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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (8 articles)
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:43:57 -0500
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 6:43:34 AM
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Table of Contents (8 articles)
BROKEN GLASS IN PACKAGE PROMPTS HAZMAT CALL AT HOSPITAL
Tags: us_KY, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
CASS RIVER OIL SLICK GATHERS SAGINAW AREA HAZMAT CREWS
Tags: us_MI, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
GAS LEAK EXPLOSION DESTROYS SPRINGVILLE APARTMENT BUILDING
Tags: us_UT, public, explosion, response, other_chemical
CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE IN CHATTOGRAM CATCHES FIRE
Tags: Bangladesh, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
FORMER CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR JAILED FOR MAKING METH
Tags: us_AR, public, follow-up, environmental, clandestine_lab
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT GOUCHER COLLEGE, OFFICIALS SAY
Tags: us_MD, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
FOREVER CHEMICALS ADD TO MINNESOTA IMPAIRED WATERS LIST
Tags: us_MN, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
HOW TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL
Tags: us_CA, industrial, discovery, environmental, oils
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BROKEN GLASS IN PACKAGE PROMPTS HAZMAT CALL AT HOSPITAL
https://www.wtvq.com/broken-glass-in-package-prompts-hazmat-call-at-hospital/
Tags: us_KY, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) ‰?? The sound pf broken glass in a newly delivered package prompts precautions at a Lexington hospital.
Fire crews and hazardous materials teams were called to CHI Saint Joseph‰??s East on North Eagle Creek at about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday after staff in the pharmacy heard the sound of broken glass in ‰??a box of small bottles of an anesthesia liquid, Sevoflurane, which had just been delivered,‰?? the hospital said.
‰??The fire department hazardous materials team assessed the situation and removed the materials. No employees were harmed and there was no danger to employees or patients,‰?? the hospital added.
Fire crews cleared the scene at 1:07 p.m.
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CASS RIVER OIL SLICK GATHERS SAGINAW AREA HAZMAT CREWS
https://www.wsgw.com/cass-river-oil-slick-gathers-saginaw-area-hazmat-crews/
Tags: us_MI, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
An oil slick was reported around 3pm Tuesday on the Cass River in Frankenmuth.
The Frankenmuth fire department reported the 60-foot wide slick was found stretching nearly a quarter mile upstream to the Holz-Brucke Covered Bridge near the Bavarian Inn.
According to Fire Chief Phillip Kerns, the department contacted the Michigan Pollution Emergency Alerting System when the oil was found, activated the Saginaw County HazMat Team, and deployed the department‰??s boat and drones in an attempt to determine the size of the spill and a potential source.
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GAS LEAK EXPLOSION DESTROYS SPRINGVILLE APARTMENT BUILDING
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/crews-respond-to-fire-possible-explosion-at-springville-apartment
Tags: us_UT, public, explosion, response, other_chemical
SPRINGVILLE, Utah ‰?? An explosion rocked a Springville apartment complex Tuesday, sending crews from multiple departments to battle the fire.
READ: Woman claims 'chemical warfare' for setting SLC building on fire
Officials say a gas line was being worked on nearby just after noon when something caused the explosion in the apartment. Flames quickly spread to another apartment unit next door.
"I seen apartments all in flames, exploded and was just in flames the whole thing engulfed in flames," said Shawn Aguilar, who lives in the complex.
A mother and her young daughter who live in the apartment where the explosion occurred, along with a man who lived next door, were not home at the time of the incident. However, the woman's apartment was completely destroyed in the explosion.
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CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE IN CHATTOGRAM CATCHES FIRE
https://www.newagebd.net/article/154208/chemical-warehouse-in-chattogram-catches-fire
Tags: Bangladesh, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A fire broke out at a chemical warehouse at Sadarghat area in Chattogram Tuesday night.
The fire broke out at about 8:30pm at the chemical warehouse, owned by Babul Majhi, at Majhirghat area, said Newton Das, deputy assistant director of Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defence.
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FORMER CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR JAILED FOR MAKING METH
https://cen.acs.org/research-integrity/misconduct/Former-chemistry-professor-jailed-makign/99/web/2021/11
Tags: us_AR, public, follow-up, environmental, clandestine_lab
former chemistry professor was sentenced to 4 months in jail by an Arkansas court after pleading guilty to making methamphetamine at work.
