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Friday, December 30, 2022 at 5:20:53 AM
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Table of Contents (11 articles)
UPDATE: NO REPORTABLE CONTAMINANTS FOUND IN IOWA RIVER AFTER MARENGO EXPLOSION
Tags: us_IA, public, follow-up, environmental, gasoline
FEDERAL AGENCY RELEASES FINAL REPORT ON SUPERIOR REFINERY EXPLOSION, OVER 4 YEARS LATER
Tags: us_MN, industrial, follow-up, environmental, asphalt, flammables, metals
FIRE IN CHEMICAL TANKER ON MUMBAI-AHMEDABAD HIGHWAY; NO CASUALTY, TRAFFIC AFFECTED
Tags: India, transportation, fire, response, cleaners
HEALTH DEPARTMENT LIFTS NO-CONTACT ORDER FOR FLINT RIVER SIX MONTHS AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_MI, public, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
LOS ANGELES MEDICAL FACILITY EVACUATED AFTER MERCURY SPILL
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, mercury
ABOUT 700 GALLONS OF DIESEL SPILL AT CONSTRUCTION SITE ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE
Tags: us_NY, industrial, release, response, diesel
DH LATEST NEWS, DH NEWS, LATEST NEWS, DEATH, NEWS , ANDHRA PRADESH, FIRE ACCIDENT, 4 PEOPLE KILLED, PHARMA LAB.
Tags: India, industrial, fire, injury, drugs, pharmaceutical
EXPLOSION INJURES 54 AT PAINT MANUFACTURING
Tags: Iran, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
NEW MEXICO ALLOCATES GRANTS FROM $32M MINE SPILL SETTLEMENT
Tags: us_NM, public, follow-up, environmental, metals
FIRE RAVAGES THROUGH A TOKYO CHEMICAL FACTORY
Tags: Japan, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
WHAT ARE ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS?
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
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UPDATE: NO REPORTABLE CONTAMINANTS FOUND IN IOWA RIVER AFTER MARENGO EXPLOSION
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/update-no-reportable-contaminants-found-in-iowa-river-after-marengo-explosion-water-division-state-hygienic-laboratory
Tags: us_IA, public, follow-up, environmental, gasoline
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The City of Iowa City conducted a water sample test of the Iowa River following the C6-Zero plant explosion in Marengo that happened on Dec. 8.
The Water Division of Iowa City took water samples to the State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL), which found no reportable detection of contamination, according to a press release sent out by the City of Iowa City on Thursday.
SHL tested for chemical compounds associated with petroleum, such as gasoline and diesel fuel.
The Water Division will test water from the river weekly for the next three weeks to ensure it's safe.
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FEDERAL AGENCY RELEASES FINAL REPORT ON SUPERIOR REFINERY EXPLOSION, OVER 4 YEARS LATER
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/federal-agency-releases-final-report-on-superior-refinery-explosion-over-4-years-later
Tags: us_MN, industrial, follow-up, environmental, asphalt, flammables, metals
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal agency released its final report Thursday on the April 26, 2018, explosion and fire that caused about $500 million in damage to the Husky Superior Refinery and injured 36 workers.
"The explosion released 39,000 pounds of flammable hydrocarbon vapor into the air," a summary of the report from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board noted. "Over 2,500 residents of the city of Superior were evacuated from their homes, and the city of Duluth, Minnesota, issued a shelter-in-place order."
The refinery was owned at the time of the explosion by Husky Energy, which had bought it six months prior from Calumet Specialty Products. Husky then merged with Cenovus Energy.
In its report , the Chemical Safety Board details how the explosion occurred while the refinery was shutting down its fluid catalytic cracking unit to perform planned maintenance: a common refining process called a "turnaround." Two vessels on the catalytic cracking unit exploded and propelled metal fragments up to 1,200 feet away that punctured a nearby asphalt storage tank and spilled about 17,000 barrels of hot asphalt, which ignited and caused fires.
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FIRE IN CHEMICAL TANKER ON MUMBAI-AHMEDABAD HIGHWAY; NO CASUALTY, TRAFFIC AFFECTED
https://www.timesnownews.com/ahmedabad/fire-in-chemical-tanker-on-mumbai-ahmedabad-highway-no-casualty-traffic-affected-article-96567752
Tags: India, transportation, fire, response, cleaners
Ahemdabad: A chemical-laden tanker caught fire on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Wednesday, disrupting traffic movement on the busy route for a couple of hours, police said.
No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 3.30 am in the tanker in the Medhvan Khind area, an official from the Kasa police station said. The vehicle’s driver and cleaner jumped out to safety, he said.
Local fire personnel rushed to the spot and doused the blaze in about two hours, the official said. The tanker was completely destroyed, the official said, adding it was not yet known which chemical the vehicle was carrying.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT LIFTS NO-CONTACT ORDER FOR FLINT RIVER SIX MONTHS AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2022/12/health-department-lifts-no-contact-order-for-flint-river-six-months-after-chemical-spill.html
Tags: us_MI, public, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
FLINT, MI -- Genesee County’s medical health officer has lifted a no-contact order for a section of the Flint River that was hardest hit by a June chemical spill.
Dr. Pamela Hackert announced her action in a recension order on Wednesday, Dec. 28, saying the spill by Lockhart Chemical continues to be monitored and that remediation efforts are also continuing in the area of the river from Stepping Stone Falls to Leith Street.
Deputy Health Officer Kayleigh Blaney said the decision to rescind the no-contact order at this time came after officials found no seepage from the area after heavy rains.
