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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (13 articles)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:48:10 -0500
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Friday, March 12, 2021 at 6:47:56 AM
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Table of Contents (13 articles)
COMMERCIAL TANKER CARRYING FLAMMABLE LIQUID OVERTURNS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU
Tags: us_MO, transportation, release, response, flammables
EXPLOSION IN CHEMICAL UNIT: TWO DEAD, FOUR INJURED
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, death, nitric_acid, pharmaceutical, waste
FORMER ILLINOIS TEACHER CONVICTED OF POURING NITROGEN ON STUDENT
Tags: us_IL, laboratory, follow-up, injury, nitrogen
ROAD REOPENS AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL ON BRONSON AVENUE
Tags: canada, public, release, response, cleaners
FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO UVA CHEMISTRY BUILDING
Tags: us_va, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
HUGE FIRE DESTROYS BIBB COUNTY BUSINESS AS MULTIPLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPOND
Tags: us_al, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
EXPLOSION OF E-CIGARETTE BATTERY INSIDE WORKER'S POCKET COMPARED TO 'FIREWORKS GOING OFF'
Tags: australia, public, explosion, injury, batteries
THE PENTAGON'S MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR "FOREVER CHEMICALS" PROBLEM
Tags: us, public, discovery, enviromental, toxics
7 PEOPLE EVALUATED FOLLOWING CHEMICAL INCIDENT AT OLD SAYBROOK WALMART
Tags: us_ct, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT CHEMICAL FACTORY IN THANE
Tags: india, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
MEASURING HOW PLASTIC PACKAGING DISRUPTS OUR HORMONES
Tags: ireland, laboratory, discovery, enviromental, toxics
SAFETY CONCERNS FOR MOF SYNTHESES‰??UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOR OF DMF MIXTURES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE
Tags: uk, laboratory, discovery, enviromental, other_chemical
THE SCHLENK LINE GUIDE
Tags: uk, laboratory, discovery, environmental
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COMMERCIAL TANKER CARRYING FLAMMABLE LIQUID OVERTURNS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU
https://www.kfvs12.com/2021/03/12/commercial-tanker-carrying-flammable-liquid-overturns-cape-girardeau/
Tags: us_MO, transportation, release, response, flammables
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A commercial tanker carrying flammable liquid overturned on South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau on March 11.
According to the Cape Girardeau Police Department, no one was injured, and no other cars were damaged.
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EXPLOSION IN CHEMICAL UNIT: TWO DEAD, FOUR INJURED
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/120321/explosion-in-chemical-unit-two-dead-four-injured.html
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, death, nitric_acid, pharmaceutical, waste
KAKINADA: Two supervisors -- Kakarla Subrahmanyam (31) of Patavala Village in Tallarevu Mandal and Thotakura Venkata Ramana (37) of Mallavaram village of Tallarevu Mandal of East Godavari district -- died and four employees were wounded in an explosion in a pharmaceutical unit.
The incident occurred at Autonagar in Sarpavaram of Kakinada Rural Mandal on Thursday Afternoon.
The four injured -- operators Kudipudi Srinivas, Nammi Simhadri Rao and Regalla Rajkumar and Incharge deputy manager Kalaga Satya Saibaba -- were rushed to a private hospital.
According to sources, raw material for calcium and other medicines, made out of waste from prawn, are processed in the unit with nitrofurantoin, nitric acid etc.
SP Adnan Nayeem Asmi said that when the process of mixing of nitric acid with other chemicals was on, there was a rise in temperature. A supervisor was trying to adjust the valve. Suddenly, a blast occurred. ‰??Two supervisors died and four employees were injured,‰?? he said.
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FORMER ILLINOIS TEACHER CONVICTED OF POURING NITROGEN ON STUDENT
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-illinois-teacher-convicted-of-pouring-nitrogen-on-student/ar-BB1euLli?li=BBnb7Kz
Tags: us_IL, laboratory, follow-up, injury, nitrogen
WHEATON, Ill. ‰?? A former chemistry teacher at a suburban Chicago high school has been convicted of reckless conduct for pouring liquid nitrogen on a student during a science demonstration in 2018, injuring the youth.
