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Monday, September 13, 2021 at 6:47:14 AM
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Table of Contents (11 articles)
PITTSBURGH POLICE: SUSPECTED METH LAB FOUND IN SQUIRREL HILL HOME
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, discovery, response, drugs
2 WORKERS DEAD AFTER HAZMAT INCIDENT AT VALLEY PROTEINS IN FAYETTEVILLE
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
MILDENHALL HUB GYM EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILLAGE
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
TANKER TRUCK SPILL THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF FUEL ON I-95
Tags: us_VA, transportation, release, response, diesel
PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOM LAB, HASH OIL AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS FOUND IN WARRANT SEARCH AT WARNER SPRINGS SITE
Tags: us_CA, public, discovery, response, clandestine_lab
TWO DEAD, FOUR HOSPITALIZED AFTER CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK IN LITTLE VILLAGE ‰?? CBS CHICAGO
Tags: us_IL, public, release, death, carbon_monoxide
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL AT UCSB
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, release, response, other_chemical
9/11 SURVIVORS' EXPOSURE TO TOXIC DUST AND THE CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT FOLLOWED OFFER LESSONS THAT ARE STILL TOO OFTEN UNHEEDED
Tags: us_NY, public, follow-up, environmental, asbestos, batteries, dust, dye, mercury, metals, paints
FISH DIE IN CHEMICAL POLLUTION INCIDENT IN RIVER COLNE IN HUDDERSFIELD AS ENVIRONMENT AGENCY LAUNCH INVESTIGATION
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, environmental, bleach, illegal
IG NOBEL FOR CHEMISTS WHO ANALYSED THE SMELL OF CINEMA AUDIENCES
Tags: Germany, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
PREDICTING THE FIRE AND EXPLOSION PROPERTIES OF EARLY-PHASE ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS
Tags: laboratory, discovery, environmental, dust, pharmaceutical
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PITTSBURGH POLICE: SUSPECTED METH LAB FOUND IN SQUIRREL HILL HOME
https://www.wtae.com/article/nebraska-911-memorial-climb-generation-first-responders-fallen-heroes/37567941
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, discovery, response, drugs
PITTSBURGH ‰??
Pittsburgh police made an arrest in connection with what officials said appeared to be a meth lab in a home in Squirrel Hill Sunday morning.
Officers were called to a home in the 6300 block of Darlington Road, near Shady Avenue, for a burglary in progress just after 1 a.m.
When police arrived on the scene, officials said officers escorted everyone out of the home and found the suspected meth lab in a room upstairs.
Police arrested a man who now faces several changes. They are looking for another suspect and continuing to investigate.
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2 WORKERS DEAD AFTER HAZMAT INCIDENT AT VALLEY PROTEINS IN FAYETTEVILLE
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/2-workers-dead-after-hazmat-incident-at-valley-proteins-in-fayetteville/
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) ‰?? Two workers at a plant in Cumberland County died after they were found unresponsive during a hazmat incident Sunday afternoon, officials say.
The incident was reported just after 1:30 p.m. at Valley Proteins at 1309 Industrial Drive, according to a statement from the Cumberland County Sheriff‰??s Office.
A hazmat team responded to the scene and two workers were found unresponsive, the statement said.
The workers later died, according to a news release from deputies. The building was evacuated soon after hazmat teams responded.
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MILDENHALL HUB GYM EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILLAGE
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/mildenhall-hub-evacuated-after-chemical-spillage-8316400
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
A leisure centre in Mildenhall was evacuated following a chemical spillage in its plant room.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service received a callout to Mildenhall Hub, in Sheldrick Way, at 10.30am on Sunday.
A spokesman for the fire service confirmed five engines were at the scene of the spillage, while a further six appliances are on standby.
However, a stop was called shortly after 2pm after the spillage was contained.