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LOS ANGELES MEDICAL FACILITY EVACUATED AFTER MERCURY SPILL
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/west-hills-medical-facility-evacuated-after-mercury-spill/
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, mercury
Los Angeles fire crews are responding to a mercury spill at a medical facility in West Hills Wednesday afternoon.
The incident was reported around 2:15 p.m. in the 7300 block of North Woodlake Avenue.
A small amount of mercury had spilled on the floor and the wall in a room inside the facility, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The building was evacuated “out of an abundance of caution,” officials said.
The facility, which performs procedures, had an unknown number of patients recovering from anesthesia at the time of the incident.
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ABOUT 700 GALLONS OF DIESEL SPILL AT CONSTRUCTION SITE ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/about-700-gallons-of-diesel-spills-at-construction-site-on-the-upper-west-side/ar-AA15J14F?ocid=hplocalnews
Tags: us_NY, industrial, release, response, diesel
FDNY officials say they received a call around 7 p.m. after approximately 700 gallons of diesel spilled at the construction site located at 36 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side.
Hazmat crews are on the scene.
Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
The leak has since been capped and the issue is being handled by the hazmat crew.
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DH LATEST NEWS, DH NEWS, LATEST NEWS, DEATH, NEWS , ANDHRA PRADESH, FIRE ACCIDENT, 4 PEOPLE KILLED, PHARMA LAB.
https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2022/12/27/4-people-killed-in-a-fire-at-a-andhra-pradeshs-pharma-lab.html
Tags: India, industrial, fire, injury, drugs, pharmaceutical
flash fire in a room in a manufacturing block of Indian pharmaceutical company Laurus Labs’ plant in Visakhapatnam resulted in the deaths of four of its employees, the company reported on Tuesday.
According to Laurus, ‘one more worker is receiving medical attention in a hospital as a result of the incident that happened on Monday night.’
Without providing any other information on the occurrence, the company, which specialises in anti-retroviral, hepatitis C, and oncology drugs, said it had started an investigation.
Laurus reported that all of its other production units were operating regularly and that it did not anticipate any significant effects on its business.
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EXPLOSION INJURES 54 AT PAINT MANUFACTURING
https://www.powderbulksolids.com/industrial-fires-explosions/explosion-injures-54-paint-manufacturing
Tags: Iran, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
An explosion and fire at a paint manufacturing plant in Tabriz, Iran left 54 people injured Monday, according to the Tasnim news agency reported.
The explosion occurred at about noon at the Mamaqan Shahid Salimi Industrial Park, sending 25 people to the hospital, including 10 that were in critical condition. The others were treated at the scene.
Firefighters were working to contain the fire. The cause of the explosion was unknown.
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NEW MEXICO ALLOCATES GRANTS FROM $32M MINE SPILL SETTLEMENT
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/new-mexico-allocates-grants-from-32m-mine-spill-settlement/article_c6d99045-56e7-52da-9f72-95a4059a29ea.html
Tags: us_NM, public, follow-up, environmental, metals
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Six entities impacted by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill will share roughly $4 million in grants from a settlement, according to the New Mexico Attorney General’s office.
Outgoing Attorney General Hector Balderas announced earlier this month that nearly $4.3 million will be divided among multiple municipalities and agencies.
The cities of Aztec and Farmington in San Juan County, the San Juan Soil and Water Conservation District, the state tourism department and the New Mexico State University Extension Service will all receive six-figure grants.
To be recipients of the grant program, they submitted a proposal to the New Mexico Attorney General's office.
"Out of tragedy comes hope, and I am honored to award these amazing applicants and their ideas to invest in their own communities,” Balderas said in a statement.
The grant funds come from the overall $32 million settlement reached in June between New Mexico and the U.S. government over the spill that polluted rivers in three western states. The spill released 3 million gallons (11 million liters) of wastewater from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado, sending a bright-yellow plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals south to New Mexico, through the Navajo Nation and into Utah through the San Juan and Animas rivers.
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FIRE RAVAGES THROUGH A TOKYO CHEMICAL FACTORY
https://kyma.com/news/national-world/2022/12/27/fire-ravages-through-a-tokyo-chemical-factory/
Tags: Japan, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
TOKYO, Japan (NBC) - More than a dozen people evacuated after a massive fire rips through a Tokyo chemical factory Tuesday.
13 workers were force to evacuate when a fire broke out at a chemical plant in tokyo today..
One of the workers, a man in his 50s, went to a nearby hospital due to smoke inhalation.
The fire was to have started when workers were trying to manufacture soap in a tank at the plant.
It took more than 60 fire trucks on scene to put out the blaze.
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WHAT ARE ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS?
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/what-are-endocrine-disruptors-140051970.html
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
Your hormones help control different functions in your body and impact everything from your metabolism to how you feel. And if your hormones don't function the way they should, it can affect your health.
Hormone health is a big trend in wellness, according to theTikTok star Hannah Bronfman, who says you'll be hearing a lot more about it in the future. Specifically, she says, addressing endocrine disruptors is the "next big thing." Bronfman says that there are a lot of products about to hit the market that will be labeled "endocrine safe," meaning they're free of endocrine disruptors, which "can be found in just about all the products that we use," including food, toys and beauty products.
Bronfman is far from the first person to use the term "endocrine disruptors," and you've probably come across it at some point before. But you may not necessarily know what that means. So what are endocrine disruptors exactly, and how worried about them should you be? Here's the deal.
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