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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 6:20:52 AM
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Table of Contents (10 articles)
SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE PARKWAY BACK OPEN AFTER HAZMAT CLEANUP
Tags: us_VA, transportation, release, response, propane
LEAK OF HIGHLY TOXIC CHEMICAL GAS CAUSES ROAD CLOSURE IN HSINCHU COUNTY ‰?? TAIWAN ENGLISH NEWS
Tags: Taiwan, transportation, fire, response, gas_cylinders, silane
HAZMAT TEAM CLEARS CHEMICAL IRRITANT FROM OTTAWA APARTMENT
Tags: Canada, public, release, response, pepper_spray
FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE AN UNSEEN HAZARD: THEIR GEAR COULD BE TOXIC
Tags: us_NY, industrial, discovery, environmental, toxics
EPA, OSHA TO COORDINATE ON CHEMICAL REVIEWS
Tags: us_WA, public, discovery, environmental
PHOENIX APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERS HAZMAT SITUATION, POWER OUTAGE
Tags: us_AZ, public, release, response, natural_gas
FINES FOR JURONG GAS FIRM AND MANAGING DIRECTOR LINKED TO FATAL LAB BLAST IN 2015, COURTS & CRIME NEWS & TOP STORIES
Tags: Malaysia, laboratory, follow-up, death
2 ARRESTED AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT AT SITE OF SALT LAKE CITY CLANDESTINE LABORATORY
Tags: us_UT, public, explosion, response, illegal, clandestine_lab
SOCOT TOWN GAS CYLINDER TANK BLAST KILLS 1, INJURES 5 OTHERS
Tags: Philippines, public, explosion, death, unknown_chemical, gas_cylinders, propane
NZ AMMONIUM NITRATE STORES REVIEWED AFTER DEADLY BEIRUT BLAST DEEMED LOW RISK
Tags: New_Zealand, industrial, follow-up, environmental, ammonium_nitrate
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SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE PARKWAY BACK OPEN AFTER HAZMAT CLEANUP
https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/01/26/crews-close-part-of-smith-mountain-lake-parkway-due-to-hazmat-cleanup/
Tags: us_VA, transportation, release, response, propane
HUDDLESTON, Va. (WDBJ) - UPDATE: The Smith Mountain Lake Parkway is back open and the scene is clear after a hazmat cleanup Tuesday, according to the Huddleston Volunteer Fire Department.
EARLIER: Fire crews in Huddleston closed a portion of the Smith Mountain Lake Parkway Monday as they worked to clear a hazmat situation.
According to David Elliot, Assistant Chief with Huddleston Volunteer Fire Department, the parkway was closed from the intersection at Crab Orchard Road up to the intersection with Route 43, which is about a 2.6 mile stretch of road.
Elliot said a propane truck overturned and fell into a ditch. The State Department of Emergency Services has requested a regional response from the Roanoke and Salem hazmat teams.
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/LEAK OF HIGHLY TOXIC CHEMICAL GAS CAUSES ROAD CLOSURE IN HSINCHU COUNTY ‰?? TAIWAN ENGLISH NEWS
https://taiwanenglishnews.com/leak-of-highly-toxic-chemical-gas-causes-road-closure-in-hsinchu-county/
Tags: Taiwan, transportation, fire, response, gas_cylinders, silane
Firefighters closed a section of road in Hsinchu County for three hours after a gas cylinder being transported from the Hsinchu Science Park caught fire while leaking highly volatile silane gas today, January 26.
The Hsinchu County Fire Bureau received a report that a gas cylinder on a truck was emitting flame, and thick, yellow smoke on Shuangyuan Road in Baoshan Township at 8:54 am.
Fire fighters sprayed water on the cylinder, while police closed pedestrian and vehicular traffic in both directions.
Personnel from Taiwan‰??s Environmental Protection Agency Toxic and Chemical Substances Bureau, and Hsinchu Science Park‰??s Environmental Safety Group were dispatched to the scene to assist and supervise operations.
