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Monday, November 30, 2020 at 6:40:29 AM
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Table of Contents (7 articles)
OVERTURNED TANKER TRUCK CLOSES HWY 26 NEAR ZIGZAG
Tags: us_OR, transportation, release, response, diesel
FIREFIGHTERS CONTAIN LEVEL 3 HAZMAT SITUATION IN ROXBURY
Tags: us_MA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT TEAM CALLED OUT AFTER 'LEAKING ACID' CONTAINER FOUND IN STOKE-ON-TRENT STREET
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, cleaners
AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN EASTVALE TEMPORARILY EVACUATED, SEVERAL HOSPITALIZED IN POSSIBLE HAZMAT INCIDENT ‰?? PRESS ENTERPRISE
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
TWO WORKERS DIE INSIDE CHEMICAL TANK AT DENIM WASHING UNIT
Tags: India, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
STATES BANNING DEADLY PAINT STRIPPER ALLOWED BY TRUMP
Tags: public, follow-up, environmental, methylene_chloride
HAZMAT TEAMS RESPOND TO JORDAN CREEK FOR CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_PA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
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OVERTURNED TANKER TRUCK CLOSES HWY 26 NEAR ZIGZAG
https://www.kptv.com/news/overturned-tanker-truck-closes-hwy-25-near-zigzag/article_15424d42-32a4-11eb-9621-cb6807e8fdbc.amp.html
Tags: us_OR, transportation, release, response, diesel
CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) ‰?? An overturned semi-truck hauling diesel fuel closed Highway 26 near ZigZag on Sunday, according to Hoodland Fire District.
The semi-truck tipped over and began leaking diesel fuel in the 69000 block of Highway 26 at about 5:22 a.m. All lanes on Hwy 26 were closed, and a Hazmat team from Gresham Fire Department have responded to assist with the cleanup.
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FIREFIGHTERS CONTAIN LEVEL 3 HAZMAT SITUATION IN ROXBURY
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/27/metro/firefighters-respond-level-3-hazmat-situation-roxbury/
Tags: us_MA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
Boston firefighters contained an unknown chemical during a level 3 hazardous materials situation at a retail plaza Friday evening in Roxbury , officials said.
The type of chemical was not disclosed. Crews responded at 7:20 p.m. to a construction site in the parking lot at 1620 Tremont St., the department said on Twitter.
A Stop & Shop store and other businesses are located at the plaza.
No injuries were reported, Brian Alkins, a department spokesman, said in a brief interview
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HAZMAT TEAM CALLED OUT AFTER 'LEAKING ACID' CONTAINER FOUND IN STOKE-ON-TRENT STREET
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/hazmat-team-called-out-after-4746079
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, cleaners
A hazmat team had to be called out after a 'leaking acid' container was found in a Stoke-on-Trent street.
Emergency services were dispatched to Goms Mill Road in Longton shortly after 10.10pm last night after a man made the discovery in a car park on the street.
On arrival police cordoned off the road, while the firefighters and hazmat advisor assessed the situation and located the leaking 25l container.
The man who called in the incident was checked over by paramedics, after accidentally getting the fluid on his hands and shoes, but did not require hospital treatment.
Eventually the liquid was found to a concentrated cleaning solution, but as it had reacted with the road surface, thee fire service notified Stoke-on-Trent City Council and left the incident in their hands.
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AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN EASTVALE TEMPORARILY EVACUATED, SEVERAL HOSPITALIZED IN POSSIBLE HAZMAT INCIDENT ‰?? PRESS ENTERPRISE
https://www.pe.com/2020/11/28/amazon-distribution-center-in-eastvale-evacuated-several-hospitalized-in-possible-hazmat-incident/
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
Several employees at an Amazon distribution center in Eastvale were hospitalized Saturday afternoon after they were exposed to a possible hazardous material, authorities said.
Fire authorities evacuated 150 employees from the Amazon Fulfillment Center on 4950 Goodman Road and transported six workers to local hospitals for what were described as moderate to minor injuries, said the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, which declined to describe their symptoms.
‰??They were exposed to an unknown substance inside the building,‰?? said Jody Hagemann, spokeswoman for Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire.
The incident was first reported to authorities at 4:38 p.m. Hazmat teams with the county responded to the facility to isolate the substance and find out what it is.
‰??We have not identified or isolated it yet,‰?? she said.
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TWO WORKERS DIE INSIDE CHEMICAL TANK AT DENIM WASHING UNIT
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/two-workers-die-inside-chemical-tank-at-denim-washing-unit/1984165
Tags: India, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
Ahmedabad, Nov 28 (PTI) Two workers died of asphyxiation while cleaning a chemical tank at a denim washing unit in Gulabnagar area here on Saturday, the police said.
The incident took place at Haji Wash Company in Danilimda police station limits.
Two workers descended into the tank to clean up water mixed with chemicals used to wash denim, a police officials said.
They fainted while working.
"Other workers called an ambulance service and the fire department. When the fire department''s rescue team pulled them out of the tank, they were dead," the official said.
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STATES BANNING DEADLY PAINT STRIPPER ALLOWED BY TRUMP
https://www.nationalmemo.com/paint-stripper-allowed-by-trump
Tags: public, follow-up, environmental, methylene_chloride
Wendy Hartley, whose son Kevin died at age 21 after using a toxic paint stripper, met with ex-EPA chief Scott Pruitt two years ago to urge him to ban a chemical in the stripper that has killed people since 1947.
But when the EPA evaluated the chemical, methylene chloride, under the Toxic Substances Control Act, the agency decided the chemical didn't present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment under some conditions.
"Nothing short of a ban would be sufficient," said Hartley, who brought photos of her son and his death certificate to her meeting with Pruitt.
New York, the District of Columbia, and ten other states have sued the EPA and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in federal court seeking to overturn the EPA order. The case was filed in the Second Circuit but it was transferred to the Ninth Circuit, where the case merged with a lawsuit brought by a group of environmental organizations.
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HAZMAT TEAMS RESPOND TO JORDAN CREEK FOR CHEMICAL SPILL
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/hazmat-teams-respond-to-jordan-creek-for-unknown-spill/article_a44d89de-3015-11eb-9d9a-c3507247f17e.html
Tags: us_PA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
ALLENTOWN, Pa. | Hazmat teams responded to an unknown spill in Jordan Creek on Thanksgiving morning.
The Allentown and Lehigh County hazmat teams were called to the creek near Gordon Street Bridge off American Parkway, said Chief James Wehr, of the Allentown Fire Department.
The teams placed booms, otherwise known as an absorbent, to soak up and contain the unknown chemical spilled in the creek.
Wehr says the hazmat teams are still investigating what caused the spill, and what substance the spill was.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said as of Thursday afternoon, the Lehigh County hazmat team determined it was caused by a motor vehicle accident Wednesday evening.
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