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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (9 articles)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 07:52:36 -0500
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 7:52:21 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
HAZMAT INCIDENT CREATED SMOKE AT ALLENTOWN RECYCLING CENTER
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical, waste
LEAKING TRUCK PROMPTS HAZMAT RESPONSE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
Tags: us_WA, transportation, release, response, batteries, sulfuric_acid
AS ARGUMENT NEARS, DOJ BOLSTERS SUPPORT FOR HAZMAT APPEAL
Tags: us_CA, public, follow-up, environmental, waste
MERCURY SPILL AT REDLANDS PRIVATE SCHOOL TRIGGERS EVACUATIONS MONDAY
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, release, response, mercury
SOURCE: CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING KILLED BERKELEY COUPLE
Tags: us_CA, public, release, death, carbon_monoxide
CHEMICAL LEAK DURING CLEANING OPERATION LEAVES AT LEAST 7 WORKERS DEAD IN LATUR OIL MILL
Tags: India, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
POOL CHEMICAL SPILL LEADS TO HAZ-MAT ATTENTION
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, pool_chemicals
VIDEO: BENICIA FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO HAZMAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO HAZMAT INCIDENT FOLLOWING GAS LEAK AT AYR'S WESTERN HOUSE HOTEL
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, ammonia
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HAZMAT INCIDENT CREATED SMOKE AT ALLENTOWN RECYCLING CENTER
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical, waste
Firefighters were decontaminated Tuesday morning after investigating a report of smoke inside an Allentown recycling center on the 2500 block of Mitchell Avenue.
Allentown Fire Department Capt. John Christopher said firefighters were called to the recycling center about 1 a.m. after an employee discovered a cloud of smoke in the area of a restroom. Firefighters discovered two chemicals had been brought into contact with one another causing a reaction that created the smoke, Christopher said.
Firefighters had to be decontaminated after investigating the smoke. Employees did not need to be decontaminated and no one was injured, Christopher said. As firefighters and hazardous materials crews prepared to re-enter the building and neutralize the chemical reaction, the chemicals "burned off" on their own, Christopher said.
The company recycles batteries, mercury and various acids, Christopher said. Christopher said firefighters were on scene making sure the facility was safe until about 4:30 a.m.
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LEAKING TRUCK PROMPTS HAZMAT RESPONSE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
Tags: us_WA, transportation, release, response, batteries, sulfuric_acid
SEATTLE -- A truck leaking battery acid has caused the closure of a few streets in Downtown Seattle Monday afternoon, Seattle Fire officials said.
HazMat crews are at 2nd and Marion for a report of 11 pallets of batteries leaking. Seattle DOT says 1st Avenue and Madison and Columbia Streets are also closed for the cleanup.
There are no reports of any injuries.
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AS ARGUMENT NEARS, DOJ BOLSTERS SUPPORT FOR HAZMAT APPEAL
Tags: us_CA, public, follow-up, environmental, waste
Oral arguments are set for Feb. 17 in a closely-watched Ninth Circuit appeal over chemical leaks from wooden public utility poles that will test the reach of federal environmental laws ( Ecological Rights Found. v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co. , 9th Cir. App., No. 15-15424, motion for argument filed 1/19/17 ).
The Ecological Rights Foundation brought the citizen suit against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for alleged discharges of dioxins and other chemicals from treated wood stored at four California PG&E facilities.
ERF has an ally in the Department of Justice, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a key element of the appeal. DOJ also filed a motion Jan. 19 asking to be allowed to present oral argument in the case.
The government contends that the seepage from the poles is a 'solid waste' that is properly regulated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
RCRA is a solid waste law disposal law that authorizes citizen suits to remedy 'imminent and substantial endangerments to health and the environment.'
ERF contends that solid wastes regulated under RCRA includes chemicals that drip from the treated poles, leach into the soil and migrate into San Francisco Bay and Humboldt Bay through storm water. But PG&E successfully argued in the Northern District of California that RCRA doesn't apply because it overlaps with another federal environmental law, the Clean Water Act
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MERCURY SPILL AT REDLANDS PRIVATE SCHOOL TRIGGERS EVACUATIONS MONDAY
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, release, response, mercury
REDLANDS >> Mercury stored in the science lab at the Packinghouse Christian Academy corroded through its container and spilled onto a student Monday, triggering a chain of events leading to evacuations at the school.
