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Monday, August 13, 2018 at 7:21:21 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL LAB SCENE OF SMALL FIRE
Tags: us_MI, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
DEPUTIES RESPOND TO REPORT OF EXPLOSION, FIND METH LAB
Tags: us_ME, public, explosion, response, clandestine_lab
AN OVERLOOKED DRY ICE DANGER CAN BE FATAL
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, carbon_dioxide
PUBCHEM CHEMICAL STRUCTURE STANDARDIZATION
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
4 EMPLOYEES TREATED AFTER TOLUENE SPILL IN NEWBURYPORT
Tags: us_MA, industrial, release, injury, toluene
RADIATION SCARE SPARKS HAZMAT RESPONSE AT SEATTLE GOODWILL WAREHOUSE
Tags: us_WA, public, discovery, response, radiation, waste
HYDROCHLORIC ACID LEAKS NEAR BUSINESSES IN DUBUQUE
Tags: us_IA, industrial, release, response, dust, hydrochloric_acid
THREE DAYS AFTER MERCURY SPILL, STILL NO MAIL FOR SOME IN DFW
Tags: us_TX, public, release, response, mercury
OSHA INVESTIGATING WAUSAU CHEMICAL LAB EXPLOSION
Tags: us_wi, laboratory, explosion, followup, unknown_chemical
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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL LAB SCENE OF SMALL FIRE
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/wayne-state-university-chemical-lab-scene-of-small-fire
Tags: us_MI, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
DETROIT - A small fire broke out at Wayne State University on Sunday.
According to Wayne State University officials, students were conducting an experiment in the chemistry building when the fire started. It was quickly extinguished.
Due to the contents of the chemical lab, a hazmat crew from the Detroit Fire Department was called to assist and confirm of a proper clean up.
There were no injuries or property damage reported.
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DEPUTIES RESPOND TO REPORT OF EXPLOSION, FIND METH LAB
http://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/Deputies-respond-to-report-of-explosion-find-meth-lab-490575121.html
Tags: us_ME, public, explosion, response, clandestine_lab
LIMINGTON, Maine (WMTW) - York County sheriff's deputies arrested a Limington woman on charges of manufacturing meth.
Deputies said they responded to a report of a possible explosion at a home on South Road in Limington on Tuesday.
The homeowner, Sarah Goodwin, 38, told deputies nothing had exploded, but deputies said they discovered meth manufacturing materials.
The next day, deputies found "numerous precursor ingredients used to manufacture methamphetamine" and "partially processed ingredients," they said in a news release.
Police say two small children were at the home when the incident occurred.
Goodwin was arrested on a charge of aggravated maintaining a methamphetamine laboratory.
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AN OVERLOOKED DRY ICE DANGER CAN BE FATAL
https://opexshare.doe.gov/lesson.cfm/2018/8/10/22499/Cold-Reality-An-Overlooked-Dry-Ice-Danger-Can-be-Fatal
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, carbon_dioxide
The cold hazard presented by dry ice is well recognized. A recent event highlights a second, more-dangerous hazard that is experienced less frequently - asphyxiation.
Ice cream deliveryman left dry ice in the back seat of his car. It may have asphyxiated his mother.
Around 4 a.m. on Friday morning, police in Tacoma, Wash., got a frantic call: A 51-year-old man had just found his wife and his mother unconscious inside his car. The man, whose name has not been released, runs a business delivering ice cream and had left four coolers full of dry ice on the back seat of the car, local authorities told the News Tribune. He smashed the car‰??s window with a rock and dragged out his wife, who was taken to the hospital in critical condition. But he was too late to save his mother.
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PUBCHEM CHEMICAL STRUCTURE STANDARDIZATION
https://jcheminf.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13321-018-0293-8
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
Standardization of chemical structures is complicated by the diversity of chemical information and their representations approaches. The PubChem standardization is an effective and efficient tool to account for molecular diversity and to eliminate invalid/incomplete structures. Further development will concentrate on improved tautomer consideration and an expanded stereocenter definition. Modifications are difficult to thoroughly validate, with slight changes often affecting many thousands of structures and various edge cases. The PubChem structure standardization service is accessible as a public resource (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/standardize">https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/standardize), and via programmatic interfaces.