Bradley Allen Rowland entered his guilty plea in Clark County District Court on Nov. 5. In addition to the jail time, he must also pay his former employer, Henderson State University (HSU), $149,917 in restitution. According to news reports, this is the amount HSU paid for cleaning and repair of its science building after a spill of benzyl chloride, a precursor to phenyl-2-propanone, which is used in the synthesis of methamphetamine.
On Oct. 27, a jury acquitted Terry David Bateman, another former chemistry professor at HSU, who was accused of making methamphetamine with Rowland.
In 2019, police had arrested Bateman and Rowland, charging the chemists with making methamphetamine, manufacturing a controlled substance in a drug-free zone, and possession of phenylpropanolamine, a precursor of methamphetamine. The case gained significant media attention due to its similarities with the popular TV series ‰??Breaking Bad,‰?? in which a fictional chemistry teacher cooks crystal meth.
At the time, both Bateman and Rowland pleaded not guilty. But in Bateman‰??s trial, Rowland testified against his former colleague, alleging that both he and Bateman were guilty. Bateman, however, denied all allegations, claiming that Rowland was solely guilty.
After pleading guilty, Rowland paid HSU $10,000 on Nov. 5 and is due to pay the university a further $25,000 within 30 days, prosecuting attorney Dan Turner says in a statement published by HSU‰??s newspaper, the Oracle. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Rowland will also serve 200 hours of community service, be on supervised probation for 6 years, and be treated for substance abuse.
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FIRE BREAKS OUT AT GOUCHER COLLEGE, OFFICIALS SAY
https://patch.com/maryland/towson/fire-breaks-out-goucher-college-officials-say
Tags: us_MD, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
TOWSON, MD ‰?? Fire broke out on the Goucher College campus over the weekend.
Firefighters from the Providence Volunteer Fire Company said they handled a blaze inside a testing lab at the Hoffberger Science Building after 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6.
Crews extinguished a small fire in a laboratory oven at the building in the 1000 block of Dulaney Valley Road, officials said.
Afterward, firefighters helped with ventilation and smoke removal.
Nobody was injured, according to the fire company.
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FOREVER CHEMICALS ADD TO MINNESOTA IMPAIRED WATERS LIST
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/science-and-nature/7273056-Forever-chemicals-add-to-Minnesota-impaired-waters-list
Tags: us_MN, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
Minnesota regulators on Monday said they have added another 305 streams and lakes to the state‰??s list of officially polluted waterways, bringing the total to 2,904, including more waterways tainted by the PFAS family of forever chemicals.
This is the first time the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has included greater Minnesota waterways for PFAS and other forever chemicals that have been linked to multiple health problems in humans, including cancer.
The PCA added Wild Rice Lake and Fish Lake just north of Duluth for PFAS contamination as well as Winona Lake in Alexandria and the St. Croix River from the Taylors Falls Dam through Lake St Croix. They join several Twin Cities lakes and streams already listed for PFAS pollution.
The News Tribune first reported in 2010 that fish in Wild Rice Lake just north of the Duluth airport carried PFAS chemicals.
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HOW TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/11/08/how-to-clean-up-an-oil-spill
Tags: us_CA, industrial, discovery, environmental, oils
he safer, a 45-year-old oil tanker, has been rusting off the west coast of Yemen since 2015. It lies 9km from the port of Hodeida, which is under the control of Houthi rebels. A stalwart crew of just seven people oversees the corroding ship and its cargo of almost 1.1m barrels of oil. A spill would disrupt the clean-water supply of around 9m people, according to a study published last month by researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. If the worst happens, how might it get cleaned up?
Nature does most of the work on its own. In the first 12 hours following a marine oil spill, up to 50% of the lightest compounds transform into vapour and evaporate. The heavier gloop left behind is then weathered by waves, sunlight and oxygen, and eventually broken down into smaller pieces that dissolve or drop to the seafloor. Micro-organisms also love munching on oil. But this biodegradation can take years. Because of this, human intervention is necessary. Clean-up efforts encourage bacteria to grow by adding nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, though this process is still slow, requiring other methods to deal with what remains.
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