'The teacher took appropriate action to evacuate the classroom and decontaminate the student,' Redlands spokesman Carl Baker said in an emailed statement Tuesday. 'By the time Redlands Fire Department was called, the student had been sent home and we detected only trace amounts of mercury in the classroom, well below the threshold that is considered a concern.'
Shortly before 11 a.m. police called for Redlands firefighters to respond to the school to evaluate the spill.
Officials said approximately 4 to 6 ounces of the element were spilled; however, trace amounts were also detected in adjoining classrooms, most likely spread by the ventilation system.
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SOURCE: CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING KILLED BERKELEY COUPLE
Tags: us_CA, public, release, death, carbon_monoxide
BERKELEY (CBS SF) ' A couple found dead in their Berkeley home under mysterious circumstances earlier this week was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, a law enforcement source told KPIX 5 Friday.
35-year-old Roger Morash and 32-year-old Valerie Morash were found dead Monday afternoon in a fourplex on Deakin Street in Berkeley where they had lived for several years.
The source said that the couple was using a laser 3-D printer that was venting into their residence. Symptoms and signs consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning were found in their bodies.
Police evacuated the apartment building and called in PG&E and the fire department's hazardous materials team to look for a gas leak or some other hazard but no contaminant was found.
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CHEMICAL LEAK DURING CLEANING OPERATION LEAVES AT LEAST 7 WORKERS DEAD IN LATUR OIL MILL
Tags: India, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
Police suspect the workers suffocated to death due to the poisonous gases that formed after chemicals in the tank reacted with the cleansing solution.
Police suspect the workers suffocated to death due to the poisonous gases that formed after chemicals in the tank reacted with the cleansing solution.
Earlier reports said the labourers were rescued and rushed to a hospital in a highly critical state. Police too had earlier claimed that all trapped workers were rescued and shifted to a nearby hospital.
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POOL CHEMICAL SPILL LEADS TO HAZ-MAT ATTENTION
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, pool_chemicals
BENICIA > > The Benicia Fire Department investigated a report of hazardous fumes emanating from a residence on the 500 block of Viewmont on Monday morning, ordering a shelter-in-place.
At approximately 11:30 a.m., a homeowner called 911 to report a potential hazard after two different pool chemicals 'fell into one another,' creating a 'potentially hazardous third chemical,' a BPD spokesperson said.
Emergency responders arrived to find the spill in the garage of a residence. 'Two materials hit and created a vapor,' the spokesperson said.
Traffic was shut down between East 5th Street and Lindo and residents were asked to stay indoors until the situation was diffused.
A county cooperative hazmat team was assembled to determine the exact nature of the spill and contain it. Experts were on hand to identify exactly which chemicals had spilled and what 'new' chemical they created when they interacted, the spokesperson said.
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VIDEO: BENICIA FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO HAZMAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
BENICIA (KRON)'Residents inside a Benicia home have been evacuated and those living nearby are sheltering in place after a hazardous materials spill Monday morning, according to the fire department.
A liquid spilled on the floor of a garage on Viewmont Street around 11:30 a.m. and interacted with another substance emitting gas. Some residents were evacuated while others were told to stay inside their homes.
Two ambulances responded to the scene as a precaution, but no injuries have been reported, said Fire Chief Jim Lydon.
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FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO HAZMAT INCIDENT FOLLOWING GAS LEAK AT AYR'S WESTERN HOUSE HOTEL
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, ammonia
Fire crews rushed to one of Ayrshire's top hotels after a gas leak.
Crews from Ayr Fire Station responded to a Hazmat incident at the Western House Hotel on Saturday morning, when a member of staff was treated by paramedics after inhaling toxic fumes.
And fire chiefs confirmed the hotel was free of blame, branding the incident a freak accident.
Station Manager Derek Davidson said: "A fridge used in the mini bar in one of the hotel rooms developed a leak of refrigerant gas which consists of ammonia.
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