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Monday, October 26, 2020 at 7:26:17 AM
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Table of Contents (13 articles)
EMERGENCY CREWS CALLED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE AT SYMPHONY CHICAGO WEST NURSING HOME IN SOUTH AUSTIN
Tags: us_il, public, release, response, carbon_monoxide
FIREFIGHTERS CALLED TO SLOUGH CHEMICAL INCIDENT
Tags: uk, public, release, injury, cleaners
DEATH TOLL IN MADURAI FIRECRACKER FACTORY EXPLOSION REACHES 7-ANI
Tags: india, industrial, followups, death, fireworks
MULTIPLE AGENCIES RESPOND TO FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT, EVACUATIONS ORDERED
Tags: us_tx, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
MAN INJURED IN SECUNDERABAD GARBAGE DUMP EXPLOSION
Tags: india, public, explosion, injury, wastes
PROCESS SAFETY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY‰??PART I: THERMAL AND REACTION HAZARD EVALUATION PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES
Tags: us, industrial, discovery, environmental, pharmaceutical
OIL SPILL CLEANUP CLOSES DEWEY BEACH 'UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE'
Tags: us_de, public, release, response, petroleum
EPA SETTING UP SALEM STAGING AREA AT FAIRGROUNDS FOR WILDFIRE CLEANUP EFFORTS
Tags: us_or, public, fire, response, environmental, toxic
A FIRST FOR A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE - GRIST
Tags: us, public, discovery, environmental, toxics
FIVE WOMEN CHARRED TO DEATH IN FIREWORKS UNIT ACCIDENT
Tags: india, industrial, explosion, deaths, fireworks
CHEMICAL EXPERTS CALLED TO VAN FIRE AFTER KEROSENE STARTS FEROCIOUS BLAZE
Tags: uk, transportation, fire, response, solvents
PFAS FOUND NEAR TRAVERSE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PRIVATE WELL HOLDOUTS
Tags: us_mi, public, discovery, environmental, toxics
PARENTS WANT BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN ITS DOORS ‰?? DESPITE THE TOXINS INSIDE
Tags: us_vt, education, follow-up, environmental, pcbs
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EMERGENCY CREWS CALLED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE AT SYMPHONY CHICAGO WEST NURSING HOME IN SOUTH AUSTIN
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/10/25/emergency-crews-called-for-carbon-monoxide-at-symphony-chicago-west-nursing-home-in-south-austin/
Tags: us_il, public, release, response, carbon_monoxide
CHICAGO (CBS) ‰?? Ambulances and a hazardous materials team were sent to the Symphony Chicago West nursing home and rehab facility in the South Austin neighborhood due to carbon monoxide.
High carbon monoxide levels were reported on all three floors of Symphony Chicago West, at 5130 W. Jackson Blvd., around 2:40 p.m.
The Fire Department called a Level 2 Hazmat response, and an EMS Plan 1, which calls five ambulances to the scene.
The ambulances were called to the scene as a precaution. As of 3:30 p.m., the nursing home residents were sheltering in place and no one had been taken to a hospital.
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FIREFIGHTERS CALLED TO SLOUGH CHEMICAL INCIDENT
https://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/news/slough/163051/firefighters-called-to-slough-chemical-incident.html
Tags: uk, public, release, injury, cleaners
Firefighters were called to reports of a minor chemical incident in Slough that left a woman with breathing difficulties last night.
Two crews from Slough Fire Station arrived at a property in Aldborough Spur at about 6.30pm where a woman had mixed two cleaning products together, accidently creating a toxic gas.
The concoction had left the woman with minor breathing difficulties and she was taken to hospital.
The fire crews made the scene safe and ventilated the property wearing chemical protection suits.
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DEATH TOLL IN MADURAI FIRECRACKER FACTORY EXPLOSION REACHES 7-ANI
http://www.businessworld.in/article/Death-toll-in-Madurai-firecracker-factory-explosion-reaches-7/24-10-2020-335240/
Tags: india, industrial, followups, death, fireworks
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 24 (ANI): After two more deaths were reported on Saturday, the death toll in the firecracker factory fire reached seven.
According to Kalyana Kumar, Madurai District Fire Officer, the fire that took place on Friday was caused due to friction in the chemical mixing room which spread over the factory.
"A friction fire broke out in the chemical mixing room and it spread over the factory. Myself, Saravana Kumar, Deputy Director of Fire Department, and Sylendra Babu, Director-General of Police of the Fire Department visited the incident spot and inquired," Kumar informed.
Initially, five people died on the spot and three were rescued and sent to a nearby hospital.