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TANKER TRUCK SPILL THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF FUEL ON I-95
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/crash-closes-interstate-95-south-richmond-09-11-2021
Tags: us_VA, transportation, release, response, diesel
RICHMOND, Va. -- An early-morning wreck that caused a tanker truck to spill thousands of gallons of diesel fuel along Interstate 95 in Richmond closed the heavily-traveled interstate for much of Saturday.
Troopers were called to the crash involving a sedan and a tanker truck on I-95 south near the Boulevard exit just after 5:40 a.m., according to Sgt. Dylan Davenport with Virginia State Police.
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Investigators said that when a 44-year-old man driving a sedan changed lanes, he hit the front of the tanker truck.
The big rig then ran off the left side of the interstate, hit the jersey wall and overturned, according to Davenport.
That is when the truck started to spill thousands of gallons of diesel fuel, according to Richmond Fire officials.
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PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOM LAB, HASH OIL AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS FOUND IN WARRANT SEARCH AT WARNER SPRINGS SITE
https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/psychedelic-mushroom-lab-hash-oil-and-hazardous-chemicals-found-warrant-search-warner-springs-site
Tags: us_CA, public, discovery, response, clandestine_lab
September 11, 2021 (Warner Springs) ‰?? A San Diego County Sheriff‰??s warrant search related to a Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) extraction lab early Friday morning at 28519 Highway 79 in Warner Springs also found a psilocybin (psychedelic mushroom) lab.
‰??Psilocybin labs have specific safety concerns due to the unique dangers they create with potential for spore contamination,‰?? says Sergeant Kamon Harris.
Also found were three tons of hash oil with a street value of $81.5 million and hazardous materials indicative of a possible THC extraction lab, as well as a loaded firearm, over 460 pounds of processed marijuana, and 5.5 pounds of psilocybin with a street value of $6,600.
‰??These hazardous materials may enter the local ground water supply and streams, creating extreme environmental hazards,‰?? Sgt. Harris says. Due to hazardous materials being located on the property, the San Diego County's Hazmat Team and personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) responded to seize the dangerous substances.
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TWO DEAD, FOUR HOSPITALIZED AFTER CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK IN LITTLE VILLAGE ‰?? CBS CHICAGO
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/09/10/fatal-carbon-monoxide-leak-little-village/
Tags: us_IL, public, release, death, carbon_monoxide
CHICAGO (CBS) ‰?? Two people died and four other people were hospitalized, including three children, after a carbon monoxide leak Friday afternoon at a home in the Little Village neighborhood.
Chicago Fire Department Acting Deputy District Chief Barry Garr said firefighters responded to a home in the 2800 block of West 22nd Place on Friday afternoon, after a neighbor reported a gas smell.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL AT UCSB
https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2021/09/10/hazardous-material-spill-at-ucsb/
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, release, response, other_chemical
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A toxic chemical spill was reported on the UC Santa Barbara campus late Friday night. It happened around 9:30 p.m. in the Physical Sciences building.
The UCSB Police Department and Santa Barbara County Fire responded to the scene. Students were evacuated from the area. No medical emergencies have been reported.
A fire department spokesperson tweeted the hazardous material that spilled was Hydrogen Bromide.
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9/11 SURVIVORS' EXPOSURE TO TOXIC DUST AND THE CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT FOLLOWED OFFER LESSONS THAT ARE STILL TOO OFTEN UNHEEDED
https://theconversation.com/9-11-survivors-exposure-to-toxic-dust-and-the-chronic-health-conditions-that-followed-offer-lessons-that-are-still-too-often-unheeded-166537
Tags: us_NY, public, follow-up, environmental, asbestos, batteries, dust, dye, mercury, metals, paints
The 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York resulted in the loss of 2,753 people in the Twin Towers and surrounding area. After the attack, more than 100,000 responders and recovery workers from every U.S. state ‰?? along with some 400,000 residents and other workers around ground zero ‰?? were exposed to a toxic cloud of dust that fell as a ghostly, thick layer of ash and then hung in the air for more than three months.
