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Monday, June 19, 2017 at 7:25:56 AM
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Table of Contents (14 articles)
FLASK BURST INJURES 1 IN FORT COLLINS
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, explosion, injury, pharmaceutical
CHEMICAL SPILL IN GARBUTT
Tags: Australia, public, release, injury, hydrochloric_acid
NO INJURIES, BUT PATERSON FIREFIGHTERS LEAVE LOOKING COLORFUL
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, fire, response, dye
NEW TEFLON TOXIN FOUND IN NORTH CAROLINA DRINKING WATER
Tags: us_NC, public, discovery, environmental
CHEMICAL LEAK SPARKS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT MOTORWAY SERVICES (FROM THE OXFORD TIMES)
Tags: United_Kingdom, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
UPDATE: CREWS ON SCENE FOR CHEMICAL SPILL IN ALBANY, ILL.
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, injury, chlorine, water_treatment
HAZMAT CREWS CALLED OUT AFTER CHEMICALS SLIP INTO AIR FOLLOWING POWER OUTAGE IN AKRON
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, flammables
CHEMICAL REACTION CAUSES EVACUATION AROUND NORTH SALINA MANUFACTURING FIRM
Tags: us_KS, industrial, release, response, peroxide
LAGUNA ART COLLEGE PRESIDENT CANCELS STONE CARVING CLASS, CITING HEALTH CONCERNS
Tags: us_CA, education, discovery, response, dust
EXCLUSION ZONE SET-UP AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK AT RAIL YARD IN BRISBANE'S SOUTH
Tags: Australia, transportation, release, response, pesticides
ANSWER MAN: WHY IS THERE A CHEMICAL CONTAINER STRAPPED TO A TELEPHONE POLE?
Tags: us_MO, public, discovery, response, liquid_nitrogen
CHEMICAL SPILL AT SAVANNAH'S BASF PLANT SENDS 2 TO HOSPITAL WITH BURNS
Tags: us_GA, industrial, release, injury, sulfuric_acid
SUNLIGHT SURPRISE RAISES CADMIUM POLLUTION RISK
Tags: China, laboratory, discovery, environmental, other_chemical, metals
ALL CLEAR GIVEN AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK, HAZMAT SITUATION OVERNIGHT
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
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FLASK BURST INJURES 1 IN FORT COLLINS
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, explosion, injury, pharmaceutical
One woman was hospitalized after a flask ruptured at a pharmaceutical company in Midtown Fort Collins on Sunday.
The incident was initially reported as a possible explosion about 11:10 a.m. and prompted a slew of emergency vehicles, including a hazardous materials unit, to respond to Tolmar Inc. at 2409 Research Blvd.
The woman was reportedly working with boiling water and agar ‰?? a gelatinous substance obtained from red algae ‰?? when the flask ruptured and she was hit by broken glass. She was transported to Poudre Valley Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Poudre Fire Authority.
One other person was in the building at the time of the incident, but was not injured. The incident was isolated to the room in which the woman was working, and PFA determined that no toxic materials were involved and there is no threat to public safety.
Dozens of PFA firefighters and Fort Collins police officers responded to secure and investigate the scene.
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CHEMICAL SPILL IN GARBUTT
Tags: Australia, public, release, injury, hydrochloric_acid
EMERGENCY services attended a chemical spill at a Garbutt business this morning, with one man taken to hospital.
Between five and 10 litres of hydrochloric acid were spilt at cleaning products supplier Australian Chemicals about 10.11am.
A man affected by fumes was taken to Townsville Hospital by ambulance for observation.
Firefighters also attended the scene to clean up the spill and make the area safe.
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NO INJURIES, BUT PATERSON FIREFIGHTERS LEAVE LOOKING COLORFUL
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, fire, response, dye
PATERSON ‰?? Firefighters extinguished a blaze at a chemical facility, which left them wearing a vibrant color but with no injuries Sunday afternoon, a fire official said.
The fire happened at the Passaic Color and Chemical Company on Paterson Street near Harrison Street just before 3 p.m., Paterson Deputy Fire Chief Mike Fleming said. The facility, which processes hair dye, left several firefighters with dye on them. The blaze happened in a room and did not blemish the entire structure.
"We have to decon all the guys," Fleming said, referring to decontamination. "The guys are coming out with yellow dye on their skin and gear."
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NEW TEFLON TOXIN FOUND IN NORTH CAROLINA DRINKING WATER
Tags: us_NC, public, discovery, environmental
A PERSISTENT AND toxic industrial chemical known as GenX has been detected in the drinking water in Wilmington, North Carolina, and in surface waters in Ohio and West Virginia.
