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    <title>Neighbors of Swift Creek displaced by asbestos</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-05T11:16:56+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When last year’s catastrophic floods hit Whatcom, floodwaters and sediment from the Sumas River, which winds through her backyard, filled Brown's home. After the waters subsided, she discovered several feet of asbestos-laden sediment in her recently-renovated basement.

“We rebuilt the whole basement in 2020 — new drywall, appliances, cupboards and everything, so everything is just a year and a half old,” she said. “Everything has to come out now. We’re just pounding holes in the drywall, packing stuff out in double bags and figuring it out.”

The Sumas River is fed by Swift Creek, a sediment-filled creek in East Whatcom that has been transporting naturally occurring asbestos deposits across the region for decades. When November’s floods hit, that asbestos was transported across the county, ending up in yards and homes around Nooksack and Everson. 

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    <title>I-Team: Hazardous Material From State Bridge Project Dumped Near Chelsea Homes – CBS Boston</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-05T10:15:10+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[CHELSEA (CBS) – The sign on the uncovered pile of construction debris reads “DANGER” cancer causing asbestos. The hazardous material was dumped by the state Department of Transportation and or their contractors right next to a public housing development in Chelsea.

Roy Avellaneda is the City Council President in Chelsea. “They didn’t even bother to put a cover on it,” Avellaneda said. “There’s gonna be hell to pay.”

The I-Team found the contaminated pile off of Route 1 north at the Route 16 exit. We went straight to Chelsea officials and community leaders who had no idea it was there.

Rosanne Bongiovanni is the executive director of Green Roots an environmental justice community group. “I am infuriated by it, absolutely infuriated,” Bongiovanni said. “Folks always say what is environmental justice? what is environmental racism? Here it is. This is a prime example of it. The state is dumping contaminated material next to low-income communities and communities of color.”

The state Department of Environmental Protection says it gave the MassDOT the OK for what it calls a non-traditional plan to manage the contaminated materials, which was brought to Chelsea even though the debris came from a state bridge project on the Lynn-Saugus line.]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US imports of chrysotile asbestos, used exclusively by the chlor-alkali industry, would be banned under a landmark rule proposed April 5 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The rule would also prohibit importing asbestos in products such as sheet gaskets and automotive brake parts.
The proposed ban marks the EPA’s first action to manage the risks of a high-priority chemical under the 2016 revisions to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Asbestos, a human carcinogen, is one of the first 10 chemicals the EPA is scrutinizing under the amended law.
Most uses of asbestos have been discontinued in the US, but chlor-alkali producers have long fought to keep using the substance in diaphragms that separate chlorine and sodium hydroxide. Ten chlor-alkali facilities in the US, or about one-third, still use asbestos-containing diaphragms, according to the EPA. But alternatives are available. Nearly half of the US chlor-alkali industry uses fluoropolymer ion-exchange membranes, the EPA says in a press release.
Chlorine makers are urging the EPA to withdraw the proposed asbestos ban, claiming it would have unintended consequences on water disinfection and chemical supply chains. Chlorine is essential in the production of pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, and products like batteries, wind turbines, and solar panels needed to achieve climate and sustainability goals, the American Chemistry Council (ACC), which represents chemical manufacturers, says in a statement.
The group argues that the EPA’s asbestos risk evaluation, finalized in 2020, overestimated worker exposure because it did not consider protocols required under Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards. “EPA failed to consider federal handling and worker protection requirements in its assessment and should re-evaluate and reconsider the proposal,” Kimberly Wise White, the ACC’s vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs, says in the statement.]]></description>
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    <title>Islington Public School shuts after raging warehouse inferno in Newcastle</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Department of Education has confirmed that no date has been set for the reopening of a public school forced to close after a massive warehouse fire in Newcastle.

Key points:

Parents in the suburb are worried about asbestos contamination
Students will be moved to other schools from Tuesday
The damaged warehouse buildings are being demolished
Nairn Johnstone, whose eight-year-old son, Bjarni, is a student Islington Public School school, says he is "pretty anxious" about the situation.


Nairn Johnstone doesn't know when Bjarni will be able to go back to his school.(ABC Newcastle: Blake Doyle)
Parents were asked to collect their children from Islington Public School last Wednesday, when it shut.

The school was downwind from the huge fire, which destroyed two four-storey buildings the day before.

The roofs of the buildings were made of asbestos, which collapsed and sent a plume across several suburbs west of the site.
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    <title>Class action lawsuit filed against Eastman over Jan. 31 incident</title>
    <dc:date>2022-02-16T11:53:59+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Eastman Chemical Company faces a class-action lawsuit following the Jan. 31 “steam pipe failure” at the company’s Kingsport plant, which injured five workers and caused debris possibly containing asbestos to rain down in a nearby neighborhood.

The lawsuit filed by Knoxville-based firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman accuses Eastman of trespass, negligence, and being a public and private nuisance. It claims Eastman “engaged in ultra-hazardous activities by transporting high pressure steam under unsafe condition through an asbestos-lined steam line.”

Jan. 31 Eastman steam line failure led to 3,000-plus pounds of excess volatile organic compound emissions
The lawsuit also claims the company failed to warn nearby residents in a timely manner about the “dangers of contaminants released by the steam line explosion.”

On the day of the incident, Eastman did not release a public statement until nearly an hour and a half after the steam line failure happened. Since then, the company has said that it did not ask city officials to send an alert to residents because it did not see the potential for off-site impact until hours after the incident.

Eastman reported 3 wastewater discharges same day as steam line failure
The plaintiff in the lawsuit, Sharon Weatherly, owns a home in the area where the debris fell. The lawsuit claims that Weatherly’s neighborhood and much of Kingsport will be negatively impacted by the incident.

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    <title>Eastman Chemical 'steam line failure' rains debris in Kingsport neighborhood; traces of asbestos found – Tennessee Lookout</title>
    <dc:date>2022-02-03T11:27:59+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A day after residents of Kingsport, Tenn. were rocked by the sound of a loud blast, smoke plumes, raining debris and power outages from a “high pressure steam line failure” at the Eastman Chemical Plant, company officials distributed fliers saying the incident was highly unlikely to cause health problems while local news outlets captured images of workers outside homes in hazmat suits behind asbestos warning tape.

Five workers suffered minor injuries in the incident, which occurred at about 7:30 a.m. Monday just after a shift change at the plant. On Tuesday, Eastman officials said they had found traces of asbestos in some of the debris, likely from insulation in piping at the plant.

During a Tuesday press conference, conducted remotely, Eastman officials attempted to reassure worried residents. Health problems that result from asbestos are typically due to repeat exposures to high concentrations in an industrial or work environments, said Mark Bogle, vice president and Tennessee operations leader.

“In our opinion we don’t believe anyone was exposed to a harmful level of asbestos with this event,” Bogle said.

Local residents are being told not to disturb or clean up any of the debris “out of an abundance of caution,” he said. The company has asked residents who have seen debris in their homes, yards or on cars to contact the company, which will send out a clean up crew.