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/HAZMAT TEAM CLEARS CHEMICAL IRRITANT FROM OTTAWA APARTMENT
https://globalnews.ca/news/7600156/ottawa-hazmat-team-apartment/
Tags: Canada, public, release, response, pepper_spray
Hazardous material teams were dispatched to an Ottawa highrise Monday night to clear out an airborne chemical that was causing breathing problems and eye irritations to residents, according to emergency response teams.
Residents of an apartment complex on Cambridge Street North called emergency services at 9:19 p.m. Monday night to report what they believed to be a kind of pepper spray in the hallway, a spokesperson for Ottawa Fire Services said Tuesday morning.
Firefighters arriving at the scene confirmed the presence of a ‰??chemical product‰?? in one hallway of the building, the spokesperson said.
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/FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE AN UNSEEN HAZARD: THEIR GEAR COULD BE TOXIC
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/climate/pfas-firefighter-safety.html
Tags: us_NY, industrial, discovery, environmental, toxics
This week, in a first, firefighters are demanding independent testing for cancer-linked chemicals known as PFAS in their gear and that their union drop sponsorships from chemical and equipment makers.
Every day at work for 15 years, Sean Mitchell, a captain in the Nantucket Fire Department, has put on the bulky suit that protects him from the heat and flames he faces on the job. But last year, he and his team came across unsettling research: Toxic chemicals on the very equipment meant to protect their lives could instead be making them gravely ill.
This week, Captain Mitchell and other members of the International Association of Fire Fighters, the nation‰??s largest firefighters‰?? union, are demanding that union officials take action. They want independent tests of PFAS, the chemicals in their gear, and for the union to rid itself of sponsorships from equipment makers and the chemical industry. In the next few days, delegates representing the union‰??s more than 300,000 members are expected to vote on the measure ‰?? a first.
‰??We‰??re exposed to these chemicals every day,‰?? Captain Mitchell said. ‰??And the more I looked into it, the more it felt like the only people who were saying these chemicals were safe were the people who make it.‰??
The demands come as the safety of firefighters has become an urgent concern amid the worsening effects of climate change, which bring rising temperatures that prime the nation for increasingly devastating fires. In October, two dozen firefighters in California ‰?? where a record 4.2 million acres burned across the state last year ‰?? filed suit against 3M, Chemours, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and other manufacturers, claiming that the companies for decades knowingly made and sold firefighting equipment loaded with toxic chemicals without warning of the chemicals‰?? risks.
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/EPA, OSHA TO COORDINATE ON CHEMICAL REVIEWS
https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/20781-epa-osha-to-coordinate-on-chemical-reviews
Tags: us_WA, public, discovery, environmental
Washington ‰?? Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and OSHA on Jan. 8 signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formally coordinate efforts amid EPA‰??s ongoing review of new chemicals under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which amended the Toxic Substances Control Act.
According to an EPA press release, the agencies have previously collaborated on workplace exposures to EPA‰??s review of new chemicals, as required under TSCA.
EPA states the MOU will advance that partnership and ‰??help achieve the agencies‰?? shared goal of ensuring workers are protected from potential health and environmental risks‰?? through measures including:
Establishing designated staff and management points of contact from EPA and OSHA to discuss and resolve workplace exposure issues related to EPA‰??s review of new chemicals.
Providing to OSHA regular updates on EPA‰??s new chemical determinations, including any necessary worker protections.
Documenting EPA‰??s role in identifying and informing OSHA of requisite formal consultation concerning EPA‰??s review of new chemicals.
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/PHOENIX APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERS HAZMAT SITUATION, POWER OUTAGE
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/phoenix-apartment-complex-suffers-hazmat-situation-power-outage
Tags: us_AZ, public, release, response, natural_gas
PHOENIX - Some residents in a Phoenix apartment complex were forced to evacuate after a hazardous situation on Monday, Jan. 25. To make matters worse, they lost power.
Crews say a tree fell over and broke a gas line near 11th Avenue and Bell Road.
First, the residents were dealing with the intense weather the Valley experienced, then a hazardous situation call.