DuPont introduced GenX in 2009 to replace PFOA, a compound it used to manufacture Teflon and coatings for stain-resistant carpeting, waterproof clothing, and many other consumer products. PFOA, also known as C8, was phased out after DuPont was hit with a class-action suit over health and environmental concerns. Yet as The Intercept reported last year, GenX is associated with some of the same health problems as PFOA, including cancer and reproductive issues.
Levels of GenX in the drinking water of one North Carolina water utility, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, averaged 631 ppt (parts per trillion), according to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters in 2016. Although researchers didn‰??t test the water of two other drinking water providers that also draw water from that area of the Cape Fear River, the entire watershed downstream of the Chemours discharge, which is a source of drinking water for some 250,000 people, is likely to be contaminated, according to Detlef Knappe, one of the authors of the study.
Research presented at a conference this week at Northeastern University detailed the presence of GenX in water in North Carolina and Ohio. In both cases, the chemical was found in water near plants that were owned by DuPont and since 2015 have been operated by DuPont‰??s spinoff company, Chemours. Both GenX and PFOA belong to a larger group of chemicals known as PFAS, which are structurally similar and believed to persist indefinitely in nature.
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CHEMICAL LEAK SPARKS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT MOTORWAY SERVICES (FROM THE OXFORD TIMES)
Tags: United_Kingdom, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
A CHEMICAL leak sparked an emergency response when a lorry was leaking liquid at an M40 service station.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue were called to the Cherwell Valley Services at about 8pm yesterday after reports of a lorry leaking chemical liquid.
Crews from Bicester, Banbury, Deddington and Didcot all attended the spillage, as well as the Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Hazmat Decontamination Unit.
A statement from the fire service said it was resolved swiftly thank to the driver of the lorry who was fully versed in emergency procedures.
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UPDATE: CREWS ON SCENE FOR CHEMICAL SPILL IN ALBANY, ILL.
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, injury, chlorine, water_treatment
ALBANY, Ill. (KWQC) - UPDATE: Police and firefighters say the employee was found unconscious in the water tower treatment building from a liquid chlorine spill which produced gas in the air.
Police say the employee's name is not being released at this time. Police say the man was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, Iowa for treatment. At this time officials say the plant is closed until the gas leak is fixed.
Officials tell KWQC that the spill happened at approximately 11 am on Saturday. They say an employee of the water treatment facility next to the water tower at the corner of Cherry St. and 5th Avenue S was doing routine clean-up of chlorine when the chemical spilled and injured him.
First responders were concerned about the possible presence of chlorine gas, so they evacuated 20 to 30 nearby residents as a precaution.
The injured employee was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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HAZMAT CREWS CALLED OUT AFTER CHEMICALS SLIP INTO AIR FOLLOWING POWER OUTAGE IN AKRON
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, flammables
AKRON, Ohio -- A hazardous materials crew responded to a chemical leak that sprung after a power outage in Akron.
The incident began about 1 a.m. at Emerald Performance Materials at 240 W. Emerling Ave. in South Akron, Akron Fire Department spokesman Mike Brooks said.
The plant was evacuated and all of the workers were accounted for. Brooks said it appears that no one was hurt.
The vapor released in the air contained acrylic nitrile and butudiene which are both flammable and toxic, Brooks said.
Readings taken at 4:30 a.m. found no traces of the chemicals in the air surrounding the plant, Brooks said.
Nearby residents were not evacuated, Brooks said.
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CHEMICAL REACTION CAUSES EVACUATION AROUND NORTH SALINA MANUFACTURING FIRM
Tags: us_KS, industrial, release, response, peroxide
An unanticipated chemical response in a north Salina manufacturing plant caused the evacuation of homes and businesses within a half-mile radius for about two hours Friday afternoon.
Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams said a 15-foot by 20-foot tank that was about one-quarter full of benzoyl peroxide began to heat up, creating a white plume that vented out of the smoke stack at Research Products, a division of McShares, 1835 E. North.
‰??The community‰??s safe,‰?? Williams said. ‰??All the necessary evacuations have taken place. We have the product contained. We‰??re still assessing the situation, and we‰??re working on remediation of the product.‰??
Williams said the incident occurred during normal operations at the Salina firm, which makes food additives and mixes of vitamins and minerals, shipping them worldwide to be added to wheat, rice and corn flours and cereals. According to information on the U.S. Department of Agriculture website, benzoyl peroxide is used in bleaching flour.
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LAGUNA ART COLLEGE PRESIDENT CANCELS STONE CARVING CLASS, CITING HEALTH CONCERNS
Tags: us_CA, education, discovery, response, dust
The days of a stone-carving class at the Laguna College of Art and Design are numbered.
After consulting with staff, LCAD President Jonathan Burke decided to end the class on June 30, citing health concerns from students and faculty from the dust generated during carving.