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    <title>Common method fails to detect asbestos in cosmetics</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-20T11:06:30+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cosmetics manufacturers often use an analytical method adopted by the industry in 1976 to determine whether talc-containing products are contaminated with the carcinogen asbestos. That method, however, doesn’t always detect asbestos fibers that are present, according to a white paper released Jan. 13 by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Written by a federal interagency working group, the white paper recommends that cosmetics manufacturers go beyond the 1976 method—X-ray diffraction followed by polarized light microscopy. The group suggests using X-ray diffraction followed by polarized light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.
The FDA has been testing talc-containing cosmetics for asbestos for several years using the more extensive method. The agency became aware “that methods employed by some industry members to test for asbestos in talc-containing cosmetic products may not always detect the presence of asbestos,” Susan Mayne, director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, says in a statement.
Talc is used in many cosmetics, including baby powder and blush, to prevent caking and absorb moisture. It is a naturally occurring mineral—hydrous magnesium silicate—mined from the earth. Asbestos is also a naturally occurring silicate mineral. Deposits of the two can be located near each other, and mining can yield talc contaminated with asbestos. Concerns about such contamination date to the 1970s.
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    <title>New data raise questions about asbestos containment strategy</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-20T12:22:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/New-data-raise-questions-asbestos-containment-strategy/99/i43</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When dealing with asbestos waste, digging up and removing large amounts of contaminated soil can be risky, as it can send asbestos fibers into the air. So, rather than remove all the contaminated dirt, the EPA often caps a site with more soil. Scientists thought that these soil caps would trap the long, thin fibers and prevent them from escaping.
 
Asbestos, a mineral once valued for its heat- and fire-resistant properties, poses serious health risks when people inhale its fibers.
But a new peer-reviewed laboratory study shows a potential escape route for these fibers. The findings, first presented as preliminary data in 2016, demonstrate that the presence of certain organic material in soil can actually enhance the mobility of asbestos fibers (J. Hazard. Mater. 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.hazl.2021.100015). The researchers are concerned that if the fibers can reach groundwater, they could make it to nearby communities via irrigation, or become airborne after washing up and drying out on riverbanks. Experts think more research on this exposure route is needed, including official monitoring of groundwater asbestos, and some say the communities around asbestos waste sites should be notified of this possible risk.

Doug Jerolmack, a geophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania, doesn’t think the assumption that soil would trap asbestos fibers was unreasonable. Asbestos moving through soil is like threading a strand of hair through soil—it may be long and thin, but eventually it will get caught, says Jerolmack, who was not an author of the study but participated in previous work on asbestos mobility presented at the American Chemical Society Fall 2016 meeting. “So even just from a physical perspective, I would have thought that these particles might not be able to make it through soil in groundwater, simply because they might get caught up,” he says.
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    <title>New J&amp;J subsidiary to absorb talc lawsuit liabilities</title>
    <dc:date>2021-10-22T10:50:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-jandj-subsidiary-to-absorb-talc-lawsuit-liabilities/4014615.article</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Firm aims to use bankruptcy protection and a $2bn trust to resolve thousands of cancer claims

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has hived off its talc litigation and liabilities into a new US subsidiary. This entity, LTL Management, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in North Carolina’s Western District – a court with a track record of looking favourably on such cases. The manoeuvre comes in the wake of ongoing legal action from many thousands of plaintiffs who claim asbestos in J&J talc products caused their cancer.

J&J no longer sells talc products in North America, owing in part to the pressure of outstanding litigation
A $2 billion (£1.4 billion) trust will be set up to resolve the claims. ‘We are taking these actions to bring certainty to all parties involved in the cosmetic talc cases,’ says Michael Ullmann, J&J’s general counsel. ‘While we continue to stand firmly behind the safety of our cosmetic talc products, we believe resolving this matter as quickly and efficiently as possible is in the best interests of the company and all stakeholders.’

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    <title>EPA announces completion of hazardous waste cleanup at former Stamina Mills office</title>
    <dc:date>2021-09-15T10:02:01+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[NORTH SMITHFIELD – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed a hazardous waste cleanup at the former Stamina Mills office site on School Street, according to a recent release from the agency.

The parcel is one piece of the Stamina Mills Superfund Site, which has undergone a larger ongoing cleanup and redevelopment project.

The focus of the completed clean-up was an area holding a structure that once served as the mill’s office, known to have asbestos containing material, in a state of disrepair and previously deemed unsafe to enter. After part of the roof collapsed into the building, there was an increased likelihood that asbestos fibers could be released into the environment, according to the EPA.

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    <title>9/11 survivors' exposure to toxic dust and the chronic health conditions that followed offer lessons that are still too often unheeded</title>
    <dc:date>2021-09-11T11:09:48+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York resulted in the loss of 2,753 people in the Twin Towers and surrounding area. After the attack, more than 100,000 responders and recovery workers from every U.S. state – along with some 400,000 residents and other workers around ground zero – were exposed to a toxic cloud of dust that fell as a ghostly, thick layer of ash and then hung in the air for more than three months.

The World Trade Center dust plume, or WTC dust, consisted of a dangerous mixture of cement dust and particles, asbestos and a class of chemicals called persistent organic pollutants. These include cancer-causing dioxins and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, which are byproducts of fuel combustion.

The dust also contained heavy metals that are known to be poisonous to the human body and brain, such as lead – used in the manufacturing of flexible electrical cables – and mercury, which is found in float valves, switches and fluorescent lamps. The dust also contained cadmium, a carcinogen toxic to the kidneys that is used in the manufacturing of electric batteries and pigments for paints.]]></description>
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    <title>Rallying to the chemical safety cause</title>
    <dc:date>2021-09-08T10:32:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemistryworld.com/careers/rallying-to-the-chemical-safety-cause/4014034.article</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In September 2016, a practical using 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine made a return to the A-level curriculum – with unexpectedly dramatic consequences. Dried-out containers of the reagent were soon being unearthed in school chemical stores. Safe when damp, once dry this chemical has the potential to explode. By Christmas that year, the bomb squad had been called out to blow up containers at nearly 600 UK schools. This mammoth endeavour was coordinated by Cleapss, the UK’s science education advisory service. ‘It was a very exciting, but also quite a stressful, period of time,’ explains Matt Endean, the Cleapss deputy director. 

Two years later, safety in school laboratories was back in the news. It transpired that some ‘heatproof gauzes that had been sold to schools [for use with Bunsen burners] had asbestos in them’, Endean says. With no information available on how far back this issue went, ‘we had to oversee the bagging up and safe disposal of every gauze in every school in the country’. 

Endean is an ex-teacher who graduated with a combined degree in chemistry and secondary education from the University of Exeter, UK, in 2001. He then took up a science teacher post at an inner London girls’ school. After a couple of years, he was promoted to acting head of department and found that he relished leadership. In 2005, he left the classroom – becoming a science advisor for a local authority. ‘It was a new challenge and a chance to influence and work at a higher level,’ he says. In this role, he supported science teachers and heads of department at 17 secondary schools. 

In 2011, Endean joined Cleapss as its assistant director and was promoted to his current position four years later. Cleapss is a membership organisation that provides advice to 98% of schools and colleges in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and around 700 overseas schools. Its overarching goal is to ‘provide support and guidance to teachers and technicians in schools on how to do safe and effective practical work,’ Endean explains. 