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MULTIPLE AGENCIES RESPOND TO FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT, EVACUATIONS ORDERED
https://www.palestineherald.com/news/multiple-agencies-respond-to-fire-at-chemical-plant-evacuations-ordered/article_f5931ec8-167d-11eb-844e-d35a14ba0b16.html
Tags: us_tx, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A fire has been reported at Baze Chemical Plant at FM 323 off Highway 84. All roads around the plant are blocked at this time. The Palestine Fire Department crews are all on scene and the local EMS is staging in the area.
Other local volunteer fire departments have been called in for mutual aid and an evacuation of the surrounding area has begun.
At approximately 11:45 p.m. an emergency text message was sent ordering the evacuation of a half-mile radius to the Civic Center.
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MAN INJURED IN SECUNDERABAD GARBAGE DUMP EXPLOSION
https://www.socialnews.xyz/2020/10/25/man-injured-in-secunderabad-garbage-dump-explosion/
Tags: india, public, explosion, injury, wastes
Hyderabad, Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A man was injured in an explosion at a garbage dump in Secunderabad on Sunday, police said.
The incident occurred in the dump near the Muthyalamma temple in the city's Monda Market area early morning.
Police said the man, believed to be a rag picker, was severely injured after he had put his hand in the dump to pick up something.
He was shifted to Osmania Hospital.
Police along with a bomb disposal squad visited the scene.
They suspect that a chemical reaction in a paint container caused the explosion.
This is the second such incident in Hyderabad.
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PROCESS SAFETY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY‰??PART I: THERMAL AND REACTION HAZARD EVALUATION PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00226
Tags: us, industrial, discovery, environmental, pharmaceutical
Process safety groups in the pharmaceutical industry are important components of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) development through its life cycle from discovery to commercial scale. The pharmaceutical process safety laboratory staff conduct a series of tests to identify chemically unstable reagents, intermediates and solvents, and mixtures to ensure that the proposed operating conditions provide a sufficient safety margin from the onset of undesired and potentially catastrophic thermal decomposition. Across several pharmaceutical companies, the methods used for these assessments and how results and conclusions are made are widespread (vide infra). A working group was created with members from several pharmaceutical companies within the International Consortium for Innovation and Quality in Pharmaceutical Development (IQ), with the goal of precompetitive collaboration and to understand each of the participating companies‰?? procedures and assessment regarding process!
safety. Each company was invited to provide input using a blind survey format. This was done in the interest of making this knowledge accessible for the participating companies and the wider community of other pharma and chemical companies and even academic institutions in the US and throughout the world. This article provides the results of this in-depth survey of the members of the IQ Consortium thermal hazard working group. General issues around different tools used to assess thermal hazard risk and questions regarding staffing and tech transfer of process safety data/information from development to manufacturing were addressed. A snapshot of how various assessment strategies are employed as a function of stage of development (early, mid, and late) is also presented.
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OIL SPILL CLEANUP CLOSES DEWEY BEACH 'UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE'
https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2020/10/23/dewey-beach-closes-oil-spill-cleanup/6007323002/
Tags: us_de, public, release, response, petroleum
Dewey Beach is closed until further notice, the town announced Friday.
Coagulated tar balls from the oil spill that occurred in the Delaware Bay this week are present on the sand, and are being treated as a hazmat risk by the Coast Guard and state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
DNREC and the Coast Guard, which has hired a contractor to help with oil spill cleanup, have been working this week to clean the spill, which has affected about 11 miles of coastline. Investigators are working on finding who is responsible for the spill.
The city of Lewes also closed its beaches on Thursday in response to oil that had come ashore. DNREC additionally closed the four-wheel drive surf fishing crossing at Delaware Beach Plum Island Preserve so that vehicles would not track oil onto the sand, the agency said in a news release.
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EPA SETTING UP SALEM STAGING AREA AT FAIRGROUNDS FOR WILDFIRE CLEANUP EFFORTS
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/epa-setting-up-salem-staging-area-at-fairgrounds-for-wildfire-cleanup-efforts/283-7d0fafe8-c14e-4eb7-9fe3-58aedc5ed61c
Tags: us_or, public, fire, response, environmental, toxic
SALEM, Ore. ‰?? Federal agencies are ramping up wildfire cleanup efforts in Marion, Linn and other affected Oregon counties to protect residents from potentially hazardous materials on burned properties.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is assembling teams to collect household hazardous materials and ensure they are disposed of properly and safely. The EPA will also set up a Response Staging Area in the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center parking lot, the agency said in a news release.