Hazmat trained firefighters and the gas company arrived on scene to secure the leak. Residents say the wind was extremely strong and they were worried about trees coming down.
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/FINES FOR JURONG GAS FIRM AND MANAGING DIRECTOR LINKED TO FATAL LAB BLAST IN 2015, COURTS & CRIME NEWS & TOP STORIES
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/fines-for-jurong-gas-firm-and-managing-director-linked-to-lab-blast-which
Tags: Malaysia, laboratory, follow-up, death
SINGAPORE - An industrial gas supply firm was fined $340,000 while its managing director was fined $45,000 on Tuesday (Jan 26) for workplace safety lapses which led to a blast in 2015 that killed one employee and injured at least seven others.
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The explosion, which ripped through Leeden National Oxygen's laboratory in Tanjong Kling Road near Pioneer Road, also left at least seven wounded.
On Dec 1 last year, the company and its managing director Steven Tham Weng Cheong, now 69, were each convicted of an offence under the Workplace Safety and Health Act.
The court heard that they had failed to take measures to ensure that unsafe modified regulatory valve assemblies (RVA) were not used when testing combustible gases.
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/2 ARRESTED AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT AT SITE OF SALT LAKE CITY CLANDESTINE LABORATORY
https://gephardtdaily.com/local/2-arrested-after-fire-breaks-out-at-site-of-salt-lake-city-clandestine-laboratory/
Tags: us_UT, public, explosion, response, illegal, clandestine_lab
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 24, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) ‰?? A man and a woman have been arrested after a fire broke out at the site of a clandestine laboratory in Salt Lake City.
A probable cause statement from the 3rd District Court of Salt Lake City said Ryan Joseph Cahouet, 25, and Brianna Westre, 21 were taken into custody.
Cahouet and Westre are facing charges of:
Operation of a clandestine laboratory, a first-degree felony
Controlled substance schedule I or II, a second-degree felony
Possession of a controlled substance, marijuana/spice, a class B misdemeanor
Use or possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor
The probable cause statements for both say 911 was called for a fire in an apartment after a refrigerator exploded and caught fire early Saturday evening.
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/SOCOT TOWN GAS CYLINDER TANK BLAST KILLS 1, INJURES 5 OTHERS
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1125794
Tags: Philippines, public, explosion, death, unknown_chemical, gas_cylinders, propane
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ‰?? A 10-year-old boy was killed while five other persons were injured after a gas cylinder tank accidentally exploded outside a house in Norala town, South Cotabato on Sunday.
Maj. Bernie Faldas, chief of Norala municipal police station, said Monday the incident happened past 9 a.m. at the residence of the Rapista family in Sub-Purok Bliss, Purok Reloquemas in Barangay Poblacion.
He said a balloon vendor identified as Neilfren Cabuhay, 40, and several family members had just finished inflating balloons using what looked like an LPG tank when it suddenly exploded.
Citing accounts from witnesses, Faldas said one of the victims reportedly mixed unknown chemicals and filled the tank with them before the incident.
‰??The investigation is still ongoing and we‰??re mainly determining the chemicals that caused the explosion,‰?? he said in a report.
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/NZ AMMONIUM NITRATE STORES REVIEWED AFTER DEADLY BEIRUT BLAST DEEMED LOW RISK
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/123772986/nz-ammonium-nitrate-stores-reviewed-after-deadly-beirut-blast-deemed-low-risk
Tags: New_Zealand, industrial, follow-up, environmental, ammonium_nitrate
New Zealand‰??s significant ammonium nitrate stocks have been reviewed since an explosion killed 200 people in Beirut earlier this year.
The August 4 blast also wounded thousands and damaged a significant part of Beirut's port and central city.
It was fuelled by 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stockpiled at an unsecured port warehouse for about six years. Lebanese authorities are still investigating the explosion.
Documents released by WorkSafe under the Official Information Act reveal five sites were identified as ‰??Upper Tier Major Hazard Facilities‰?? in New Zealand, each storing a significant amount of technical and fertiliser grade ammonium nitrate.
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