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    <title>US supreme court will not hear J&amp;J talc appeal</title>
    <dc:date>2021-06-05T11:00:52+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Decision means J&J must pay $2.1 billion previously awarded to 22 women who say talc caused their ovarian cancer

Johnson and Johnson (J&J) has officially lost its legal fight to overturn a US court verdict ordering the company to pay $2.1 billion (£1.4 billion) in damages to 22 women and their families who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by its talc products. On 1 June, the US supreme court rejected the company’s request to review the Missouri jury’s decision from cases that were combined in a single trial in 2018.


J&J insists its talc powders are safe, but faces nearly 30,000 lawsuits claiming otherwise
In June 2020, an appeals court reduced the jury’s original award of $4.7 billion to $2.1 billion. However, J&J lawyers have suggested the decision leaves open matters related to legal procedure that will be relevant for the thousands of further talc-related cases the company is facing. ‘Decades of independent scientific evaluations confirm Johnson’s Baby Powder is safe, does not contain asbestos, and does not cause cancer,’ the company added.

In its natural form, some talc contains asbestos – a known carcinogen. But talc products sold in the US have been asbestos-free since the 1970s. When it comes to whether asbestos-free talc causes cancer, the scientific evidence remains contested.]]></description>
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    <title>Toxic chemical found in groundwater at BHP’s Newman iron ore hub in Pilbara</title>
    <dc:date>2021-04-06T10:41:47+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BHP has been ordered to submit plans to a government department as to how it proposes to clean-up a site at its Newman mining hub that has been contaminated by dangerous chemicals.

The WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has told the mining giant to submit an interim site management plan this month and a remediation management plan by July to deal with the presence of contaminants in soils and groundwater at the Mt Whaleback site.

The chemicals include petroleum hydrocarbons from diesel or oil, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, which are substances used in firefighting foam and asbestos.

The DWER has listed the 4147ha site as “contaminated — remediation required”, raising concerns about a potential threat to human health, including mine workers, and the environment.

It is understood the contamination has been caused a range of industrial uses on the site including a former diesel-fired power station, an asbestos mining waste disposal area and fire response training exercises.

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    <title>Worcester firm pays $55K fine for hazardous material violation</title>
    <dc:date>2021-03-20T17:29:36+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Worcester real estate firm and its manager have agreed to pay a fine of up to $55,000 to settle allegations from the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office they knowingly failed to report hazardous materials at an apartment site off Shrewsbury Street.

The firm, ASAA LLC, converted a former machine shop into a 24-unit apartment building at 10 Nebraska St., in a largely industrial area between Shrewsbury Street and rail lines that carry commuter rail trains and freight trains running to and from the nearby CSX rail yard.

In developing the site, the firm failed to report releases of oil, lead, arsenic, asbestos and other hazardous material, Attorney General Maura Healey's office said in announcing the settlement Friday afternoon. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection guidelines require documentation of such materials.

ASAA and its manager, Anthony Bianco, settled the case in which they were alleged to have known lead found in soil at the site could be hazardous, Healey's office said. As part of the settlement, the firm is required to assess the extent of contamination at the site and comply with clean-up requirements.]]></description>
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    <title>Canberra’s schools with hazardous materials revealed</title>
    <dc:date>2021-03-17T11:13:09+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A total of 76 Canberra Public Schools have been identified as having either traces of lead paint or asbestos.

The Education Minister, Yvette Berry made the list publicly available on Wednesday, after coming under fire from the Liberals demanding to know which schools were affected.

Ms Berry on Monday said testing of the hazardous materials during the summer school holidays all returned results below safe levels.

“None of the testing has identified any of the lead dust in any of the teaching or learning spaces.”

The Education Directorate said its committed to maintaining the Territory’s school buildings of varying ages.

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    <dc:date>2021-02-06T12:39:41+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parents and teachers will have the chance to air their concerns about how their schools and the ACT Government are managing hazardous materials in schools, with an ACT Legislative Assembly Committee launching a new inquiry.

The inquiry into the management of school infrastructure was announced just days after parents at a fourth ACT school were notified that hazardous levels of lead paint dust were found during the recent school holidays.

It was revealed on Monday, 1 February, that levels above the hazardous threshold of lead dust were found at Richardson Primary School following routine maintenance throughout the school holidays. The school has since undergone specialist cleaning and ACT Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development Yvette Berry said she is confident the premises is safe to occupy on the advice of experts.

Around 70 public schools in the ACT contain some sort of hazardous materials, including lead paint or asbestos due to the popularity of the products in construction prior to 1992.

A dedicated task force was formed in December 2020 to coordinate the management and removal of hazardous materials across ACT public schools after dangerous lead levels associated with lead paint were found at Yarralumla Primary School, North Ainslie Primary School and Alfred Deakin High School.

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    <dc:date>2020-12-30T11:40:37+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The US does not have adequate information on importation and use of asbestos to assess the health risks of the carcinogenic substance, a federal court ruled Dec. 22. The decision is a win for states and public health groups, which sued the Environmental Protection Agency in 2019 for failing to collect such information under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
The EPA is currently evaluating the risks of asbestos to the environment and human health under 2016 revisions to TSCA. The substance is one of the first 10 high-priority chemicals the agency is assessing under the updated law.
The ruling by the US District Court for the Northern District of California requires the EPA to collect information on asbestos imports and use under the agency’s Chemical Data Reporting rule. The EPA previously told chemical manufacturers that asbestos imports were exempt from the rule because asbestos is a naturally occurring chemical substance.
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    <title>Hazard warning after asbestos-related fire in Sligo</title>
    <dc:date>2020-12-15T12:20:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2020/1215/1184475-sligo-fire/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A fire in Sligo has been contained and asbestos material at the scene has been dampened down.

The blaze in a garage adjoining a semi-detached house on Larkhill Road broke out in the early hours of this morning.

A hazard warning remains in place as the roof contained low-level asbestos.

Sligo Fire Service was called to the scene at 5am and gardaí were also in attendance.

As a precautionary measure, due to low levels of asbestos material, and pending an inspection by the Health and Safety Authority, a small number of houses were evacuated.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Ireland public fire response asbestos</dc:subject>
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    <title>Bilgola Plateau street locked down after major asbestos contamination on Sydney's northern beaches</title>
    <dc:date>2020-12-08T11:30:13+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.9news.com.au/national/bilgola-plateau-asbestos-street-locked-down-after-contamination/49eccf50-bd5f-4cf3-ad62-cd17a9951ffb</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A residential street on Sydney's northern beaches has been forced into lockdown following a major asbestos contamination.
Hazmat crews were called to Mariposa Road in Bilgola Plateau late yesterday afternoon after residents raised the alarm when they saw clouds of particles floating in the air.
"There was snow, like asbestos over the whole house," resident Linda Amoah told 9News.