The World Trade Center dust plume, or WTC dust, consisted of a dangerous mixture of cement dust and particles, asbestos and a class of chemicals called persistent organic pollutants. These include cancer-causing dioxins and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, which are byproducts of fuel combustion.
The dust also contained heavy metals that are known to be poisonous to the human body and brain, such as lead ‰?? used in the manufacturing of flexible electrical cables ‰?? and mercury, which is found in float valves, switches and fluorescent lamps. The dust also contained cadmium, a carcinogen toxic to the kidneys that is used in the manufacturing of electric batteries and pigments for paints.
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FISH DIE IN CHEMICAL POLLUTION INCIDENT IN RIVER COLNE IN HUDDERSFIELD AS ENVIRONMENT AGENCY LAUNCH INVESTIGATION
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/fish-die-in-chemical-pollution-incident-in-river-colne-in-huddersfield-as-environment-agency-launch-investigation-3379043
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, environmental, bleach, illegal
Members of the public reported seeing the dead and distressed fish in the water at Aspley, near Huddersfield.
The substance involved has been identified as sodium hydrocholrite - a disinfectant and bleaching agent - but it is not known where the chemical came from or who is responsible for its illegal release into the river.
The Environment Agency said: "We received reports of dead and distressed fish in the River Colne on September 2 and responded immediately. Our incident response officer attended the site and found that the water had been polluted with sodium hypochlorite, killing a number of fish and other aquatic life. Our investigation has confirmed the sodium hypochlorite has stopped flowing into the water. We‰??re now investigating the circumstances that led to the pollution."
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IG NOBEL FOR CHEMISTS WHO ANALYSED THE SMELL OF CINEMA AUDIENCES
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ig-nobel-for-chemists-who-analysed-the-smell-of-cinema-audiences/4014384.article
Tags: Germany, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
The 2021 Ig Nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to a group of researchers who analysed the odours emitted by cinema-goers to try to determine the levels of violence, sex, antisocial behaviour, drug use and bad language in the films they were watching.
The team behind the work were presented with their award by Nobel laureate Barry Sharpless in an online ceremony. Sharpless noted that ‰??research on smell is undervalued and it‰??s very important‰??, and explained that his experience memorising the smell of more than 3000 stockroom chemicals was pivotal in his development as a chemist ‰?? something that would likely be advised against today.
The Ig Nobel prizes have been awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research every year since 1991, recognising scientific studies that make people ‰??laugh, then make them think‰??.
In a video describing the science behind the chemistry prize, Jonathan Williams, who leads a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, explained that the team used instruments ‰??normally used to investigate the chemistry going on over the Amazon rainforest‰??, to measure the concentrations of volatile organic compounds and carbon dioxide in cinemas. The aim was to see if they could develop a data-driven method to determine the age rating given to different films. They concluded that isoprene spikes in cinema air were correlated with how shocking a scene is and might help determine what age rating a film should receive. The winners each received an Ig Noble trophy that they had to assemble themselves, and a counterfeit 10 trillion Zimbabwean dollar bill.
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PREDICTING THE FIRE AND EXPLOSION PROPERTIES OF EARLY-PHASE ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.oprd.1c00197
Tags: laboratory, discovery, environmental, dust, pharmaceutical
Early-phase drug product (DP) manufacture from an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is often performed in the absence of fire and explosion data, as material for testing either does not exist or cannot be spared. This leads to onerous processing restrictions, as properties are assumed to be ‰??worst case‰?? or processes are run with an inadequate basis of safety, leading to accidents. Full testing for fire and explosion properties uses about 800 g of material. This paper discusses predictive methodologies used by GSK R&D based on chemistry knowledge and experiments using <1 g of material to identify ‰??materials of concern‰?? (e.g., low minimum ignition energy or adverse dust explosion properties) that require additional safety measures or accelerated testing. The methodology has been employed on over 20 compounds in GSK R&D.
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