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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (18 articles)
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 07:44:13 -0500
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 7:43:50 AM
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Table of Contents (18 articles)
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IMPACTS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO ORGANIC CHEMICALS OVER AN ENTIRE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
Tags: Canada, industrial, discovery, response
AS ENERGY STORAGE EXPLODES IN NEW YORK, OFFICIALS TACKLE SAFETY MEASURES
Tags: us_NY, industrial, discovery, environmental, batteries
REPORTED MARIJUANA LAB EXPLOSION BEING INVESTIGATED IN AMERICAN CANYON
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, explosion, response, clandestine_lab
WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CAUSING EXPLOSION IN TARGET BATHROOM
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, response, drugs, illegal
NO INJURIES IN MCLEOD COUNTY CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_MN, transportation, release, response, ammonia
FIRE AT ACME LABORATORY IN DHAMRAI
Tags: Bangladesh, laboratory, fire, response, drugs, pharmaceutical
U.S. 258 AT N.C. 24 BACK OPEN AFTER HAZMAT SITUATION
Tags: us_NC, laboratory, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
POLICE: LITTLETON FIRE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF METH LAB
Tags: us_NH, public, fire, injury, flammables, meth_lab
FIRE DAMAGES ANIMAL LAB NEAR MANNING
Tags: us_IA, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
DEERFIELD BEACH CRASH CAUSES CHLORINE SPILL
Tags: us_FL, transportation, release, response, chlorine
ACCUSED METH-MAKER CHARGED WITH ARSON
Tags: us_PA, public, explosion, injury, illegal, meth_lab
LAUREL MAN SENTENCED FOR FIBERGLASS FACTORY FIRE
Tags: us_MT, industrial, follow-up, environmental, flammables
CHEMICAL TRACES ON YOUR PHONE REVEAL YOUR LIFESTYLE, SCIENTISTS SAY
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, discovery, environmental
CHEMICAL SPILL LEADS TO EXPLOSION ON GEORGE STREET
Tags: Canada, public, explosion, response, waste
VSP: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ILLEGALLY DUMPED IN DUMMERSTON
Tags: us_VT, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
TESLA ELECTRIC CAR CRASHES, RUPTURED BATTERIES AND THE HAZMAT TEAM IS ON THE WAY
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental, batteries
HAZMAT CALLED TO AIRPORT OVER POWDERED BELGIAN WAFFLE MIXTURE
Tags: Australia, transportation, discovery, response, dust
HAZMAT TEAMS CLEAN UP ACID SPILL ON SOUTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE
Tags: us_ND, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IMPACTS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO ORGANIC CHEMICALS OVER AN ENTIRE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
Tags: Canada, industrial, discovery, response
This article presents an innovative approach to include occupational exposures to organic chemicals in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) by building on the characterization factors set out in Kijko et al. (2015) to calculate the potential impact of occupational exposure over the entire supply chain of product or service. Based on an economic input-output model and labor and economic data, the total impacts per dollar of production are provided for 430 commodity categories and range from 0.025 to 6.6 disability-adjusted life years (DALY) per million dollar of final economic demand. The approach is applied on a case study assessing human health impacts over the life cycle of a piece of office furniture. It illustrates how to combine monitoring data collected at the manufacturing facility and averaged sector specific data to model the entire supply chain. This paper makes the inclusion of occupational exposure to chemicals fully compatible with the LCA framework by including !
the supply chain of a given production process and will help industries focus on the leading causes of human health impacts and prevent impact shifting.
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AS ENERGY STORAGE EXPLODES IN NEW YORK, OFFICIALS TACKLE SAFETY MEASURES
Tags: us_NY, industrial, discovery, environmental, batteries
When smart phone batteries catch fire or laptop batteries explode on airplanes, it makes the news.
So far batteries used to store energy at the residential and commercial level have avoided those headlines. But eventually there will be a problem.
‰??Battery fires are rare, but when they happen you have to be prepared,‰?? said Lt. Paul Rogers with the Fire Department of New York‰??s hazardous materials operations division.
Rogers works with a team within FDNY‰??s hazardous materials operations division, and he has become the point person on energy storage safety issues. ‰??I am a one man show,‰?? he said, operating as a liaison with regulators, researchers and industry.