Hazmat crews were called to Mariposa Road in Bilgola Plateau late yesterday afternoon. (9News)
"The dogs were covered in asbestos, the whole backyard covered in asbestos."
Two private cleaning contractors had been employed by a homeowner on the street to pressure clean the roof of their house.
However, the force of the water sent fibers from the asbestos-riddled roof throughout the street.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia public release response asbestos</dc:subject>
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    <title>EXCLUSIVE: Communications after TPC Group blast give more information about asbestos discovery, official response</title>
    <dc:date>2020-02-24T14:05:11+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/EXCLUSIVE-Communications-after-TPC-Group-blast-15078676.php</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PORT NECHES — Asbestos from the TPC Group explosions in Port Neches was found in debris blast recovered as far away as Bridge City. After company officials discovered that asbestos had been released from the Nov. 27 blast, they waited seven hours before informing county officials who were part of the joint command operation and responsible for alerting the public to potential hazards. Leaks of butadiene and other chemicals continued for more than a month afterward.

Such are the findings from a series of emails, text messages and other communications between TPC officials and Jefferson County staff members obtained by the Beaumont Enterprise. The newspaper requested the records from the county and followed up with TPC and with County Judge Jeff Branick to get a better understanding of the hectic days and weeks that followed the Thanksgiving Eve-explosions and fires.

The messages sent also show that in two instances, Branick insisted that officials use a stricter standard for determining air-quality levels for deciding on evacuations and shelter-in-place recommendations.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_TX public follow-up environmental asbestos</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://stockdailydish.com/asbestos-leak-causes-peak-hour-chaos-in-sydney/">
    <title>Asbestos leak causes peak-hour chaos in Sydney</title>
    <dc:date>2019-12-19T12:36:06+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://stockdailydish.com/asbestos-leak-causes-peak-hour-chaos-in-sydney/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deadly asbestos leak causes peak-hour chaos in Sydney after closing a major road – with hazmat officers securing the scene

Commuters have been warned to expect traffic chaos this morning after an asbestos leak shut roads in northern .

Construction workers are believed to have found the asbestos while they were on the site on Military Road, Cremorne, late last night.

They immediately left the site and called in the authorities, with 14 firefighters currently on the scene, according to 9 News.

Scroll down for video 

Hazmat officers were seen entering the building wear gas masks. 

The building is believed to have been an old Brightsparks performing arts school but is being renovated. 

The entire road has been closed off to pedestrians and the eastbound side of Military Road is closed, with traffic diverted onto Winnie Street.

It is not clear how long the disruption will last.

Asbestos was used in building insulation for decades until its link to severe respiratory illnesses was discovered.

Prolonged exposure to asbestos can causes lung cancer and mesothelioma and its use is now banned in most countries, including Australia. ]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia industrial discovery response asbestos</dc:subject>
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    <title>Asbestos permanently shuts down Plymouth fire station</title>
    <dc:date>2019-11-21T14:19:10+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wcvb.com/article/asbestos-permanently-shuts-down-plymouth-fire-station-7-officials-say/29864103</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PLYMOUTH, Mass. —
The North Plymouth Fire Station on Spooner Street has been permanently closed due to asbestos concerned, according to town officials.

At 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, the town received lab results from a wall sampling at Station 7 that showed 2% asbestos in the plaster.

Plymouth Fire Department and town management shared this information with the firefighters' union, and both parties agreed to shut down the station at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Firefighters in hazmat suits were seen cleaning out their gear Wednesday afternoon.

"Management and the union's united concern and focus at this point is providing notification and medical testing to any employee who may have had any exposure," said Town Manager Melissa Arrighi.

The town will start baseline testing for every firefighter who has worked at the North Plymouth Station since 2000. Those firefighters will also undergo annual chest X-rays and additional medical testing.]]></description>
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    <title>Court issues mixed ruling on US chemical risk assessments</title>
    <dc:date>2019-11-16T12:03:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://cen.acs.org/policy/chemical-regulation/Court-issues-mixed-ruling-US/97/web/2019/11</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a win for environmental, labor, and public health groups, a federal appeals court has directed the US Environmental Protection Agency to include “legacy uses” of chemicals in its risk evaluations. A legacy use is when a substance is no longer manufactured for that use but is still present in products made earlier, such as asbestos insulation and fireproofing in older buildings.

On other challenges, the court sided with the EPA. One was related to the agency’s use-by-use approach to evaluating chemical risks and another was for ignoring risks of substances that have been disposed of.

At issue is the EPA’s exclusion of certain uses of chemicals as it evaluates their risks to human health and the environment under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Groups that challenged the agency’s current approach argue that it will lead to underestimated risks.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit threw out the petitioners’ complaint alleging that the EPA is considering each use of a chemical individually rather than all uses together. In the Nov. 14 ruling, the court claims that the argument is too speculative, noting that how the EPA describes its approach is ambiguous. It is unclear “whether the Agency will actually conduct risk evaluations in the manner Petitioners fear,” Judge Michelle T. Friedland wrote. However, the court left open the possibility of future challenges should the EPA’s final risk assessments fail to comply with TSCA’s requirements.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>public discovery environmental asbestos</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2019/11/15/court-rules-trump-epa-unlawfully-ignored-dangerous-chemicals/">
    <title>Court rules Trump EPA unlawfully ignored dangerous chemicals</title>
    <dc:date>2019-11-15T12:49:00+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2019/11/15/court-rules-trump-epa-unlawfully-ignored-dangerous-chemicals/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration unlawfully excluded millions of tons of some of the most dangerous materials in public use from a safety review, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must consider dangers posed by asbestos, lead and other toxins regardless of whether they’re still being manufactured.

Millions of tons of those chemicals are in the marketplace, in products ranging from home insulation and fire retardant to house paint and plumbing pipes.

The safety review was mandated by Congress and is the first step toward enacting potential new regulations to protect the public.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/6312465/hazmat-called-in-after-asbestos-material-dumped-at-illawarra-lookout/">
    <title>Hazmat called in after asbestos material dumped at Illawarra lookout</title>
    <dc:date>2019-08-06T11:31:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/6312465/hazmat-called-in-after-asbestos-material-dumped-at-illawarra-lookout/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A specialised Fire & Rescue crew were called in to clean up suspected asbestos material dumped at an Illawarra lookout over the weekend.

Gerringong Rural Fire Brigade and Kiama Fire & Rescue crews were called to Mount Pleasant lookout near Gerringong after reports hazardous materials had been dumped about noon on Sunday.

Two large plastic tubs and two plastic bags were found with what appeared to be asbestos material inside.

Shellharbour Fire and Rescue Hazmat crews, wearing protective clothing and breathing apparatus, wrapped the material in plastic to render it safe.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia public discovery response asbestos</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/some-school-supplies-could-contain-toxic-chemicals-such-as-asbestos-report-says/971399755">
    <title>Some school supplies could contain toxic chemicals such as asbestos, report says</title>
    <dc:date>2019-07-31T11:52:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/some-school-supplies-could-contain-toxic-chemicals-such-as-asbestos-report-says/971399755</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As schools around the Mid-South head back to school, parents are heading to the store to buy school supplies for their children.

However, things like crayons, dry erase markers and binders could contain dangerous chemicals.

Many parents don’t realize that crayons could contain toxic chemicals such as asbestos, but there are safe alternatives out there for many school supplies. 

