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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 8:09:35 AM
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Table of Contents (6 articles)
PARENTS VOICE FRUSTRATION OVER CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AT MIDDLESE
Tags: us_NJ, education, discovery, response, carbon_dioxide
ONE INJURED AFTER A CHEMICAL SPILL AT A PRESCOTT VALLEY FACILITY TUESDAY
Tags: us_AZ, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
1 MAN SUFFERS MINOR INJURY FROM CHLORINE EXPOSURE IN LEAK AT EPHRATA'S WATER PLANT
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, response, chlorine, water_treatment
STUDENTS SAFE AMID CHLORINE LEAK NEAR CLINTON HIGH, MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Tags: us_NC, education, release, response, chlorine
SODIUM CYANIDE DISCOVERED IN FOSTER MODS FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONARY EVACUATION
Tags: us_MA, education, discovery, response, cyanide
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN KOLKATA'S CHEMICAL GODOWN
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, flammables
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PARENTS VOICE FRUSTRATION OVER CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AT MIDDLESE
http://newjersey.news12.com/story/39297348/parents-voice-frustration-over-carbon-dioxide-levels-at-middlesex-school
Tags: us_NJ, education, discovery, response, carbon_dioxide
MIDDLESEX -
Parents in a Middlesex County town are frustrated and concerned with school officials after they say that their children were exposed to unhealthy levels of carbon dioxide.
Middlesex Borough school officials say that they are working to fix the problem at Von E. Mauger Middle School. A county hazmat team was at the school Tuesday.
But parents say that the school knew about the issue for a while and did not tell parents.
"This is not acceptable. You're subjecting our teachers and our children to unhealthy air,‰?? says parent Lisa Giacone.
Dozens of parents attended a school board meeting Monday night and demanded answers from school administrators. They wanted to know why the levels of carbon dioxide were so high and they wanted to know what was being done to fix the problem.
Samuel Kleiber stayed home from school Tuesday. He says that he and other classmates are finding it hard to concentrate due to the exposure.
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ONE INJURED AFTER A CHEMICAL SPILL AT A PRESCOTT VALLEY FACILITY TUESDAY
https://gcmaz.com/one-injured-after-a-chemical-spill-at-a-prescott-valley-facility-tuesday/
Tags: us_AZ, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
There was a hazmat incident at Superior Industries in Prescott Valley today. Central Arizona Fire and Medical crews responded to the facility on the 98-hundred block of Superior Lane after a chemical spill Tuesday morning. Members of the Prescott Area Hazardous Materials Response Team, along with area fire crews tended to the spill, cleanup and removal of the chemical. One worker was transported to Yavapai Regional Medical Center‰??s East Campus for treatment of non-life threatening injuries after being exposed to the spill. No one else was injured in the incident.
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1 MAN SUFFERS MINOR INJURY FROM CHLORINE EXPOSURE IN LEAK AT EPHRATA'S WATER PLANT
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/man-suffers-minor-injury-from-chlorine-exposure-in-leak-at/article_8d601276-d06f-11e8-a3f9-33494d0dfc3d.html
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, response, chlorine, water_treatment
One person was injured and a school sheltered in place after a chlorine leak at Ephrata's waste water treatment plant on Monday.
Chlorine leaked from a 150 pound cylinder inside the public works facility around 7:30 a.m. at the plant at 321 Church Ave., according to Ephrata police Chief Bill Harvey.
A borough employee was injured after being exposed to chlorine gas, Harvey said. The man was taken to an area hospital for treatment and was "doing well," he said.
Students and staff at nearby Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church and School were asked to shelter in place as well as a few area residents, Harvey said.
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STUDENTS SAFE AMID CHLORINE LEAK NEAR CLINTON HIGH, MIDDLE SCHOOLS
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/students-safe-amid-chlorine-leak-near-clinton-high-middle-schools/1525291634
Tags: us_NC, education, release, response, chlorine
CLINTON, N.C. (WNCN) - A gas leak near Clinton High School‰??s football stadium put students under a temporary lock down Monday morning.
At around 11 a.m. public works crews discovered a chlorine gas leak at a water well site near Clinton High School and Sampson Middle School.
‰??There was a cloud that was released of gas, of chlorine gas and that it was headed in the direction of the wind,‰?? said Wesley Johnson, superintendent at Clinton City Schools.
Johnson says the leak happened while crews were doing routine maintenance on the well. Law enforcement and city leaders responded.
‰??We put the schools on a semi lock down so we could verify that there was no leak coming from the drinking well,‰?? said Johnson.
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SODIUM CYANIDE DISCOVERED IN FOSTER MODS FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONARY EVACUATION
http://www.thejustice.org/article/2018/10/sodium-cyanide-discovered-in-brandeis-foster-mods-following-precautionary-evacuation
Tags: us_MA, education, discovery, response, cyanide
A call to Public Safety warning of a potential chemical hazard resulted in the evacuation of 177 residents from the Foster Mods on Friday, according to University Communications Specialist Julian Cardillo in a series of statements to the Justice and other news organizations on Friday afternoon. According to an email to the Justice from Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan, Public Safety was notified of the incident at 1:20 p.m. and the Waltham Fire Department was dispatched at 1:30 p.m.; they in turn dispatched the state‰??s regional HazMat team. The HazMat team arrived at 3:35 p.m. and most students returned to the Mods at 4:45 p.m., per the same email. According to a 3:22 p.m. email from Vice President for Campus Operations James Gray to the University community, a hazardous chemical substance was found in the Foster Mods. A later email on Friday at 5:14 p.m. from Gray confirmed the chemical was sodium cyanide. Gray clarified that the sodium cyanide was purchased commerc!
ially and was in the form of a non-volatile powder in an email yesterday to the Brandeis community. Additionally, he said there was no evidence that the purchaser intended to harm anyone with the sodium cyanide and ‰??the material was identified, isolated, and removed appropriately and expeditiously.‰?? ‰??Out of an abundance of caution, the Mods were evacuated. We do not believe there is a health risk to the community at this time,‰?? Gray wrote.
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FIRE BREAKS OUT IN KOLKATA'S CHEMICAL GODOWN
http://dailyaddaa.com/Read/fire-breaks-out-in-kolkatas-chemical-godown-55403.html
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, flammables
New Delhi: The officials said that a fire broke out in a chemical godown in the eastern part of Kolkata on Monday evening, but no casualty was reported.
"The fire broke out at about 5.23 p.m. Ten fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire," a fire brigade official said.
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As per the source, although the exact reason of fire is yet to be established, it seems that the huge amount of inflammable materials stacked inside the godown might have led to the fire.
No casualities have been reported.
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