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4 EMPLOYEES TREATED AFTER TOLUENE SPILL IN NEWBURYPORT
http://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/employees-treated-after-toluene-spill-in-newburyport/article_3da6c2e9-009f-5d60-acf4-a4263bc8f84f.html
Tags: us_MA, industrial, release, injury, toluene
NEWBURYPORT ‰?? Fire officials responded to a hazardous materials incident late Thursday afternoon at a local business, sending four workers to the hospital.
Around 4 p.m., Newburyport Fire Chief Christopher LeClaire said firefighters were dispatched to Innocor Foam Technologies, at 122 Parker St., for a report of a chemical spill.
When they arrived, firefighters determined four employees needed to be decontaminated at the scene after coming into contact with toluene. About about 10 to 15 gallons of the chemical spilled from a pipe, LeClaire said. According to its website, the company produces innovative foams for bedding materials, furniture and packaging.
The four employees were taken to an area hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life threatening, LeClaire added.
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RADIATION SCARE SPARKS HAZMAT RESPONSE AT SEATTLE GOODWILL WAREHOUSE
https://komonews.com/news/local/radiation-scare-sparks-hazmat-response-at-seattle-goodwill-warehouse
Tags: us_WA, public, discovery, response, radiation, waste
SEATTLE - A hazardous materials team is responding after a radioactive material was found inside the Goodwill warehouse in Seattle. Officials later said there does not appear to be any risk to the public.
Emergency officials said the hazardous material was determined to be radium 226, which is considered dangerous mostly when it is ingested or inhaled. However, Seattle Goodwill spokeswoman Katherine Boury said the amount found was very low in radiation.
Firefighters at the scene said the item is metal - possibly a dial - contaminated with radium, and it is inside a metal container.
The contaminated metal was dropped off at the Goodwill as a donation, and the radioactivity was discovered when a scrap metal recycler came to pick it up. The recycler, like all others, scans metal for radiation before it is picked up and processed.
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HYDROCHLORIC ACID LEAKS NEAR BUSINESSES IN DUBUQUE
http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Hydrocholric-acid-leaks-near-business-in-Dubuque-490585701.html
Tags: us_IA, industrial, release, response, dust, hydrochloric_acid
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) -- Hydrochloric acid leaked near businesses in Dubuque early Friday afternoon.
Wayne Dow, who serves as EMS Supervisor for the Dubuque Fire Department, said they were able to get the leak under control quickly, but they were on scene for hours to ensure the acid was neutralized.
Fire officials on scene said the leak came from a storage tank behind the business, where they were dealing with "about 200 gallons" of hydrochloric acid.
Members of the Dubuque Fire Department used a white powder to cover and contain the spill and keep it from leaking any further.
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THREE DAYS AFTER MERCURY SPILL, STILL NO MAIL FOR SOME IN DFW
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Three-Days-After-Mercury-Spill-Still-No-Mail-for-Some-in-DFW-490589151.html
Tags: us_TX, public, release, response, mercury
If you checked your mail Friday and the box was empty, you are not alone.
People across the metroplex have told us, they are still not getting mail three days after a hazmat spill shut down the U.S. Postal Service distribution and processing center in Coppell.
It all started Tuesday morning when a mailed package containing mercury spilled. Our media partners at KRLD report that it was four gallons worth of mercury, but the USPS currently will not confirm.
That day, employees were told to get screened when leaving the building and to put their clothes and shoes in a plastic bag outside their home, while they waited for further instruction. Mail was temporarily redirected and workers were assigned to different locations nearby.
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OSHA INVESTIGATING WAUSAU CHEMICAL LAB EXPLOSION
http://www.waow.com/story/38858964/2018/08/Friday/osha-investigating-wausau-chemical-lab-explosion
Tags: us_wi, laboratory, explosion, followup, unknown_chemical
WAUSAU, Wis. (WAOW) -
After a chemical explosion at a local lab, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking deeper into the matter.
The small explosion and fire happened July 31 during a chemical process being done in a laboratory at Dietary Pros Inc., a company on Wausau's west side that makes dietary supplements, according to the Wausau Fire Department.
A worker suffered third-degree burns in addition to a broken hip from the explosion.
OSHA has six months to complete the inspection, issue citations and propose penalties due to violations of safety and health regulations.
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