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    <title>Industry knew about risks of PFAS 'forever chemicals' for decades before push to restrict them, study says</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Makers of PFAS, a class of chemicals used in everything from cookware to food containers and makeup, had evidence the substances were toxic as early as the 1970s and obscured the danger, according to a new study based on industry archives held at the University of California.

Governments in Canada and the U.S. are now cracking down on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of more than 9,000 human-made chemicals produced since the 1940s. They have unique properties that make them heat-resistant, oil- and water-repellent and friction-resistant, and are found in products from cosmetics and take-out boxes to non-stick cookware and fire suppressants. ]]></description>
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    <title>No injuries reported in explosion at Université de Moncton lab</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-26T11:29:07+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Firefighters responded to the Université de Moncton Saturday morning after a small explosion in one of the university's labs.

Moncton Fire Department responded to the university's science building and found a small fire linked to some laboratory equipment.

Platoon Chief Keith Guptill said the department was investigating if the fire was linked to a malfunction with a machine that separates water into hydrogen and oxygen.

The fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries have been reported.

An investigation is underway.]]></description>
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    <title>Worker suffers “significant burns,” nearby residents evacuated, as St. Catharines chemical plant rocked by explosions, fire</title>
    <dc:date>2023-01-13T11:22:26+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A man was severely injured and dozens of area residents were evacuated after multiple explosions and fire engulfed a chemical disposal business in St. Catharines, early Thursday.

Firefighters were called to the Ssonix Products facility at 20 Keefer Rd. at 6:35 a.m. on Thursday, said St. Catharines Fire Chief Dave Upper, describing it as a hazardous material company.

As firefighters continued to fight the initial fire, he said the flames spread to an industrial building next door, igniting the building as well as its contents.

“We’ve had a partial collapse to that building which has made it challenging to put the fire out there,” Upper said.

It took firefighters until about 2 p.m. to bring the blaze under control, but crews remained on scene addressing hot spots.

Upper said paint products, aerosol cans, sanitizers, and oxidizers were inside the plant as the fire raged through it. He said all the chemicals products were a concern.

“The level of risk is high, but we’ve seen worse,” Upper said.

He was, however, concerned about another chemical stored in another part of the building that had yet to be impacted by the fire.

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    <title>No injuries after hydrogen leak at N.S. power plant in Cape Breton</title>
    <dc:date>2023-01-10T11:28:48+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emergency crews were called to a report of a hydrogen leak at Nova Scotia Power’s Lingan Generating Station around 12:30 p.m. Monday.

The Scotchtown Volunteer Fire Department, along with Cape Breton Regional Police and a hazmat team responded to the facility in Lingan, N.S., and quickly closed the two roads to and from the plant to the public.

Nova Scotia Power spokesperson Jacqueline Foster confirmed there was a hydrogen leak from a cooling system outside the station.

The scene has been cleared after what fire officials confirm was a hydrogen leak at the Lingan Power Plant today. Scotchtown’s fire chief adds there were no injuries & no damage. ⁦@CTVAtlantic⁩ pic.twitter.com/0iNoDm5ibh

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    <title>Hazmat incident in Victoria was caused by 'mixing of two cleaning solutions'</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-31T11:46:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/hazmat-incident-in-victoria-was-caused-by-mixing-of-two-cleaning-solutions-1.19014468</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The evacuation of a building in downtown Victoria was caused by two cleaning solutions being mixed together, according to the Cool Aid Society.

On Thursday afternoon, the Cool Aid Society's Swift House was evacuated by first responders, including firefighters, police, the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team and CRD hazmat response technicians.

At the time, a witness told CTV News that someone dumped a potentially dangerous chemical inside the building.

On Friday, the Cool Aid Society said the cause of the evacuation was less dramatic.

"Yesterday, out of an abundance of caution, emergency response and hazardous materials teams were called to one of our sites because of a reaction caused by the mixing of two cleaning solutions," said the society in a statement.

"All residents and staff were evacuated so that a complete risk assessment could be conducted."

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    <title>Evacuation order in northeast B.C. after cargo truck crashes</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-22T11:41:41+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Peace River Regional District issued the evacuation order for a one-kilometre radius around the crash that appears to cover about half a dozen properties in the Tomslake area.