As the headlines suggest, much of the current safety concerns about batteries revolve around lithium-ion batteries. Those concerns are well founded: Li-ion batteries have a lion‰??s share of the energy storage market and are the fastest growing storage technology.
Li-ion batteries have become ubiquitous in laptops and smart phones. But batteries used for grid-tied stationary storage applications are quite different than those used in robust, long term use case scenarios such as behind-the-meter applications or on a transmission or distribution system, said William Tokash, a senior research analyst with Navigant Research.
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REPORTED MARIJUANA LAB EXPLOSION BEING INVESTIGATED IN AMERICAN CANYON
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, explosion, response, clandestine_lab
A two-story home in American Canyon was damaged Friday night, its roll-up garage door blown partially off its tracks and a window blown out of the garage after the marijuana lab inside exploded, according to the Napa Special Investigations Bureau.
American Canyon Police and Fire responded to the explosion on Starling Court just before midnight. Marijuana debris was strewn about the front of the home and black plastic trash bags had melted onto the hoods of two cars parked in the driveway. Investigators believe that the trash bags had been full of marijuana, said NSIB.
Although neighbors reported seeing a man picking up the debris shortly after the explosion, NSIB said that the man was gone when police arrived.
More than 100 pounds of processed marijuana was seized from the home along with several pounds of ‰??honey oil" (concentrated cannabis), a commercial THC extraction lab, metal propane cylinders, and metal refrigerant cylinders, said investigators. The estimated value of the seized honey oil is more than $100,000, according to NSIB.
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WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CAUSING EXPLOSION IN TARGET BATHROOM
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, response, drugs, illegal
Chicago woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to setting off an explosion in the bathroom of a Evanston Target store.
Heidi E. Schmidt, 44, was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to undergo alcohol and drug counseling after pleading guilty in Cook County court to misdemeanor criminal damage to property. More serious charges, including aggravated arson, were dropped in exchange for her plea.
Authorities said Schmidt entered a bathroom stall at the Howard Street Target on June 8 and was mixing chemicals in a water bottle in an apparent attempt to get high, but a chemical reaction caused a small explosion. No one was injured, but the stall was damaged. A police bomb squad was called in to investigate, though officials said they were unable to determine the exact chemicals involved.
Police have said that, based on witness accounts and surveillance footage, Schmidt was inside the stall at the time of the incident.
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NO INJURIES IN MCLEOD COUNTY CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_MN, transportation, release, response, ammonia
The McLeod County Sheriff's Office says no one was hurt after an overnight chemical spill.
The spill caused a shelter in place warning for McLeod County late Monday night into early Tuesday morning.
The Sheriff's Office tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that about 10:48 p.m. anhydrous ammonia leaked from a tanker being pulled through a field by a tractor.
The area of the chemical spill is near Plum Avenue, north of Brownton.
Officials went door-to-door overnight to check on residents. One family did have to be evacuated for a short time.
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FIRE AT ACME LABORATORY IN DHAMRAI
Tags: Bangladesh, laboratory, fire, response, drugs, pharmaceutical
A devastating fire broke out at the laboratory of a factory of Acme (a pharmaceutical) in Dhamrai in the outskirts of Dhaka city on Tuesday night.
However, no injuries were reported.
Being informed, six units of Fire Service and Civil Defence arrived at the Acme laboratory and were trying to bring the fire under control till filing the report at 11:18pm.
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U.S. 258 AT N.C. 24 BACK OPEN AFTER HAZMAT SITUATION
Tags: us_NC, laboratory, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
RICHLANDS, N.C. (WNCT) ‰?? The intersection of U.S. 258 and Jesse Williams Road in Onslow County is back open Tuesday morning after a hazmat situation.
Onslow County Emergency Services director Norman Bryson said two people found two containers with hazmat labels while cleaning out a house, and gave the containers to an Onslow County deputy who was responding to a wreck.
The deputy called authorities and the intersection was shut down for several hours around 6 p.m. Tuesday to allow crews to work.
Emergency officials said the containers held laboratory test kits from 1986. The North Carolina National Guard‰??s 42nd Civil Support Team found the kits to be inert after testing the kits on scene.
Bryson said the kit had been without refrigeration for so long the laboratory kits were dead and posed no threat to the public.
Employees from HEPACO, a company equipped with emergency response, disposed of the materials.