The nonprofit USPIRG tested 27 school supplies in 2018 and found potentially dangerous chemicals in Playskool crayons, The Board Dudes dry erase markers and JOT three-ring binders. Asbestos is a known carcinogen.

FOX13 was able to buy all of them at local Dollar Tree stores or on Amazon.

“What runs through my mind automatically is that they have people in HAZMAT suits removing asbestos from buildings, and yet they’re putting that same thing in something that my kid is going to put in her mouth,” said Caroline Young, a mother.]]></description>
<dc:subject>education discovery environmental asbestos</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/story/6289311/firefighters-concerned-by-asbestos-dumping-in-ingleburn/?cs=1552">
    <title>Firefighters concerned by asbestos dumping in Ingleburn</title>
    <dc:date>2019-07-23T11:06:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/story/6289311/firefighters-concerned-by-asbestos-dumping-in-ingleburn/?cs=1552</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Firefighters have worked to clean up an alleged asbestos dumping in Ingleburn on Saturday morning. 

Fire and Rescue NSW crews were forced to wear special HAZMAT (hazardous materials) suits to deal with the potentially deadly dumping on Chester Road. 

FRNSW Ingleburn and Macquarie Fields firies picked up every last piece of asbestos to ensure the community's safety. ]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia public discovery response asbestos</dc:subject>
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    <title>Watch: Firefighters extinguish asbestos fire at Kibbutz Harel</title>
    <dc:date>2019-05-26T11:16:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/263677</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Firefighters were dispatched Sunday morning to extinguish an asbestos fire in Kibbutz Harel, after several homes in the community were destroyed Thursday in a devastating firestorm.

A special hazardous materials (Hazmat) team of firefighters was sent in to the kibbutz, which is located about 4.5 miles north of Beit Shemesh, after it was found that asbestos-cement (referred to sometimes as AC sheet) was burning at the ruins of several homes in Harel.

Asbestos-cement, which was a common building material prior to the 1980s, can be a serious health hazard, particularly if it is exposed to the elements, causing its particles to spread in the air.

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<dc:subject>Israel public fire response asbestos</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-14/clive-palmer-yabulu-qld-nickel-refinery-qld/10897998">
    <title>Long list of safety issues at Clive Palmer's Yabulu nickel refinery revealed</title>
    <dc:date>2019-03-14T12:10:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-14/clive-palmer-yabulu-qld-nickel-refinery-qld/10897998</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leaking chemicals, a disintegrating asbestos roof and crumbling structures are among the list of concerns recently raised by authorities looking into Clive Palmer's nickel refinery near Townsville in north Queensland.

Key points:

The Yabulu site has been in caretaker-maintainer mode since 2016
WHSQ found other issues across two subsequent investigations in 2017 and 2018
In a statement to ABC News, Clive Palmer said operators have been working with authorities in accordance to workplace laws
The safety issues are detailed in three separate reports commissioned by the Queensland Government since the refinery's financial collapse in early 2016.

It comes in addition to revelations of a dangerous explosion at the site and fears about the structural integrity of the refinery's concrete stack, as revealed by ABC's 7.30 this week.

The site has been in caretaker-maintainer mode since 2016.

One of the reports, carried out by private engineering firm WorleyParsons in 2016 on behalf of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ), found structures at the refinery visually corroded and deteriorated amid chemical leaks.

]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/headlines/id/739/recent-data-on-the-association-between-firefighting-and-the-prevalence-of-cancer-provide-little-certainty">
    <title>Recent Data on the Association Between Firefighting and the Prevalence of Cancer Provide Little Certainty</title>
    <dc:date>2019-01-15T14:17:06+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/headlines/id/739/recent-data-on-the-association-between-firefighting-and-the-prevalence-of-cancer-provide-little-certainty</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While associations have been found between firefighting and the development of some forms of cancer, the epidemiological data are insufficient to prove or disprove an association with other cancers.

This is the conclusion of a review of the epidemiological literature published by the IRSST that follows on from one conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released in 2010. The IRSST authors combed through over 600 publications produced between 2007—the last year covered by the IARC review—and 2017. They deemed 25 of the 600 to be relevant.

The strongest evidence of association concerns an excess number of cases of mesothelioma attributable to asbestos among firefighters active over 30 years ago. Lung cancer has not been entirely ruled out, but the association is not as strong as for mesothelioma in the papers reviewed. The quality of the evidence of an association between the occupation of firefighter and other forms of cancer was not sufficiently strong, but studies have reported more frequent cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and prostate cancer in this occupational group.

All evidence of a link between firefighting and the development of cancers must also take into account the conclusions of other, earlier reviews of the literature.

Download the Report

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]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial discovery environmental asbestos</dc:subject>
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    <title>Chemical crackdown at construction sites this week</title>
    <dc:date>2018-10-23T12:47:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/chemical-crackdown-at-construction-sites-this-week-877272.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inspectors from the workplace health and safety watchdog will this week visit construction sites across the country as part of a crackdown on exposure to dangerous, cancer-causing chemicals.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will be calling to sites to ensure workers are not being exposed to silica dust, asbestos, and other chemical products used in construction, while also gathering information on substances being used on sites such as epoxy resins, solvent-based paints, and foams.



The inspections are part of Construction Safety Week 2018, an initiative of the Construction Safety Partnership Advisory Committee, whose members include the HSA, CIF, trade unions, and other industry stakeholders.

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    <title>One killed in explosion, 2 injured- The New Indian Express</title>
    <dc:date>2018-09-18T11:45:41+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/sep/18/one-killed-in-explosion-2-injured-1873522.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ROURKELA:  A massive explosion in a house, where explosive substances were stored illegally, claimed one life and critically injured two others including a child at Telugupara of Madhusudanpali slum under Plant Site police limits here on Monday afternoon.Several houses were also damaged in the explosion. It is suspected the explosives were meant for manufacturing fire crackers. The explosion took place on the first floor of a two-storey house owned by Jawahar Srivastav at 12.15 pm. Under its impact, the concrete roof of the building was ripped apart and the flying debris severely damaged asbestos roofs of at least 30 adjoining houses.

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<dc:subject>India industrial explosion asbestos explosives death</dc:subject>
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    <title>The EPA Suggested We Change Our Rating on an Asbestos Story. Here’s Why We Declined.</title>
    <dc:date>2018-09-05T11:52:11+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/09/01/epa-suggested-change-rating-asbestos-story-heres-declined/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On 11 June 2018, Snopes.com published a fact check titled “Is the EPA Allowing for the Approval of New Asbestos-Containing Products?” In that article, we rated the claim that “the Environmental Protection Agency will allow new asbestos products to enter the market” as “mostly true,” based on the fact that the EPA had proposed a new rule for asbestos that would (at first) block some currently unregulated but inactive uses of asbestos while (later) providing a framework for those unregulated uses’ formal approval should they pass a safety review.