Response workers will use the temporary staging area to evaluate, organize and consolidate materials that EPA field teams recover. It will also serve as the main assembly, assignment and dispatch point for agency responders and contractors each morning as they head to area worksites.
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A FIRST FOR A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE - GRIST
https://grist.org/beacon/a-first-for-a-presidential-debate/
Tags: us, public, discovery, environmental, toxics
There was a first in the final presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle: NBC News White House correspondent and Thursday‰??s moderator Kristen Welker asked a question about environmental justice.
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FIVE WOMEN CHARRED TO DEATH IN FIREWORKS UNIT ACCIDENT
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/five-women-charred-to-death-in-fireworks-unit-accident/article32933727.ece
Tags: india, industrial, explosion, deaths, fireworks
Five women workers were charred to death and three employees, including a man, suffered critical burns in a fire accident at Rajalakshmi Fireworks under the T. Kallupatti police station limits in Madurai district on Friday.
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Fire and Rescue Services personnel from Madurai and Virudhunagar districts, led by Deputy Director (Southern region) P. Saravanakumar, rushed to the spot and put out the fire that had spread from the chemical mixing room to two working sheds.
High temperature
Officials suspect that mixing of chemicals under high atmospheric temperature on a hot afternoon could have triggered an explosion in the mixing room around 2 p.m.
‰??A blast in the chemical mixing room is suspected to have caused the fire,‰?? Madurai Collector T.G. Vinay said. The unit had a licence valid till March 2021. The number of employees working in the unit was within the permitted limit. ‰??An inspection by explosives experts will reveal the actual cause and whether there was any violation of safety rules,‰?? he said.
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CHEMICAL EXPERTS CALLED TO VAN FIRE AFTER KEROSENE STARTS FEROCIOUS BLAZE
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/kerosene-van-fire-blaze-chemicals-4637007
Tags: uk, transportation, fire, response, solvents
Four fire engines were called to a precarious situation after a van loaded with kerosene and paint thinner caught fire.
Fire crews attended the blaze on Ferry Road in Howden at around 1.30pm on Friday with a van well ablaze.
But the situation was complicated by the drums of highly flammable liquid, some of which had already spilled onto the road.
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PFAS FOUND NEAR TRAVERSE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PRIVATE WELL HOLDOUTS
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/pfas-found-near-traverse-city-neighborhood-with-private-well-holdouts.html
Tags: us_mi, public, discovery, environmental, toxics
TRAVERSE CITY, MI ‰?? Residents near the Traverse City airport are being offered bottled water after the state found high levels of toxic PFAS chemicals near a neighborhood where multiple homes still rely on private groundwater wells despite the presence of city water mains.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) is holding a virtual meeting Monday, Oct. 26 to present investigation results from a line of monitoring wells north of Cherry Capital Airport in East Bay Township.
The state found the compound PFOS at 17,900 parts-per-trillion (ppt) in a groundwater monitoring well near the corner of Parsons Road and Aero Park Drive, which leads into an industrial park near the airport and U.S. Coast Guard Station.
State and local authorities worry that about 20 homes in the Pine Grove neighborhood between Parsons Road and Munson Avenue that draw groundwater from private wells for drinking may have been exposed to the contaminants, which are linked to chronic health problems and certain cancers.
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PARENTS WANT BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN ITS DOORS ‰?? DESPITE THE TOXINS INSIDE
https://vtdigger.org/2020/10/22/parents-want-burlington-high-school-to-open-its-doors-despite-the-toxins-inside/
Tags: us_vt, education, follow-up, environmental, pcbs
Seen on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
Since March, the 970 students at Burlington High School have had only one day of in-person education: Their first day, in September, before the discovery of airborne PCBs ‰?? carcinogenic chemicals ‰?? shuttered the building for the fall.
Sara Farnsworth‰??s son, a freshman at BHS, was ‰??super excited‰?? on that first day. Now, facing indefinite remote learning, ‰??he is struggling,‰?? his mother said, and as a single parent of two, working outside of the home has become impossible. The district promises a return to in-person learning by the spring, but Farnsworth is worried. ‰??We‰??re just losing time,‰?? Farnsworth said. ‰??I think that even waiting until January [to return] is too long.‰??
Farnsworth is part of a group of parents pushing for the reopening of Burlington High School, despite elevated levels of PCBs found throughout the building. The ‰??Open BHS‰?? coalition, according to its website, has 131 members ‰??and counting.‰?? At school board meetings, some Open BHS parents have claimed that the levels of PCBs recorded at the high school are safe for students and staff, blaming the Vermont Department of Health for holding the school to ‰??stringent‰?? health standards.
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