A DuPage County jury on Tuesday also found Garry Brodersen, 66, guilty of one count of endangering the health or life of a child following a two-day trial, prosecutors said. That charge and the reckless conduct charge are both misdemeanors.
Brodersen, of Carpentersville, was performing a science demonstration in front of a class in May 2018 at Bartlett High School when prosecutors said he poured liquid nitrogen on a male student‰??s chest and groin area. The student suffered burn injuries to a finger and his groin, the state‰??s attorney‰??s office said.
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ROAD REOPENS AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL ON BRONSON AVENUE
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/road-closures-around-potential-chemical-leak-on-bronson-avenue
Tags: canada, public, release, response, cleaners
The Ottawa fire department‰??s hazardous materials team tackled a chemical spill at a building just south of Gladstone Avenue on Wednesday.
Crews were called to a one-storey commercial building at 11:19 a.m. A contractor called in to do a cleanup of chemical products in the basement reported that the products had mixed together, creating fumes.
The building and neighbouring buildings were evacuated as the hazmat team went in to do an assessment, Ottawa Fire Services said.
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FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO UVA CHEMISTRY BUILDING
https://www.nbc29.com/2021/03/10/fire-crews-respond-uva-chemistry-building/
Tags: us_va, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A University of Virginia chemistry building was evacuated in connection with a hazmat situation Wednesday.
Emergency crews were called out to the facility on McCormick Road around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 10.
Officials say no one was hurt.
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HUGE FIRE DESTROYS BIBB COUNTY BUSINESS AS MULTIPLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPOND
https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/local/2021/03/11/fire-engulfs-cahaba-pallets-tuesday/6937289002/
Tags: us_al, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
Smith said as far as the hazmat side of things, they are part of the Alabama Mutual Aid System. They receive funding, equipment and training from the state to respond to events such as the Cahaba Pallet fire.
Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue units and hazmat team went to Bibb County on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, to assist in the firefighting efforts at Cahaba Pallet in Centreville.
The Centreville City Hall's social media post on Facebook said the hazmat team was called in after a drone the Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue used "zoomed in on a potential chemical hazard located directly behind the main building."
Leaders were called in and quickly made the decision to evacuate a half-mile radius of the fire, the social media post continued. Centerville's police chief, a sergeant, and volunteers went door-to-door to inform citizens of the potential danger.
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EXPLOSION OF E-CIGARETTE BATTERY INSIDE WORKER'S POCKET COMPARED TO 'FIREWORKS GOING OFF'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-11/e-cigarette-explosion-injures-worker-on-wa-mine-site/13235948
Tags: australia, public, explosion, injury, batteries
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety says a WA mine worker was injured after an electronic cigarette battery spontaneously ignited in his pocket.
Key points:
The electronic cigarette exploded inside the worker's pocket while he was travelling in a light vehicle
The explosion caused severe burns and was compared to "fireworks going off"
Safety regulators say an e-cigarette explosion on a mine site could be "potentially catastrophic"
The worker received severe thermal and chemical burns to his leg from the explosion, which is known as "thermal runaway", when batteries overheat to dangerously high temperatures.
The battery ignited inside a light vehicle, in which two other mine workers were travelling.
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THE PENTAGON'S MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR "FOREVER CHEMICALS" PROBLEM
https://www.axios.com/defense-department-afff-pfas-contamination-9e69920d-041e-4035-969a-14cfbb3e18bd.html
Tags: us, public, discovery, enviromental, toxics
Multiple states are pressuring the Department of Defense to address its widespread "forever chemical" problem after the Pentagon admitted hundreds of drinking water systems were contaminated through the use of flame-retardant foam at military bases around the country.
Why it matters: As alarm over the health and environmental impact of these chemicals continues to grow, DoD has said that cleaning the pollution and finding the alternative fire-fighting system that Congress has demanded will cost billions of dollars.