Their proposed methodology for assessing that safety, many scientists have argued, may not accurately account for the health risks of those potential uses, increasing the likelihood that the safety review currently being undertaken by the EPA could end in these unregulated uses’ official approval. This logic informed our rating. On 24 August 2018, the EPA Office of Media Relations reached out to Snopes to suggest that this conclusion was in error and that the rating of “mostly true” should in fact be “false.” The agency’s objections generally center on two factual assertions:

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    <title>After NYC steam pipe explosion, Fifth Avenue slowly returns to normal</title>
    <dc:date>2018-07-24T12:18:33+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Following the steam pipe explosion last Thursday that left a large part of the Flatiron District in chaos, things are slowly returning to normal.

In the immediate aftermath of the explosion—the cause of which has yet to be determined—several blocks near the “hot zone” at 21st Street and Fifth Avenue were closed to traffic, pedestrians, and residents and workers in the surrounding buildings. The city’s Office of Emergency Management announced on Sunday night that 18th, 19th, and 22nd streets are now open, and Fifth Avenue is now open to bus traffic. (That said, “buses are bypassing all stops between 18th and 23rd Streets along 5th Avenue,” according to OEM.)

But the area right around the explosion, at 20th and 21st streets, remains closed off; OEM has not yet given a time frame for when those streets might reopen.

OEM, the FDNY, and Con Edison (which controls the city’s steam system) are also working on stemming the threat of asbestos contamination from the explosion. The city confirmed on Friday that the poisonous chemical was present in the steam main, leading to the evacuation of several dozen buildings in the area. As of Sunday night, nine of those buildings have been cleared for entry, according to OEM; more are still in the process of being power-washed and decontaminated.

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<dc:subject>us_NY public follow-up environmental asbestos</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://gothamist.com/2018/07/19/exploded_steam_pipe_asbestos.php">
    <title>Steam Pipe Explosion Spewed Asbestos Into Flatiron District: Gothamist</title>
    <dc:date>2018-07-20T09:57:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://gothamist.com/2018/07/19/exploded_steam_pipe_asbestos.php</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An steam pipe explosion at Fifth Avenue and 21st Street in Manhattan sent clouds of vapor into the air this morning around 6:30 a.m., and caused over two dozen nearby buildings to be evacuated. Five minor injuries have been reported.
While the source of the explosion is still under investigation, city officials say the pipe was lined with asbestos. Those in the area at the time of the blast are encouraged by Con Edison to bag their clothes and shower; the FDNY has already decontaminated 100 first responders a few blocks from the scene.

The cause of the explosion is still unknown. At a press conference this afternoon, Mayor Bill de Blasio said it will be a few days before residents of the affected area can return. According to the mayor, there had not been any recent work done around the site.
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<item rdf:about="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/residents-evacuated-in-camperdown-as-factory-catches-fire-20180617-p4zlyg.html">
    <title>Residents evacuated in Camperdown as factory catches fire</title>
    <dc:date>2018-06-17T13:05:53+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Residents have been warned to keep clear of a fire in Sydney’s inner west because the smoke may contain asbestos.

The large blaze started at a factory on Australia Street in Camperdown about 9.30am on Sunday morning and continued to burn for several hours, with 55 firefighters and 12 fire trucks responding to the scene.

Police have been warning residents and passersby to avoid the area as there are concerns the Australia Street factory may contain asbestos.
Superintendent Norman Buckley from Fire and Rescue NSW said three people were inside the building but they evacuated on their own and were not injured.

The fire was contained to a single-level workshop and did not spread to neighbouring homes, but the building was significantly damaged with parts of the ceiling and the roof collapsing.

Several "hotspots" continued to burn several hours after the fire began, with fire investigators expected to be called in to determine how the blaze started.
Residents from neighbouring properties were evacuated as a precaution, with some running out in their dressing gowns when they were alerted to the fire.

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<dc:subject>Australia industrial fire response asbestos</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.asbestos.com/news/2017/11/06/epa-asbestos-review/">
    <title>New Limits Threaten EPA’s Asbestos Review</title>
    <dc:date>2017-11-07T12:13:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.asbestos.com/news/2017/11/06/epa-asbestos-review/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After pushback from the chemical industry, President Donald Trump’s administration is scaling back a congressionally mandated review of asbestos and other deadly chemicals.

Toxic minerals in widespread use will be excluded from the revamped Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which last December included asbestos among the top 10 dangerous chemicals the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must review.

Reducing the scope of the review will potentially leave millions of tons of asbestos and other toxic substances in homes and businesses. The Trump administration reportedly wants to limit risk evaluations of the top 10 toxic threats to new products being imported, sold or manufactured in the U.S.

For asbestos, this means only a few hundred tons of the toxic mineral imported each year will be up for review, excluding nearly all of the estimated 8.1 million metric tons of asbestos-containing products currently in American infrastructure.

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<item rdf:about="http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/epa-tanks-leaked-hazardous-substances-at-former-deferiet-paper-mill-site-public-not-at-risk-20170724">
    <title>EPA: Tanks leaked hazardous substances at former Deferiet paper mill site, public not at risk</title>
    <dc:date>2017-07-24T12:14:06+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DEFERIET — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said hazardous substances appear to have leaked from containers at the site of the former St. Regis paper mill.
However, Joel M. Petty, on-scene coordinator for the EPA, said there was no risk to the public from the materials found in a garage at the secured site at 400 Anderson Ave. or to those working at a nearby hydroelectric power plant.
Mr. Petty said the material was either “containerized, or onto the floor of the garage.”
EPA officials said they discovered the spilled material in June as they searched the site for asbestos-containing material, work that has been ongoing since last year. The mill site has been out of use since the mid-1980s and was described by the agency as being in a “severe state of disrepair.”
In searching more than 100 containers, ranging from 30-gallon containers to a pair of 4,500-gallon tanks, the EPA said “several of these containers have holes, are bulging and leaking contents onto the ground.”
A sample of the containers determined they contained substances like sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid, Mr. Petty said.]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_NY industrial release response asbestos sodium_hydroxide sulfuric_acid</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.hindustantimes.com/health/india-s-contentious-stand-on-chrysotile-asbestos-is-a-cause-for-concern-for-environmentalists/story-k6iM84vsZ00mhlV0Brn1ML.html">
    <title>India’s contentious stand on Chrysotile asbestos is a cause for concern for environmentalists</title>
    <dc:date>2017-05-03T11:44:58+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.hindustantimes.com/health/india-s-contentious-stand-on-chrysotile-asbestos-is-a-cause-for-concern-for-environmentalists/story-k6iM84vsZ00mhlV0Brn1ML.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An Indian delegation led by environment secretary Ajay Narayan Jha is in Geneva to negotiate some of the most important environmental treaties dealing with trade in hazardous chemicals and waste.

Environmentalists are paying close attention to India’s stand on Chrysotile asbestos, a substance that has been banned in many parts of the world for being carcinogenic but is not listed as a hazardous substance under the Rotterdam Convention that regulates trade in hazardous substances.

“Chrysotile asbestos should be listed as a hazardous substance under the Rotterdam Convention,” said Gopal Krishna of Toxics Watch Alliance, an India-based non-governmental organisation, adding, “all it does is places the onus on exporters of the material to another country to obtain prior informed consent (PIC).”

India’s stand on the listing of the substance has been far from consistent. In 2011, the Indian delegation came out in favour of including it in the list, receiving a standing ovation for taking the stand. At the next convention in 2013, India reversed its stand based on a study by the National Institute of Occupational Health, that has been widely discredited.

