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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 06:20:06 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Friday, August 19, 2016 at 6:19:50 AM
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Table of Contents (14 articles)
2 INJURED IN HAZMAT INCIDENT IN JEFFERSON PARK
Tags: us_il, public, release, injuries, sulfuric_acid
U.S. AIR FORCE TO CHANGE FIRE FOAM DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS
Tags: us_co, discovery, response, environmental, other_chemical
FIREFIGHTERS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER PHOENIX HAZMAT FIRE
Tags: us_az, fire, response, injuries, chlorine
HOVERBOARD EXPLOSION SPARKS HOUSE FIRE IN DANIA BEACH ‰?? WSVN 7NEWS
Tags: us_FL, public, explosion, response, batteries
YOUR POOL-PEEING HABITS ARE PISSING OFF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, pool_chemicals
TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT QUIETLY ENDORSES TOXIC CHEMICAL TO CLEAN UP OIL SPILLS
Tags: Canada, transportation, discovery, environmental, oils
CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES STRETCH OF CROWN VALLEY PARKWAY IN LAGUNA NIGUEL
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, pool_chemicals
COLORADO AIR FORCE BASE MAY HAVE RELEASED CHEMICAL INTO DRINKING WATER, MILITARY SAYS ‰?? THE DENVER POST
Tags: us_CO, public, discovery, environmental, toxics
TWO KILLED BY AMMONIA LEAK AT MALAYSIAN CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: Malaysia, industrial, release, death, ammonia
MICROBEADS ARE LEACHING TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO FISH, SPARKING PUBLIC HEALTH FEARS
Tags: Australia, public, discovery, response, plastics
FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO SMALL SPILL ON UW CAMPUS
Tags: us_WI, laboratory, release, response, dust
RESIDENTS DECONTAMINATED AFTER MOTUEKA CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: New_Zealand, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
ALERT TRUCK DRIVER KEEPS DENISON BUSINESS SAFE FROM HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Tags: us_TX, transportation, fire, response, batteries
HAZMAT TEAM DISPATCHED AFTER MERCURY SPILL SENDS PANIC AT MUAR HOSPITAL
Tags: Malaysia, public, release, response, mercury
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2 INJURED IN HAZMAT INCIDENT IN JEFFERSON PARK
Tags: us_il, public, release, injuries, sulfuric_acid
Two people were taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon when someone using sulfuric acid to clean pipes caused a hazardous materials incident in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Firefighters responded to hazmat situation in the 5500 block of North Parkside, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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U.S. AIR FORCE TO CHANGE FIRE FOAM DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS
Tags: us_co, discovery, response, environmental, other_chemical
The U.S. Air Force is changing the foam it uses to fight fires because of concerns the substance has contaminated groundwater and spread to drinking water at some military sites.
The Air Force said it awarded a $6.2 million contract on Monday to replace the firefighting foam with an ‰??environmentally responsible foam‰?? to reduce the risk of possible contamination of soil and groundwater.
The current foam is used where potentially catastrophic fuel fires can occur, such as in a plane crash, because it can rapidly extinguish the flames. It contains perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOS and PFOA, which are both considered emerging contaminants by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and have been linked to cancer and other illnesses.
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FIREFIGHTERS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER PHOENIX HAZMAT FIRE
Tags: us_az, fire, response, injuries, chlorine
PHOENIX - Six firefighters were taken to the hospital after fighting a fire involving chlorine gas near McDowell Road and 32nd Street early Thursday.
They have since been released.
"This is not our regular bread and butter," said Cpt. Rob McDade of the Phoenix Fire Department. "This isn't a house fire where we know what we're dealing with."
Five were treated for respiratory issues related to ingesting chlorine. Another was treated for a knee injury after scaling the roof of the building.
"[It's like] an asthma attack-type feeling," said hazmat firefighter Kevin Kotmer, describing how it feels to ingest the pungent chemical. "[It was a] lungs-were-burning-type of sensation."