The big picture: Seven states ‰?? New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Vermont ‰?? have passed regulations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water.
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7 PEOPLE EVALUATED FOLLOWING CHEMICAL INCIDENT AT OLD SAYBROOK WALMART
https://www.wfsb.com/news/11-people-taken-to-hospital-following-chemical-incident-at-old-saybrook-walmart/article_8e4b37a4-81c7-11eb-8c8e-cf1804344ffd.html?block_id™5300
Tags: us_ct, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
OLD SAYBROOK, CT (WFSB) -- Fire crews were called to the Walmart in Old Saybrook for the report of an unknown odor within the building.
It happened around 11:30 a.m. at the Boston Post Road store.
The fire chief said the odor was coming from acid gas vapors emanating from overheated batteries in a floor scrubber.
It led to 11 people who reported felling sick, but just seven being evaluated for minor irritants. Fire officials initially said they were taken to the hospital, but they later corrected that information.
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FIRE BREAKS OUT AT CHEMICAL FACTORY IN THANE
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/fire-breaks-out-at-chemical-factory-in-thane/articleshow/81444295.cms?from=mdr
Tags: india, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area of Ambernath in Maharashtra's Thane district on Thursday morning, a civic official said.
Firefighting operations are underway. There is no report of any casualty so far.
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MEASURING HOW PLASTIC PACKAGING DISRUPTS OUR HORMONES
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/measuring-how-plastic-packaging-disrupts-our-hormones-1.4499173
Tags: ireland, laboratory, discovery, enviromental, toxics
How do you analyse the effects of potential endocrine disruptors?
I co-ordinate the Marie Curie ITN Protected project, a network that researches the global threat to public health and the environment from endocrine disruptors. As part of that, we grow human cells in the lab and then add the chemicals to them and analyse their effects. We also test chemical mixtures, modelled on the types and concentrations of chemicals that have been found in human blood. This makes our work more realistic to the human situation.
What have you been finding?
In the Protected project, our tests show that endocrine disruptors can affect hormone receptors found within our cells, and even disturb connections between brain cells. Recently my group at Queen‰??s has been assessing chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA), a substance used to make plastics. We have found that some of these replacement chemicals are actually more hormonally active in the lab than BPA.‰??
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SAFETY CONCERNS FOR MOF SYNTHESES‰??UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOR OF DMF MIXTURES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00353
Tags: uk, laboratory, discovery, enviromental, other_chemical
Herein we report how various metal‰??organic framework (MOF) reaction mixtures behave at elevated temperature and pressure. Adiabatic calorimetry and high-pressure differential scanning calorimetry experiments were conducted to probe the effect of excessive heating of these reaction mixtures to determine the safe working limits. These data demonstrate the safe working limits for certain reactions using DMF, metal, and linker mixtures.
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THE SCHLENK LINE GUIDE
https://www.chemistryworld.com/careers/a-free-online-guide-to-master-schlenk-lines/4013274.article
Tags: uk, laboratory, discovery, environmental
Andryj Borys saw a Schlenk line for the first time when he started his PhD. Soon he realised that using it well required very specific skills that, like dark magic and traditional family recipes, seemed extremely secret ‰?? passed along by chemists for generations. The few books on the subject were often outdated and behind paywalls, so Borys decided to take action: based on his own lab notes and drawings, he created the Schlenk Line Survival Guide and shared it online for free.
The project began a few years into Borys‰?? PhD at the University of Kent. ‰??My supervisor, Ewan Clark, started teaching me lots of useful techniques, and I decided to keep detailed step-by-step records,‰?? he explains. The lab treasured them and used them to teach other students. ‰??This really encouraged me to create something more thorough, and make it available to help others,‰?? adds Borys, who is now a postdoc at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Three years after his first encounter with a Schlenk line, he published the guide online. ‰??Since April 2019, the website has received over 100,000 views!‰??
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