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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] How big of a spill before you call for help?
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:23:30 PM
Author: Marlyn Newhouse <mnewhous**At_Symbol_Here**UU.EDU> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] How big of a spill before you call for help?
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:34:04 -0400
Author: Peter Zavon

From: "Reinhardt, Peter" <peter.reinhardt**At_Symbol_Here**YALE.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] How big of a spill before you call for help?
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:23:42 +0000
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There's no rule of thumb, but this is a good ACS document to take you through the decision-making process.

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/about/governance/committees/chemicalsafety/publications/guide-for-chemical-spill-response.html

Pete Reinhardt, Yale EHS

On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:38 PM, "Phil McKittrick" <phil_mckittrick**At_Symbol_Here**YAHOO.COM> wrote:

Someone asked me how large of a spill they could clean up themselves without calling our internal emergency spill team.  I realize it depends a lot on what was spilled, but let's assume it is something nasty like methylene chloride or benzene.  Is there a good rule of thumb for how large of a spill (outside a hood) can be cleaned up safely?

Phil McKittrick

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