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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (9 articles)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 07:48:48 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 7:48:33 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
CYANIDE GAS CAUSE OF APARTMENT EVACUATION IN BOZEMAN
Tags: us_mt, public, release, response, cyanide
‰??ADVERSE CHEMICAL REACTION‰?? AT VANDALIA BUSINESS SENDS 15 TO HOSPITALS
Tags: us_oh, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL-SOAKED RAGS STARTED BELGRADE HOUSE FIRE
Tags: us_mt, fire, public, response, oil
ORANGE SMOKE LEADS TO HAZMAT SITUATION
Tags: us_PA, public, fire, response, unknown_chemical, waste
INADEQUATE SECURITY WILL HURT CHEMICAL EXPORTS
Tags: India, industrial, discovery, environmental
FIVE CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED AFTER EXCESS CHEMICALS RELEASED AT LOCAL POOL
Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, pool_chemicals
ZIKA-CARRYING MOSQUITOES BUILDING UP TOLERANCE TO CHEMICALS
Tags: us_FL, public, discovery, environmental, pesticides
CHEMICAL AT FORD PLANT IN AVON LAKE RELEASED INTO STORM SEWER, LAKE ERIE
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT ISFAHAN REFINERY IN IRAN, INJURING 100 WORKERS
Tags: Iran, industrial, fire, injury, petroleum
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CYANIDE GAS CAUSE OF APARTMENT EVACUATION IN BOZEMAN
Tags: us_mt, public, release, response, cyanide
BOZEMAN -
A Bozeman apartment building was evacuated Monday night after a suicidal man manufactured a poisonous gas in his apartment in an effort to kill himself, according to the Bozeman Police Department on Tuesday.
The Bozeman Police Department confirm the chemical that was reported at the Sundance Apartments was potassium cyanide gas.
Potassium cyanide releases hydrogen cyanide gas, a toxic chemical asphyxiant that interferes with the body's ability to use oxygen, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Exposure to potassium cyanide can be rapidly fatal.
Police, Gallatin County Sheriff‰??s deputies, and the Bozeman Fire Department were called to the apartment complex at around 10 p.m.
A resident of the apartment said he heard yelling from the apartment.
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‰??ADVERSE CHEMICAL REACTION‰?? AT VANDALIA BUSINESS SENDS 15 TO HOSPITALS
Tags: us_oh, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
UPDATE **At_Symbol_Here** 1:25 a.m.: An ‰??adverse chemical reaction‰?? sent 15 workers from All-Service Plastic Molding to area hospitals, none suffering from life-threatening injuries, Vandalia Fire Chief Chad Follick said.
‰??When crews arrived, we found the building being evacuated,‰?? Follick said. ‰??We also found victims complaining of respiratory-type irritation -- eyes, some headaches.‰??
According to the preliminary investigation, he said, some materials they were working with ‰??off-gassed‰?? during a process in the plant and caused some noxious fumes resulting in the 15 people having to be taken to hospitals.
‰??It‰??s not anything they could have prevented,‰?? the chief said. ‰??It just happened.‰??
Fire crews ventilated the building and turned it over to company managers. Follick said he believes the second shift will run as it normally would.
Company managers did their job and made the job of the fire/rescue crews easier, he said.
The Dayton Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team was called and consulted, but did not respond because the HAZMAT official felt the fire crews had the situation well in hand, Follick said.
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CHEMICAL-SOAKED RAGS STARTED BELGRADE HOUSE FIRE
Tags: us_mt, fire, public, response, oil
The fire that destroyed a house in the Landmark Subdivision in Belgrade over the weekend started after rags soaked in wood stain spontaneously combusted.
According to the incident report prepared by the Central Valley Fire District, Saturday‰??s fire began after a pile of rags located outside the home‰??s attached garage heated to the point that they ignited. The fire, intensified by nearby containers of gas and paint thinner, then spread to the main area of the house, as well as the roof and attic.
The homeowners, a husband and wife, made it out of the home with their dog. The husband was taken to Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital for non-critical burns and later discharged.
The Bozeman, Amsterdam and Hyalite fire departments also responded to the home with the Gallatin County Sheriff‰??s Office and American Medical Response.
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ORANGE SMOKE LEADS TO HAZMAT SITUATION
Tags: us_PA, public, fire, response, unknown_chemical, waste
MYERSTOWN, Pa. (AP) ‰?? About 100 people were evacuated from a recycling and waste plant in Pennsylvania after a fire lead to an orange cloud coming from the facility.
Homes and businesses within a half-mile of the Covanta Environmental Solutions building in Myerstown were evacuated for several hours Monday due to the smoke.
