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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 7:47:47 AM
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Table of Contents (7 articles)
GASL LEAK REPORTED AT CHAPIN SC HARDEE‰??S RESTAURANT
Tags: us_SC, public, release, response, carbon_dioxide
HAZMAT SPILL CLOSES CALIF. EMERGENCY ROOM
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, response, liquid_oxygen
AFTER DEADLY 2014 FOOD-TRUCK BLAST, U-HAUL, EX-MANAGER PLEAD GUILTY TO HAZMAT TRAINING VIOLATIONS
Tags: us_PA, transportation, follow-up, death, gas_cylinders, propane
AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES WANTS TO TEST ALL VERMONT DRINKING WATER FOR PFAS CHEMICALS
Tags: us_VT, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
CAUSE OF GAS LEAK THAT CLOSED TWO LYNN BUILDINGS REMAINS A MYSTERY ‰?? CBS BOSTON
Tags: us_MA, public, release, response, petroleum
HEALTH RISKS OF CHEMICALS IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS: A REVIEW
Tags: laboratory, discovery, response, other_chemical
8,000 BATTERIES CAUGHT FIRE ON PORCH OF OROVILLE HOME
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, batteries
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GASL LEAK REPORTED AT CHAPIN SC HARDEE‰??S RESTAURANT
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article225225080.html
Tags: us_SC, public, release, response, carbon_dioxide
LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC
A carbon dioxide leak in a drink machine forced the evacuation of a Chapin restaurant Tuesday morning.
Lexington County Fire Service and hazmat crews responded to the Hardee‰??s on the 1400 block of Chapin Road in Chapin for what turned out to be a carbon dioxide leak in the drink machine, according to county spokesman Harrison Cahill.
Low oxygen levels in the restaurant resulted from the leak, and the business has been evacuated and closed while crews ventilate and wait for repair personnel, Cahill said. No injuries have been reported.
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HAZMAT SPILL CLOSES CALIF. EMERGENCY ROOM
https://www.ems1.com/hazmat/articles/393315048-Hazmat-spill-closes-Calif-emergency-room/
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, response, liquid_oxygen
LOS ANGELES ‰?? A fire department responded to a hospital hazmat spill that forced the closure of the emergency room.
CBS Los Angeles reported that an LAFD hazmat crew responded to the Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital after a damaged pipe caused a liquid oxygen spill.
Fire department officials said a pipe from a 2,000-gallon tank was sheared and most of the oxygen inside spilled out.
According to ABC7, the spill created a shoulder-high vapor cloud in the parking lot, causing ambulance tires and portions of walls and streets to freeze slightly.
Hospital officials said no one was harmed in the incident, but some patients were transferred by ambulance to another hospital. The hospital‰??s ambulance bay was also impacted by the spill.
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AFTER DEADLY 2014 FOOD-TRUCK BLAST, U-HAUL, EX-MANAGER PLEAD GUILTY TO HAZMAT TRAINING VIOLATIONS
http://www.philly.com/news/u-haul-feltonville-food-truck-explosion-guilty-plea-hearing-20190129.html
Tags: us_PA, transportation, follow-up, death, gas_cylinders, propane
U-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania and the former general manager of its Feltonville operation pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to two counts each of violating hazardous-materials training regulations in a case that stemmed from a 2014 Feltonville food-truck explosion that killed a mother and daughter.
The company and Miguel Rivera, who was the general manager at U-Haul‰??s location at Hunting Park Avenue and Front Street, did not admit in their pleas to filling the propane tank attached to the La Parrillada Chapina food truck, which ruptured on July 1, 2014, killing Olga Galdamez, 42, and her daughter Jaylin Galdamez, 17, and injuring 11 others.
Instead, they pleaded guilty to two counts related to using at least two untrained workers to fill propane cylinders at the Hunting Park Avenue facility in June and July 2014.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Abrams told U.S. District Judge Robert Kelly that plea agreements called for U-Haul to pay a $1 million fine, the maximum amount for the two counts, and to be on probation for two years, and for Rivera to pay a $2,000 fine.
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AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES WANTS TO TEST ALL VERMONT DRINKING WATER FOR PFAS CHEMICALS
http://digital.vpr.net/post/agency-natural-resources-wants-test-all-vermont-drinking-water-pfas-chemicals#stream/0
Tags: us_VT, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
The Agency of Natural Resources wants to test all of Vermont‰??s drinking water for five per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and the agency said it will begin a rulemaking process to add the five chemicals to the list of contaminants that all public drinking water suppliers must monitor on a regular basis.
Agency of Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Peter Walke said before the rulemaking process begins state officials will spend about a month meeting with water system engineers and scientists to get a better understanding of what the change might mean for municipalities and public water supply operators across the state that will be required to run the new tests.
‰??This means that all public water supplies will have to address this through their normal process,‰?? said Walke. ‰??This will affect a number of different entities from public drinking water systems to the public at large and it will be a definite change to things.‰??
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CAUSE OF GAS LEAK THAT CLOSED TWO LYNN BUILDINGS REMAINS A MYSTERY ‰?? CBS BOSTON
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/01/28/cause-of-gas-leak-that-closed-two-lynn-buildings-remains-a-mystery/
Tags: us_MA, public, release, response, petroleum
LYNN (CBS) ‰?? Two buildings in Lynn were closed for hours after concerns about a strong petroleum gas smell. Firefighters have been able to confirm there was a leak but said the source remains a mystery.
The buildings, one on Central Avenue and one on Munroe Street, were in the process of reopening Monday afternoon. A hazmat crew initially responded to the area around 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
Lynn firefighters responded Central Avenue and Munroe Street Sunday nights for reports of a strong gas odor (WBZ-TV)
According to the Lynn Fire Department, it appeared the odor led toward a Speedway gas station nearby. The gas station said none of their leak detectors had gone off and there was no indication of a leak, though.
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HEALTH RISKS OF CHEMICALS IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS: A REVIEW
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018320166
Tags: laboratory, discovery, response, other_chemical
Abstract:
- Phthalates and bisphenol-A are the most frequently discussed in the literature.
- Literature is concentrated in a few functional use and product applications.
- Publications on a chemical surge following major exposure incidents.
- Literature shows a tendency to focus on the chemicals with known human health risks.
Creative Commons article
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8,000 BATTERIES CAUGHT FIRE ON PORCH OF OROVILLE HOME
https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Very-Large-Pile-of-Batteries-At-the-Start-of-the--504949252.html
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, batteries
OROVILLE, Calif. - The Oroville Fire Department responded to an unusual structure fire on Saturday afternoon at 1212 3rd Ave. in Oroville.
It was just about 4:45 p.m. when a report was made of a fire at a single family home with a small fire on the back porch.
The origin, said Fire Captain David Hilson, involved a pile of about 8,000 batteries, mostly D-sized.
We were told the batteries were to be used as part of a business venture.
Captain Hilson said the fire was contained quickly with minimal damage to the actual home, but a hazmat team had to be called in to clean up the burned pile of batteries and associated damage.
The Butte County Public Health Department was involved in the removal of the toxic debris.
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