferation of lithium battery products ‰?? a large number of companies say they are not confident in their ability to be consistently compliant across their entire supply chain, posing serious safety and financial risks.
Sixty-two percent of dangerous goods transport professionals surveyed by Labelmaster said they are not confident that their supply chain partners are as good as they are in keeping compliance and meeting regulations. In addition, more than 20 percent are not confident that compliance is consistent across their own organizations.
‰??These findings are alarming when you consider the number of divisions and locations within an organization that may ship hazmat, and the number of parties involved throughout the supply chain,‰?? said Alan Schoen, president of Labelmaster, a leading provider of solutions for hazardous material transport compliance.
‰??As the regulations broaden, we see many businesses ‰?? particularly retailers ‰?? are finding that what they ship and handle every day are now included in the hazmat regulatory world.‰??
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FEAR OF 'POISONOUS GAS' BRINGS JELAPANG FACTORY TO A HALT
Tags: Malaysia, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
IPOH: A semiconductor factory in Jelapang here was forced to halt its operations temporarily after the security officers detected what they thought was poisonous gas at the factory‰??s production department.
Meru Raya Fire and Rescue Department chief operation Muhammad Izzawawi Ishak said the department was alerted to the incident at 9.28am.
‰??The security officer ad informed us that they detected poisonous gas, believed to be from an office space near the production department which was earlier destroyed in a fire about 5.40am.
‰??A team of firemen from Pasir Puteh as well as the department‰??s hazardous material (Hazmat) team were dispatched to the scene to identify the source of the odour and to check the air quality.
‰??The Hazmat team took about 90 minute to sweep the area using a gas detector,‰?? he said, adding that checks showed that there was no polluted air recorded. The smell is believed to have been from the earlier fire, which destroyed electrical appliances.
Izzawawi said that as a result, the production department would temporary cease its operation until further notice.
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CASTLE ROCK HOME WHERE CHEMICALS FOUND CONDEMNED, EVACUATIONS LIFTED
Tags: us_CO, public, follow-up, response, bomb, explosives
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- Castle Rock Police briefed the media on the latest related to a neighborhood evacuation after deadly chemicals and explosive devices were found in a home there Monday morning.
The 30 or so families ordered to evacuate were allowed to return to the Plum Creek neighborhood Tuesday evening. The home where the chemicals and explosives were found has been condemned.
Authorities say chemicals found inside the home could have caused a deadly explosion if officers had not stumbled upon them. Hazmat crews found more than 20 containers of chemicals inside the house and on the back porch. Investigators had yet to identify the chemicals.
A Douglas County bomb squad detonated two explosive devices behind the home located in the 400 block of West Prestwick Way in Castle Rock.
Castle Rock police say the department arrested two teens Sunday night after neighbors reported they were acting suspiciously, and when officers told the parents of one of the children at their home Monday morning, the officers found a small box of chemicals, prompting the call to hazmat crews with Douglas County.
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HAZMAT SITUATION REPORTED AT STARCHEM IN WELLFORD
Tags: us_SC, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
WELLFORD, SC (WSPA) ‰?? Spartanburg Co. dispatch says a hazmat situation was reported at StarChem in Wellford Tuesday morning.
Crews are on the scene.
They say a pipe starting leaking chemicals as they were offloading them.
It was a small amount and it has been cleaned up.
They are saying the situation is cleared.
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EXPLOSION IN ALABAMA SHUTS GAS PIPELINE, SHORTAGES POSSIBLE
Tags: us_AL, transportation, explosion, death, gasoline
HELENA, Ala. (AP) ‰?? For the second time in two months, a pipeline that supplies gasoline to millions of people was shut down, raising the specter of another round of gas shortages and price increases.
The disruption occurred when a track hoe ‰?? a machine used to remove dirt ‰?? struck the pipeline, ignited gasoline and caused an explosion Monday that sent flames and thick black smoke soaring over a forest in northern Alabama, Colonial Pipeline said. One worker was killed and five were injured.
A September leak that spilled 252,000 to 336,000 gallons of gasoline occurred not far from the location of Monday's explosion. That leak led to days of dry pumps and higher gas prices in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas while repairs were made.
The cause of the leak still has not been determined, and the effects of the latest disruption weren't immediately clear.
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7-YEAR-OLD SERIOUSLY BURNED BY CHEMICALS
Tags: us_FL, public, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - A 7-year-old girl was flown Sunday night to the burn unit at UF Shands Hospital in Gainesville after a flash fire caused by someone mixing chemicals in an effort to produce a green flame, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue.
Ana Giovanni was seriously burned about 7:30 p.m. in a home on Marsh Island Circle Her parents said they didn't realize how close the girl was as the child's grandmother mixed the chemicals inside a pumpkin, as she had seen done on the internet. Some of the burning liquid splashed onto the girl's arm and face, and she began to scream.
Ana's parents put her in their pool and called 911, then the girl's father took her to the nearest fire station, and she was taken to the hospital from there.
"It's a chemical fire. We were making green flames in a pumpkin," the 911 caller told the St. Johns County dispatcher. "I looked up and the fire had splattered and she was on the other side of it and her dress and ... she just had little splatters of fire on her."
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MFD & HAZMAT RESPOND TO SULFURIC ACID FIRE INSIDE BUSINESS -
Tags: us_TN, industrial, fire, response, sulfuric_acid
Memphis Firefighters were called to the scene of a chemical fire off Director's Cove near the Memphis International Airport early Monday morning.