This ambiguity has persisted with the government’s statements not lining up with its actions. Last year, the environment minister for state Anil Madhav Dave said they were looking for alternatives to asbestos while maintaining that there were no studies from India linking Chrysotile asbestos to health impacts.

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<dc:subject>India public discovery environmental asbestos</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/04/11/06/52/traffic-delays-as-asbestos-emergency-forces-closure-of-eastbound-lanes-of-military-road-in-cremorne">
    <title>Asbestos emergency forces closure of parts of Military Road in Sydney</title>
    <dc:date>2017-04-11T11:36:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/04/11/06/52/traffic-delays-as-asbestos-emergency-forces-closure-of-eastbound-lanes-of-military-road-in-cremorne</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eastbound lanes of a major road in Sydney’s lower north shore have been closed this morning due to a HAZMAT incident, causing traffic upset.

Crews are hosing down a building in Cremorne due to a potential asbestos threat, which has caused the closure of one of two eastbound lanes of Military Road.
 
The site in Cremorne is currently under development. (9NEWS)
Drivers are being redirected onto Winnie Street by police.

It’s believed several workers were found trying to remove asbestos from the building around 3.30am. 

Around 14 firefighters and HAZMAT officers have been working on the site this morning to remove the asbestos and secure the area.

The building is currently under development.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i47/Still-global-menace.html">
    <title>Asbestos Still a global menace</title>
    <dc:date>2016-11-28T13:34:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i47/Still-global-menace.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As a 7-year-old child in suburban Sydney, Australia, Serafina Salucci recalls playing with white wall sheeting material leftover from her dad’s renovation of the family’s garage. She used it like chalk to draw on the driveway, and threw chunks of it back and forth with her brothers. Little did anyone know at the time that the sheeting contained carcinogenic asbestos fibers that would later be blamed for giving Salucci mesothelioma, an incurable cancer attacking the lining of her lungs.
 
Salucci was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007, 30 years after her likely exposure to asbestos. She has outlived her doctor’s prognosis and now spends her time raising awareness about the disease and the threat of asbestos in older buildings like houses, hospitals, and schools. If asbestos fibers become airborne, there’s a risk of exposure, she says. “We must safely get rid of it.”
In brief
More than 50 countries around the world have banned the use of asbestos, a known human carcinogen linked to lung cancer, mesothelioma, and other diseases. But two Western industrialized countries—the U.S. and Canada—have not taken such steps. Anti-asbestos activists are ramping up pressure on regulators in the U.S. and elsewhere to stop the production and use of the fibrous material. Meanwhile, scientists would like to better understand the basic science of the substance in order to deal with remediation at hazardous sites and to treat those who are susceptible to asbestos-related diseases. An NIH-funded research center at the University of Pennsylvania is leading the charge (see page 32).
Salucci joined hundreds of other people seeking to eradicate asbestos exposure around the world at an Australian government conference earlier this month. Production and use of asbestos was banned in Australia in 2003, but approximately one-third of all homes in the country contain the substance. Australia had the highest per capita rate of asbestos use in the world from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Salucci, now 47, is one of hundreds of Australians diagnosed with mesothelioma every year. Like many other kids that grew up during the 1960s and 1970s, she never worked around asbestos nor did any home renovations herself. She was exposed to asbestos while playing as a child.
While Australia, like many other countries, faces huge challenges related to its former use of asbestos, more than 100 countries face even greater problems because they have yet to ban the fibrous material. The U.S., Canada, and many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, for instance, still allow some use of asbestos, despite the substance’s known adverse health effects.
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<item rdf:about="http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/288649-group-lists-top-10-chemicals-for-epa-to-regulate-first">
    <title>Green group highlights 10 chemicals for EPA regulation</title>
    <dc:date>2016-07-22T09:38:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/288649-group-lists-top-10-chemicals-for-epa-to-regulate-first</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A green advocacy group is highlighting ten toxic chemicals it wants the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate under new broad powers.

Topping the Environmental Working Group’s list is asbestos, a cancer-causing substance still found in automobile brake pads and clutches, vinyl tiles and roofing materials.

The other nine chemicals the group lists include PERC – a probable carcinogen that appears in dry-cleaning fluid, spot removers and water repellants; phthalate chemicals in PVC plastics, toys and plastic wrap linked to early puberty in girls; and BPA found in food cans, food containers and cash register receipts that is linked to infertility and diabetes.
“After decades of stagnation, EPA can now ban or restrict the use of toxic chemicals and order companies to conduct safety testing when more information is needed,” EWG Senior Scientist David Andrews said in a statement. "It's important that the agency act promptly to eliminate or reduce Americans' exposure to industrial compounds linked to cancer, birth defects, hormone disruption and other health problems."

In June, Obama signed an overhaul of the nation’s chemical safety laws into law that lawmakers had been fighting years for. The legislation gives EPA the authority to test and regulate chemicals already in the marketplace, as well as new substances.]]></description>
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    <dc:date>2016-03-30T11:45:45+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Back in 2008, carbon nanotubes – exceptionally fine tubes made up of carbon atoms – were making headlines. A new study from the U.K. had just shown that, under some conditions, these long, slender fiber-like tubes could cause harm in mice in the same way that some asbestos fibers do.

As a collaborator in that study, I was at the time heavily involved in exploring the risks and benefits of novel nanoscale materials. Back then, there was intense interest in understanding how materials like this could be dangerous, and how they might be made safer.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago, when carbon nanotubes were in the news again, but for a very different reason. This time, there was outrage not over potential risks, but because the artist Anish Kapoor had been given exclusive rights to a carbon nanotube-based pigment – claimed to be one of the blackest pigments ever made.

The worries that even nanotech proponents had in the early 2000s about possible health and environmental risks – and their impact on investor and consumer confidence – seem to have evaporated.

]]></description>
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    <title>WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC</title>
    <dc:date>2015-06-02T10:51:10+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[CHESTER COUNTY, SC (WBTV) -
Crews with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were in Chester County Monday working to put out a landfill fire that has been burning since November 2014.

Neighbors in and around the small town of Lockhart have complained about health problems as long as the fire has been burning. Gus Poulos lives and works by the Bennett Industrial Landfill, where construction materials like asbestos, fiberglass, and roofing shingles are disposed.

“The smoke has been real bad. A lot of people, including me, have had a sore throat, had sinuses, had all kinds of problems,” Poulos said.

The site sits near the Chester and Union County line in South Carolina. Several air monitoring stations are set up near the landfill to make sure workers and residents are safe.

“We're doing regular monitoring for the emissions on site, both to protect our workers and anybody off-site,” said EPA on-scene coordinator Matthew Huyser.

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    <title>Chemicals close tip</title>
    <dc:date>2014-04-21T11:21:30+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.youngwitness.com.au/story/2230523/chemicals-close-tip/?cs=2170</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Red Hill Road Tip was forced to close for almost 24 hours on Tuesday after a load of hazardous farm chemicals and broken asbestos was illegally dumped at the site.

The council was alerted to the situation when the tip plant operator and environmental health officer were working down at the tip face on Tuesday morning, and they detected a strong chemical smell, which increased every time the wind changed.