Hazardous Material Response Team Chief Gary Verna says the orange smoke is an eye and respiratory irritant, and everyone downwind was evacuated as a precaution.
In a statement sent to WGAL-TV, the company says the reacting waste has been extinguished and there is no danger to the public.
An investigation into what caused the fire is ongoing.
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INADEQUATE SECURITY WILL HURT CHEMICAL EXPORTS
Tags: India, industrial, discovery, environmental
Lack of security at industrial premises, which can lead to dual use chemicals falling into the hands of disruptive elements, can hurt exports to the US, local players said in the city on Monday. Experts have also warned that Gujarat being a leading producer and exporter of such chemicals, industrial units here need to upgrade their security practices, failing which they will not be able to export to the US.
Talking to media persons in the city, Gujarat Chemical Association president Jaimin Vasa said that upgrading security would make them preferred exporters to US. Currently, US accounts for Rs10,000 crore of the total Rs26,000 crore worth of chemical exports from India. Gujarat accounts for around 18 per cent of total chemical exports from India.
Stakeholders said that if one wants to continue exports to the US, upgrading security measures is imperative. Most of the measures do not cost much are related to adhering to Standard Operating Procedures in storing, transporting, packaging and selling chemicals.
James Snyder, US-based risk management advisor, advised industry units to also obtain Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), a voluntary supply chain security programme led by the US. The C-TPAT applies to US companies as well. This helps reduce Customs inspection.
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FIVE CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED AFTER EXCESS CHEMICALS RELEASED AT LOCAL POOL
Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, pool_chemicals
TAMPA -- Five children were hospitalized Monday evening after a chemical was released at a Calypso Pool on Bearrs Ave.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to the scene and evaluated the patients and evacuated the pool.
Five children were sent to the hospital for further examination after complaining they felt nausea and had stomach discomfort.
The store owner told officials that a thunderstorm caused a breaker to break on an indoor pool pump, causing extra amounts of chemicals to spill and not blend correctly before reaching the pool. 2.5 gallons of mixed Chlorine and Muriatic acid went into the pipe.
When the pump began to function properly again, it pushed the excess chemicals into the pool and caused a small cloud of chlorine gas.
Hazmat members were called to the scene and ventilated the building, making sure the pool chemicals were safely balanced. The pool and the building have been cleared.
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ZIKA-CARRYING MOSQUITOES BUILDING UP TOLERANCE TO CHEMICALS
Tags: us_FL, public, discovery, environmental, pesticides
Disease-carrying mosquitoes are showing signs of becoming resistant to chemicals used to kill them. Now, Lee County Mosquito Control is warning homeowners of using these chemicals on their properties.
We got a behind the scenes look into the testing process at Mosquito Control labs on Monday.
They've tested for the common chemical compound pyrethroid and found the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, the ones most likely to carry Zika, are building up an immunity.
"That mosquito is found all over our county, and it's very problematic because it's our vector for Zika," said Rachel Morreale, field validation biologist with Lee County Mosquito Control.
Across Florida, mosquito control sites have dropped the chemical that can be found at local hardware stores. Many turned to the chemical because it's a naturally occurring insecticide produced by the flowers of the pyrethrums.
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CHEMICAL AT FORD PLANT IN AVON LAKE RELEASED INTO STORM SEWER, LAKE ERIE
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
AVON LAKE, Ohio-- As much as 5,000 gallons of a rust proofing material was released at the Ford Motor Company and into the storm sewer.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency learned of the leak at the plant on Miller Road in Avon Lake late Sunday. The chemical was stored in a 50,000-gallon tank. The EPA said a valve failure is to blame, but the leak was stopped.
The material, made up of deionized water and E-coat, traveled through the storm sewer and an unknown amount ended up in Lake Erie. According to the EPA, the substance appears to be contained in a little bay in the lake, thanks to north winds.
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FIRE BREAKS OUT AT ISFAHAN REFINERY IN IRAN, INJURING 100 WORKERS
Tags: Iran, industrial, fire, injury, petroleum
LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Monday at a
sulphur storage tank in Iran's Isfahan oil refinery, injuring
around 100 workers, ILNA news agency reported.
"The fire broke out at 11:00 a.m. (local time, 0630 GMT).
Almost 100 workers from the Oil Design and Construction Company
(ODCC) were severely injured as a result of the chemical cloud
in the air," ILNA said.
No one was reported to have been killed, and the report did
not mention whether production at the plant had been affected.
There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire at the
refinery in Isfahan province in central Iran.
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