When they arrived on the scene, they found a large amount of sulfuric acid had been knocked over and was one fire. Firefighters backed off, as HAZMAT was called in to clean up the mess.
Sulfuric acid is a dangerous chemical that can cause serious chemical burns and permanent blindness.
Firefighters say an employee was getting ready to open the factory, which does chrome plating for devices, for the day when he smelled the burning chemicals.
It's not known how long the fire had been burning. No explosions were reported, although the potential for them was there.
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AIR FILTRATION TANK CATCHES FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT IN BATAVIA
Tags: us_NY, industrial, fire, injury, grease
Batavia N.Y. - One firefighter is recovering following a fire Monday morning at a chemical plant in Batavia.
Around 2:30 a.m. Summit Lubricants, a manufacturer of grease had an air filtration tank catch fire.
One worker on scene at the time had noticed the smoke from the air filtration tank.
The firefighter injured was transported to United Memorial Medical Center after suffering from smoke inhalation.
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MULTIPLE WORKERS INJURED IN ALABAMA PIPELINE EXPLOSION
Tags: us_AL, industrial, explosion, injury, methane
(HELENA, Ala.) ‰?? Multiple contractors were injured Monday when a gas pipeline they were working on in Shelby County, Alabama, exploded.
At least eight people were injured in the blast along the Colonial Pipeline, according to the Shelby County Sheriff‰??s Office and several victims were sent to UAB Hospital.
‰??We know there were seven transported; we know that they‰??re very severe injuries and we just‰?|thoughts and prayers are with them and their families,‰?? Mark Hall, mayor of Helena, Alabama, said.
A statement from Colonial Pipeline said it shut down its gas lines in Shelby County in wake of the explosion, and personnel and emergency crews were responding.
Flames have been pouring out of the Colonial Pipeline since the blast.
The Alabama Forestry Commission said the explosion also sparked at least three wildfires Monday afternoon, according to ABC affiliate ABC 33/40.
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GOWER COLLEGE STUDENTS EVACUATED IN CHEMICALS ALERT
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
All 1,500 students at a college campus in Swansea have been evacuated following a chemicals alert.
Pupils were asked to leave Gower College's Gorseinon campus following updated advice about the storage of a chemical there.
College principal Mark Jones confirmed there was no spillage and no-one was injured. The chemical is in a laboratory store.
An unrelated fire at the Tycoch campus means it is closed until 7 November.
The Gorseinon campus has now been evacuated as well, with the incident described as similar to that reported at Swansea University last week.
"(It) follows new guidance issued in relation to a chemical that we have held in our science laboratory," a spokesman said.
"We have followed the guidelines we have received from the experts and have evacuated the campus.
"We have arranged for all contract buses to return to campus to collect our students."
Friday's fire at the Tycoch campus destroyed part of the main building and, despite efforts to remove and replace damaged equipment, health and safety fears mean the 2,000 students will be kept away this week.
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NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE AFTER FIRE AT SUN CHEMICAL GROUP
Tags: us_OH, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
WINTON HILLS, Ohio (WKRC) - There are no reported injuries and only minor damage following a fire at Sun Chemical Group in Winton Hills.
Crews were called to the address on Este Avenue after a report came in around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night.
The fire was put out quickly.
The cause of the fire was said to be "unstable chemicals."
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BARREL OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL FOUND IN DUBLIN ESTATE
Tags: Ireland, public, discovery, response, other_chemical
Emergency services were called to a Dublin housing estate on Monday after a member of the public discovered a barrel containing a hazardous chemical.
Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) attended the scene at Oatfield Drive, Clondalkin after a 25-litre barrel of trichlorobenzene was found on the side of the road.
Chief fire officer: ‰??Some people may end up in emergency departments tonight‰??
The chemical is often used to harden hulls of boats, according to a DFB spokesman. It can have damaging health affects for humans.
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CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, response, explosives
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) ‰?? Residents in one Castle Rock neighborhood heard two loud explosions on Halloween night as nearly 30 families were forced to evacuate.
Police say the case started early Monday morning when two teens were arrested in downtown Castle Rock. After police had a hard time reaching one set of parents officers went to the home and found ‰??explosive devices.‰??
‰??That detonation was necessary to protect the public, protect the residents in the area and protect the officers on scene,‰?? said Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley.
Twelve hours after the explosive chemicals were found, they were detonated inside a hole on the Plum Creek Golf Course which backs up to the home they were found in.
Castle Rock Fire Rescue and the Douglas County Bomb Squad didn‰??t feel they had adequate resources to handle what was found in the home. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called in.
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JUDGE TENTATIVELY OKS $151M SETTLEMENT IN CHEMICAL LEAK SUIT
Tags: us_WV, public, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
A federal judge on Monday tentatively approved a $151 million settlement involving two companies sued over a 2014 chemical spill that contaminated drinking water in southern West Virginia.
U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver approved the proposed deal after more than two hours of closed-door negotiations on the wording of the class-action agreement.
Stuart Calwell, an attorney representing residents and businesses, said that under the settlement, West Virginia American Water Co. will pay $126 million and chemical maker Eastman Chemical will pay $25 million. The money will be distributed to any resident or business in the affected area through an application process to be determined later.
Calwell said he was very pleased by the settlement and that the money involved "is a recognition of what folks had to endure."
He said Copenhaver indicated that "I want that money to go to those who were deprived of water."
The water company also agreed not to seek a rate increase from state regulators to recoup the costs of settling the lawsuit. Copenhaver was adamant earlier Monday that those costs must be paid by the company's investors and stockholders, not customers who were spill victims.
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