The class is open to the public and held every Saturday on the campus at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road.
Its history dates back 40 years.
‰??I don‰??t want students [students and staff] to be subjected to the stone dust generated by grinding and other materials," Burke said in an interview Friday. ‰??The wind picks it up and moves it to other areas of the campus. It‰??s in close proximity to other studios.‰??
Students and an instructor of the class approached the Laguna Beach Arts Commission earlier this week, hoping the group could do something to intervene.
‰??People have handled this product safely for more than 2,000 years without a mask," Steven Lustig, a sculptor and course instructor said in an interview Thursday. ‰??The last true art college [in Orange County] just closed the last stone-carving yard in Orange County because of dust. You‰??ve got to be kidding me.‰??
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EXCLUSION ZONE SET-UP AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK AT RAIL YARD IN BRISBANE'S SOUTH
Tags: Australia, transportation, release, response, pesticides
An exclusion zone remains in place after a chemical leak was discovered at a rail yard in Brisbane's south on Saturday morning.
Hundreds of litres of herbicide leaked from containers inside a rail car at Acacia Ridge, with emergency services called about 9am.
Chemical experts from the QFES were called to a chemical leak at an Acacia Ridge rail yard. Photo: Jorge Branco
A 25-metre containment area was established and five people who discovered the leak were assessed by paramedics but were uninjured.
Emergency services were called about 9am and found a chemicals leak at an Acacia Ridge rail yard.
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ANSWER MAN: WHY IS THERE A CHEMICAL CONTAINER STRAPPED TO A TELEPHONE POLE?
Tags: us_MO, public, discovery, response, liquid_nitrogen
What is this strange chemical container at the corner of East Cherry Street and John Q. Hammons Parkway? ‰?? Rachael Garrett, of Springfield
It's a metal canister that contains liquid nitrogen. That's what it says on the container. The container is connected to a line that goes up the pole.
Because the container is connected to a power pole or telephone pole, I called Joel Alexander, spokesman for City Utilities.
He said the canister does not belong to City Utilities, but he thought it might belong to AT&T Inc. because elsewhere in the nation, phone companies are using liquid nitrogen to maintain phone lines.
It is owned by AT&T Inc.
"As part of an ongoing cable repair, a bottle system was put in place to keep the damaged cable dry," said Katie Nagus via email. She is an AT&T spokeswoman based in St. Louis. "We are working to replace the damaged cable and the bottle will be removed once that work is complete."
A couple of days after taking the photos, I drove by again to make sure the canister was still there before I wrote about it.
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CHEMICAL SPILL AT SAVANNAH'S BASF PLANT SENDS 2 TO HOSPITAL WITH BURNS
Tags: us_GA, industrial, release, injury, sulfuric_acid
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) ‰??
Two people are recovering from chemical burns after an early morning sulfuric acid spill at Savannah's BASF Chemical plant on President Street.
Firefighters say those workers were using a hose to transfer sulfuric acid from one tank to another and that the hose sprang a leak.
Hazmat crews decontaminated those workers on-site before sending them to the hospital for treatment.
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SUNLIGHT SURPRISE RAISES CADMIUM POLLUTION RISK
Tags: China, laboratory, discovery, environmental, other_chemical, metals
Even though cadmium is considered a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it is still used to give some plastics and ceramics red, orange, or yellow hues. That‰??s because organic pigments are unstable at the high temperatures used to make these products, and pigments like cadmium red are thought to be relatively inert in the environment on account of their reportedly low solubility in water.
That belief has been turned on its head by a new study showing that in sunlight, a commercially available cadmium red pigment rapidly dissolves in water, releasing the toxic metal (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00654).
Some experts say the findings probably do not indicate additional risk for exposure to cadmium in consumer products. Still, the study suggests that dumping of cadmium red pigment into waterways could pose a much greater risk of contamination than has previously been thought.
Xiaolei Qu of Nanjing University and his colleagues were investigating the causes of cadmium contamination in farmland near China‰??s Lake Tai (often called Lake Taihu). The area‰??s large ceramics industry uses cadmium pigments, so the researchers wondered if the pigment might be the source of the cadmium in the soil. But the presumed low solubility of the pigment seemed at odds with this idea.
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ALL CLEAR GIVEN AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK, HAZMAT SITUATION OVERNIGHT
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
AKRON, OH (WOIO) -
Hazmat crews responded to Emerald Performance Materials in Akron early Friday morning after a power outage caused an equipment malfunction and chemical release.
According to Michael Brooks of the Akron Fire Department, firefighters responded to the chemical production plant around 1 a.m. Friday. A local power outage caused a pressure valve to malfunction, which released acrylic nitrile and butudiene into the air.
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