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POLICE: LITTLETON FIRE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF METH LAB
Tags: us_NH, public, fire, injury, flammables, meth_lab
LITTLETON ‰?? Two people suffered minor injuries and arrests are pending after emergency responders to a fire early Sunday morning at 25 Manns Hill Road discovered evidence of a ‰??large,‰?? suspected methamphetamine production.
The noxious and flammable byproducts of the process, said Littleton Police Chief Paul Smith in a prepared statement Monday, were ‰??most likely the cause of the fire,‰?? which was reported at 1:42 a.m. Sunday.
The Littleton Fire Department quickly extinguished the fire in the basement of the residence and CALEX Ambulance transported two people to Littleton Regional Healthcare to receive treatment for smoke inhalation and one of them for burns. Neither person was identified.
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FIRE DAMAGES ANIMAL LAB NEAR MANNING
Tags: us_IA, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A fire late Friday night struck the Struve Labs facility near Manning.
Owner, Dr. Rexanne Struve, said they believe the fire started in an exhaust fan. Three employees were on site at the time of the fire, and had put out the visible flames with a fire extinguisher, before realizing it had already spread throughout the ceiling area. The employees were able to get out of the building and no injuries were reported, but there was extensive damage to the west side of the structure and Struve said over 60 piglets were lost in the fire.
The State Fire Marshal will be conducting a routine investigation. Struve Labs provides caesarean delivered, colostrum deprived piglets that are free from most swine pathogens to biological, pharmaceutical and research companies around the country and the world. They are currently the only such commercial laboratory in the United States.
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DEERFIELD BEACH CRASH CAUSES CHLORINE SPILL
Tags: us_FL, transportation, release, response, chlorine
About 25 gallons of chlorine spilled onto the street in Deerfield Beach following a crash involving a pool-chemical truck on Monday night, fire officials said.
The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. along Powerline Road near Hillsboro Boulevard. It is unknown how many cars were involved in the collision.
Due to the chemical leak, the Broward Sheriff's Hazmat Team was called out to the scene, Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles tweeted.
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ACCUSED METH-MAKER CHARGED WITH ARSON
Tags: us_PA, public, explosion, injury, illegal, meth_lab
LEWISBURG ‰?? A Danville man charged Monday with arson related to an August apartment fire is accused of angrily throwing a bottle containing an active chemical mix to make methamphetamine that exploded and caused the blaze.
According to a criminal complaint filed at the office of Magisterial District Judge Leo Armbruster, Chad Brouse, 24, of Danville, was arguing with Ashley Parsons, 22, a tenant of 25 N. Third St., Apt. 3, when he threw the bottle more than once onto the apartment floor on Aug. 6.
Patrolman Bradley Miller of the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department said in the court filing that the pair were a couple at the time of the incident and were arguing over the production of the volatile drug inside Parsons's apartment.
Brouse suffered burns and was helped by Parsons to receive treatment at Evangelical Community Hospital. Firefighters from William Cameron Engine Co. extinguished the fire, which was kept from spreading to four neighboring apartments and an attic used for storage in the three-story structure.
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LAUREL MAN SENTENCED FOR FIBERGLASS FACTORY FIRE
Tags: us_MT, industrial, follow-up, environmental, flammables
The Laurel man responsible for the fire that destroyed a Laurel Fiberglass factory in 2015 will spend no time in prison.
Kristopher Harasymczuk was sentenced for negligent arson in Yellowstone County District Court on Monday.
Judge Gregory Todd followed the plea agreement and gave Harasymczuk a six-year deferred sentence, meaning the conviction will be wiped from his record after six years.
Harasymczuk must pay $100 in restitution a month every month for those six years.
The fire ultimately caused an estimated $5 to $7 million in damages.
The judge did sentence Harasymczuk to 30 days in jail, which he can serve through the Sheriffs Labor Detail.
Robert Harris, president of Fiberglass Structures Inc., told Harasymczuk during sentencing that he was getting off easy and he would be watching diligently to make sure all payments are made.
If Harasymczuk fails to make his payments, he could face a 10 year maximum sentence for the crime.
Witnesses said Harasymczuk was playing with a lighter which ignited the highly flammable chemical environment.
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CHEMICAL TRACES ON YOUR PHONE REVEAL YOUR LIFESTYLE, SCIENTISTS SAY
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, discovery, environmental
If worries about personal data held inside your phone keeps you up at night, you might want to give the outside of your phone a scrub.