They also began to feel nauseous. 

Council’s planning, environment and strategic services director Craig Filmer said council had to undertake their pollution incident protocol, which involved closing the tip at 9.50am that morning and notifying Triple 0 and also the Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA).]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia public release response ag_chems asbestos</dc:subject>
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    <title>Contamination worse than suspected at S.F. State building</title>
    <dc:date>2014-01-23T12:16:36+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A second inspection of the science building at San Francisco State University has revealed a level of contamination worse than suspected, so the building that typically houses more than 2,500 students, faculty and staff will remain closed for the entire spring semester, the campus president said in a letter to employees.

The inspection found uncontained mercury, lead paint and asbestos dust throughout the building just days before the new semester is to start Monday.

As students return to class, campus officials are scrambling to figure out where to put the thousands taking classes in the business, liberal and creative arts, science and engineering, and health and human services departments that are housed in the science building.

"Contingency teams are attempting to relocate classes, offices and laboratories assigned to the building," President Les Wong wrote to faculty and staff, noting that employees can find updates on the class schedule online.

The latest inspection report has been posted online at http://bit.ly/1biW5BD. It found asbestos in the basement and first and second floors.

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    <title>War on Carcinogens: Industry Disputes Human Relevance of Chemical...</title>
    <dc:date>2013-10-16T11:37:27+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Evidence from studies in animals is essential for identifying chemicals likely to cause or contribute to many diseases in humans, including cancers. Yet, to avoid or delay the implementation of protective public health standards, the chemical industry typically denies cancer causation by agents they produce. The spurious arguments put forward to discount human relevance are often based on inadequately tested hypotheses or modes of action that fail to meet Bradford Hill criteria for causation. We term the industry attacks on the relevance of animal cancer findings as the “War on Carcinogens.” Unfortunately, this tactic has been effective in preventing timely and appropriate health protective actions on many economically important yet carcinogenic chemicals, including: arsenic, asbestos, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, methylene chloride, phthalates, tobacco usage, trichloroethylene [TCE], and others. Recent examples of the “War on Carcinogens” are chemicals causing kidney cancer in animals. Industry consultants argue that kidney tumor findings in rats with exacerbated chronic progressive nephropathy (CPN) are not relevant to humans exposed to these chemicals. We dispute and dismiss this unsubstantiated claim with data and facts, and divulge unprofessional actions from a leading toxicology journal.
]]></description>
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    <title>Straight forward clean up following explosion</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-26T11:46:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.greatlakesadvocate.com.au/story/1595849/straight-forward-clean-up-following-explosion/?cs=12</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[THE clean up following the house explosion at Tuncurry on June 14 is expected to be completed today.

POLICE confirmed a gas leak was responsible for the massive explosion that tragically killed 80-year-old John Richard Fisher and reduced the home, where he lived alone, to rubble.

Emergency services arrived on the scene to find the house completely destroyed with asbestos debris up to 100 metres away from the site. It was immediately declared a HAZMAT incident.

Police concluded their investigations at the site on June 15 and handed it over to Great Lakes Council who began cleanup of site.

]]></description>
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    <title>Paving firm could face court over hazmat fine</title>
    <dc:date>2011-11-30T11:55:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Paving-firm-could-face-court-over-hazmat-fine</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The state Environment Department may take Advantage Asphalt to court to get the Santa Fe-based paving firm to pay $817,000 in fines related to the mishandling of asbestos waste. 

The company was cited in 2010 for violating rules regarding the handling of the hazardous material while working on a street-improvement product for the city of Bloomfield in 2009. 

According to that citation, the firm improperly disposed of asbestos at a landfill, and then in a Dumpster, even after being notified that the waste required special handling. 

The firm originally appealed the Environment Department's compliance order and said the city of Bloomfield didn't reveal the existence of the asbestos before the job began. A hearing was set in the case but was canceled after Advantage Asphalt indicated a desire to reach a settlement, according to Environment Department spokesman Jim Winchester. ]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_NM public release environmental asbestos waste follow-up</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/howzat-closed-indefinitely-after-asbestos-find/2374027.aspx">
    <title>Howzat closed indefinitely after asbestos find</title>
    <dc:date>2011-11-29T12:52:26+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/howzat-closed-indefinitely-after-asbestos-find/2374027.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sport and Fitness Centre has been closed indefinitely and will need a completely new roof after results of an air quality examination revealed levels of asbestos.
Howzat, which has been closed since the building was evacuated last Thursday, said yesterday it would remain shut until at least January 2012.

The gym’s thousands of patrons have been told their memberships will be ‘‘put on hold’’ and Howzat plans to postpone all amateur sporting competitions and refund money paid by teams to use the building’s indoor facilities.

As a precaution, an assessment of several other businesses in the Cooks Hill Commercial Centre will begin today.]]></description>
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    <title>Crews battling fire at empty NJ chemical plant</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-19T14:17:37+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A blaze erupted at a vacant chemical plant just before sunrise Sunday in one of the country's poorest cities, causing the building to partially collapse and forcing firefighters to evacuate nearby homes.

The fire at Concord Chemical Inc. in Camden, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, comes more than a week after fires at an abandoned tire factory and a downtown warehouse.

Hazmat crews were checking to see if any chemicals were left in the former plant, which was vacated two years ago, Philadelphia's WPVI-TV reported.

The plant made detergents and cleaning products and underwent a nine-month, $1 million cleanup of asbestos and potentially explosive hazardous materials that the Environmental Protection Agency completed in May, the Courier-Post reported.]]></description>
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    <title>BBC News - Seventy Berkshire children in science blast asbestos scare</title>
    <dc:date>2011-04-01T21:44:23+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[About 70 primary school children have been exposed to asbestos when a science lesson explosion lifted ceiling tiles in a Berkshire school hall.

Pupils were evacuated from the hall at St Mary's in Kintbery, Hungerford, when a chemical test involving a hydrogen balloon caused a "sonic reaction".

Dust that fell from the ceiling tested positive for a small level of asbestos.

Health and safety officers kept the children's uniforms for testing and the pupils were sent home in their PE kits.

The hall has been sealed off and all parents have been informed.

A West Berkshire Council spokesman said: "I can confirm that during a science lesson at the school today, a planned chemical reaction involving a hydrogen balloon, resulted in a sonic reaction that lifted ceiling tiles in the hall releasing dust.

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    <title>Flats evacuated after asbestos find (From The Argus)</title>
    <dc:date>2010-02-14T13:24:57+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A block of flats in Worthing is being evacuated after a builder uncovered asbestos.
The building in Dolphin Lodge, Grand Avenue, Worthing, has been cordoned off for almost three hours while specialist waste management teams try to make it safe.
West Sussex Fire and Rescue were called at 9.38am after a builder found the highly toxic chemical in the building.
A spokesman for the fire service said: "A member of the public has a builder in to do some work.
"The builder was taking down a door when he found asbestos.
"This is a highly toxic chemical that can kill people over time.
"It was our job to get everyone out as quickly as possible.
"We sent five appliances and four officers.
"We have now handed the job over to Viridor, a waste management company."
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