McDowell Road was closed from 32nd to 36th streets as firefighters battled the blaze, which was out by 5 a.m.
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HOVERBOARD EXPLOSION SPARKS HOUSE FIRE IN DANIA BEACH ‰?? WSVN 7NEWS
Tags: us_FL, public, explosion, response, batteries
DANIA BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A hoverboard explosion is to blame for a house fire in Dania Beach, Monday afternoon.
According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, a hoverboard burst into flames inside of a home located along the 800 block of Argonaut Isle, at around 3 p.m.
Fire rescue officials said Lawrence Gaalswyk was inside his home when he heard a loud noise that sounded like someone was banging on the door. ‰??There was a good pop, bang,‰?? said the homeowner.
Instead, Gaalswyk found what looked like a fireworks display inside one of their home‰??s bedrooms. ‰??I saw literally an orange glow coming out of the bedroom, and sparks and chunks of plastic and parts, whatever, flying out of the bedroom,‰?? he said. ‰??There were chunks bigger than a golf ball, of burning plastic and metal.‰??
The homeowner said he then carefully walked toward the bedroom for a closer inspection. ‰??I kind of peeked around the doorway, and the hoverboard was there, and it was exploding,‰?? he said.
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YOUR POOL-PEEING HABITS ARE PISSING OFF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, pool_chemicals
Do you love the smell of a chlorinated pool in the summertime? Unfortunately, urine for a surprise.
That nostalgia-inspiring aroma is actually a result of disinfection byproducts, or DBPs, created when people skip the bathroom and pee in the pool ‰?? and those DBPs are not good for you.
A new video produced by the American Chemical Society explains that when urine and other organic matter mix with the disinfectants we use in pools, they set off chemical reactions that produce compounds such as cyanogen chloride, chloroform, dichloramine, trichloramine and bromoform ‰?? AKA the unwanted DBPs.
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TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT QUIETLY ENDORSES TOXIC CHEMICAL TO CLEAN UP OIL SPILLS
Tags: Canada, transportation, discovery, environmental, oils
The federal government has quietly authorized Canada‰??s embattled pipeline regulator to allow use of a controversial toxic substance that caused major damage during the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Corexit 9500A ‰?? a chemical known to seriously harm marine life including fish, shellfish, and coral ‰?? is intended to be used by industry after an offshore oil spill. Critics say the chemical is dangerous and describe the oil spill response process as "polluter decides."
Corexit has been hotly-debated since it was added to the list of federally-approved spill-treating agents in 2015, and was kept there by the Trudeau government in spring 2016. It has yet to be deployed in Canadian waters and the decision to do so now rests with the National Energy Board (NEB) which bases its oil spill response on an environmental evaluation from the oil and gas company responsible for the damage.
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CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES STRETCH OF CROWN VALLEY PARKWAY IN LAGUNA NIGUEL
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, pool_chemicals
LAGUNA NIGUEL ‰?? A traffic collision involving a car and a pool cleaner‰??s truck has forced the closure of Crown Valley Parkway in both directions between Cabot Road and Arlington Drive because of a hazardous materials spill Wednesday morning.
‰??The pool truck was stopped at a signal when it was rear-ended at a low rate of speed by another vehicle,‰?? Orange County Fire Authority Captain Stephen Horner said. Chemicals, including chlorine in liquid, grain and tablet forms, and acid, began to spill from the truck bed -- pooling on the roadway and creating a vapor cloud, Horner said.
The spill was contained to the roadway and did not make it to nearby storm drains, Horner said. A hazardous materials team was dispatched to the location and Orange County Fire Authority believes cleanup operations could be ongoing until 10 a.m.
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COLORADO AIR FORCE BASE MAY HAVE RELEASED CHEMICAL INTO DRINKING WATER, MILITARY SAYS ‰?? THE DENVER POST
Tags: us_CO, public, discovery, environmental, toxics
The military said Wednesday it has identified six places on an Air Force base in Colorado where firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals may have escaped into the environment and made its way into drinking water in two nearby communities.