Scientists say they can deduce the lifestyle of an individual, down to the kind of grooming products they use, food they eat and medications they take, from chemicals found on the surface of their mobile phone.
Experts say analysis of someone‰??s phone could be a boon both to healthcare professionals, and the police.
‰??You can narrow down male versus female; if you then figure out they use sunscreen then you pick out the [people] that tend to be outdoorsy - so all these little clues can sort of narrow down the search space of candidate people for an investigator,‰?? said Pieter Dorrestein, co-author of the research from the University of California, San Diego.
Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the US and Germany describe how they swabbed the mobile phone and right hand of 39 individuals and analysed the samples using the highly sensitive technique of mass spectrometry.
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CHEMICAL SPILL LEADS TO EXPLOSION ON GEORGE STREET
Tags: Canada, public, explosion, response, waste
An area behind George Street North in Peterborough was cordoned off for about 4 hours on saturday as Peterborough Fire Services responded to a chemical reaction and explosion.
There were no injuries when two chemicals being disposed had a chemical reaction near the No Frills store.
Paramedics and city officials also responded to the call. Crews isolated and evacuated the area behind the store, stabilized the products and helped the property owner, and a private environmental contractor, with containment and disposal of the chemicals.
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VSP: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ILLEGALLY DUMPED IN DUMMERSTON
Tags: us_VT, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
Vermont State Police are looking for information about hazardous materials that were illegally dumped in Dummerston on Saturday.
According to police, three containers labeled hazardous materials were found on Quarry Road in Dummerston.
Police say there was an unknown liquid inside of the containers.
According to the press release, the scene was secured and the materials were removed by the West Dummerston Fire Department, The Vermont State Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Response Team, and a private contractor.
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TESLA ELECTRIC CAR CRASHES, RUPTURED BATTERIES AND THE HAZMAT TEAM IS ON THE WAY
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental, batteries
Are we really thinking the electric car scenario through, aren‰??t we missing some other key points of contention? You know, such as what to do with 100 million discarded batteries in the next 10-years in our landfills? We are already complaining about cell phone and laptop batteries in our dumps, what about 30 batteries per car filled with lithium, which is considered a metal, and it is a neurotoxin too.
Check with the EPA online, and see for yourself.
Did you know when an electric car gets in a wreck and the batteries are ruptured they have to call out a hazmat team. Did you know nickel metal hydride batteries are a severe environmental problem because they contain heavy metal? Did you know even if your regular car gets in a wreck, and the battery starts leaking that is a serious issue; this is because there is sulfuric acid inside the batteries, no, it‰??s not a huge deal but to authorities it is. Ion-lithium batteries are also quite bad for the environment.
So what happens if someone buys one of these $110,000 Tesla sports cars and cannot handle the 3.5 seconds to 60 mph acceleration, and duly crashes their car into something like an immovable object? I guess they‰??ll have to call up a hazmat team, so much for helping the environment. But if you happen to live in the State of Colorado, they are giving a $42,000 tax credit if you buy a Tesla electric car.
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HAZMAT CALLED TO AIRPORT OVER POWDERED BELGIAN WAFFLE MIXTURE
Tags: Australia, transportation, discovery, response, dust
A POTENTIALLY hazardous substance detected on luggage at Cairns Airport‰??s international terminal has proven harmless.
One person had to be decontaminated and another monitored after the discovery of a powder on the luggage of a Silk Air passenger at about 11am yesterday morning. The substance was found to be powdered Belgian waffle mixture.
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HAZMAT TEAMS CLEAN UP ACID SPILL ON SOUTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE
Tags: us_ND, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
Emergency officials have cleared the scene on University Drive South in Fargo after cleaning up a small acid spill.
The original call came in after people noticed a light fog around 11:15 a.m. near Duane's House of Pizza.
Fire fighters tell Valley News Live it appears a carton of Muriatic Acid fell off of a vehicle and began to leak. They re-routed traffic because they didn't want people driving through the fog or breathing in the acid fumes.
The spill was contained to a small area and only about half of a gallon was spilled. Fire fighters and HAZMAT used several thousand gallons of water to flush the acid away.
Muriatic Acid is a strong cleaning product that can be used on surfaces like concrete.
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