Engineers who conducted the review recommended a follow-up investigation at Peterson Air Force Base, where the foam was used in firefighting drills and equipment tests. It contained perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, which have been linked to prostate, kidney and testicular cancer, along with other illnesses.
The military is checking bases nationwide for possible releases of the foam into the environment.
It wasn‰??t immediately clear what the next phase of the investigation at Peterson would entail. The Air Force previously announced plans to drill monitoring wells and take soil samples to determine whether the chemicals were seeping into underground water from the base.
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TWO KILLED BY AMMONIA LEAK AT MALAYSIAN CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: Malaysia, industrial, release, death, ammonia
KUALA LUMPUR - Two workers were killed and three injured by an ammonia leak Tuesday at a Malaysian chemical plant, the company said.
"Five contractors were affected. The company however regrets to inform that two fatalities have been reported," Petronas Chemicals Group said in a statement.
The firm is a unit of state energy group Petronas. The leak happened at its plant in the eastern state of Sabah.
Petronas Chemicals produces a range of petrochemical products including olefins, polymers and fertilisers.
The company said the leak had been contained and authorities are investigating the cause.
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MICROBEADS ARE LEACHING TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO FISH, SPARKING PUBLIC HEALTH FEARS
Tags: Australia, public, discovery, response, plastics
Australian and Chinese researchers have shown for the first time that chemical pollutants accumulated on the surface of microbeads can pass into the fish that eat them.
With fish being a staple meat in the Australian diet, the researchers say products with the tiny plastics should be immediately removed from sale.
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FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO SMALL SPILL ON UW CAMPUS
Tags: us_WI, laboratory, release, response, dust
MADISON, Wis. -
Madison Fire Department crews responded to a small chemical spill on the University of Wisconsin campus early Tuesday, according to a news release.
UW-Madison study looks at concussions effect on academics
Spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said several crews, including the Hazardous Incident Team, were called to Rennebohm Hall near UW Hospital at around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday after custodial crews found a refrigerator shelf had collapsed and spilled chemical powder.
The chemical was found to be cyanauric chloride, which is dormant unless combined with water or specific chemicals, fire officials said.
UW safety crews were able to clean up the chemical spill, the release said.
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RESIDENTS DECONTAMINATED AFTER MOTUEKA CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: New_Zealand, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
Motueka residents and police officers were being put through a decontamination tent as a precaution after a chemical spill in the town's main street.
The residents, including a family with a baby, had walked through the area at the corner of High St and Tudor St where the spill of about 190-litres of Hi-Cane hydrogen cyanamide occurred from a barrel on a container truck around 11.30am.
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ALERT TRUCK DRIVER KEEPS DENISON BUSINESS SAFE FROM HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Tags: us_TX, transportation, fire, response, batteries
DENISON, Texas -- Hazmat crews were called in on Tuesday to clean up a spill in Denison.
Authorities say a delivery driver dropped off a pallet containing chemicals and batteries at the NAPA Auto Parts store on Crawford.
The driver noticed the pallet was smoldering so he moved the pallet away from the building and reported it to the Denison Fire department.
Crews responded and put out the fire. Hazmat then responded to clean up due to the nature of the items involved in the fire.
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HAZMAT TEAM DISPATCHED AFTER MERCURY SPILL SENDS PANIC AT MUAR HOSPITAL
Tags: Malaysia, public, release, response, mercury
MUAR: A broken thermometer, spilling 15ml of mercury, stirred panic among medical staff and patients at the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital, here on Monday.
A Johor Fire and Rescue Department hazardous material (Hazmat) team operation chief Saiful Bahri Safar said an eight-member team from Pekan Nanas was deployed to
handle the situation and arrived at the hospital at 4.15pm.
"There were several staff and patients waiting for their turn at the X-ray room when it happened. There was panic when they saw the thermometer fell and broke.
"Fortunately, no one was directly exposed to the mercury. The hospital attendant and others in the room underwent medical checks and were given the all clear," said Saiful Bahri.
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