The regional district says it poses an immediate danger to life, safety and health and has asked evacuees to register.

Those within the evacuation zone are asked to shut off all gas and electrical appliances, other than fridges and freezers, and close all windows and doors.

The order encourages residents to gather their families, and if they have room, take a neighbour or anyone else needing transport.

It says not to use more vehicles than necessary and to take pets and critical items like medicine, wallets and cellphones.

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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ottawa Fire Services responded to a call from the Dynacare medical services lab on Peter Morand Crescent, east of the The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, after a report of a propane smell in the building.

An individual from the lab called Ottawa Fires Services (OFS) around 7:53 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, reporting the five people in the lab could smell propane and were experiencing symptoms of "watering eyes." The building was evacuated and the OFS Hazadous Materials (HazMat) team dispatched.

The HazMat team discovered elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the building, peaking at 30 part per million. An acceptable level of carbon monoxide is considered to be less than 25 parts per million as an average over an eight hour period, according to the Ontario regulation for occupational exposure limits.

A fire crew inspecting the roof found a faulty heating system to be the cause. The system was shut down and tagged for inspection.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory release injury carbon_monoxide propane</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/hazardous-material-successfully-removed-from-downtown-summerside-building-100805998/">
    <title>Hazardous material successfully removed from downtown Summerside building</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-15T11:54:46+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/hazardous-material-successfully-removed-from-downtown-summerside-building-100805998/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — The hazardous material that forced the evacuation of a downtown Summerside building on Monday, Dec. 12 has been successfully removed and the property reopened.

Summerside Police evacuated the property, located at 290 Water St. and commonly known as the (former) National Bank building, around 2 p.m.

In an email to SaltWire Network, Deputy Police Chief Jason Blacquiere said that the chemical was suspected to be a “small amount of mustard gas.”

A chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) specialist team from Halifax arrived a few hours later and successfully removed the material. The building was reopened to tenants that same evening.

Police have not released much information about the incident, only that the owner of the material was a tenant of the building and did not appear to have any ill intent. No one was injured.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public discovery response mustard_gas</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/Understudied-class-PFAS-found-healthcare/100/web/2022/12">
    <title>Understudied class of PFAS found in healthcare facilities</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-08T10:59:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/Understudied-class-PFAS-found-healthcare/100/web/2022/12</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Researchers have detected an understudied class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as fluorotelomer ethoxylates (FTEOs), in indoor dust and industrial wastewater samples collected across two provinces in Canada. They found the highest concentrations of FTEOs in dust found in healthcare settings, such as a hospital, a pharmacy, and a medical school, and in effluent produced at a healthcare linen cleaning facility (Environ. Int. 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107634).
According to the study’s lead author Karl Jobst, an environmental chemist at Memorial University of Newfoundland, investigating the prevalence of FTEOs in healthcare facilities complements previous work done by other groups, which have identified these potentially persistent fluorinated compounds in fabric stain repellents and anti-fogging agents (Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7862-0). “We certainly hypothesized that these compounds could be widespread,” says Nicholas Herkert, an environmental scientist at Duke University who detected FTEOs in anti-fog sprays earlier this year (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06990). “But so little research has been done on FTEOs to date, we were ultimately uncertain.”
Jobst’s study is the first to confirm Herkert’s suspicions. To measure FTEOs in the dust and wastewater samples, Jobst and his colleagues attached a mass spectrometer to a gas chromatograph using an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization source. According to Jobst, this analytical setup can detect FTEOs more easily than liquid chromatography, the primary method for detecting PFAS in environmental samples. He suspects that the prevalence of liquid chromatography in PFAS analysis prevented scientists from detecting FTEOs in the environment prior to this study.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory discovery environmental other_chemical dust dye</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/pangnirtung-dump-fire-expected-to-burn-through-the-night-mayor-says/">
    <title>Pangnirtung dump fire expected to burn through the night, mayor says</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-03T11:25:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/pangnirtung-dump-fire-expected-to-burn-through-the-night-mayor-says/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A fire at Pangnirtung’s wood and metal dump that began on the early hours of Friday morning burned throughout the day and is expected to continue throughout the night, Mayor Eric Lawlor told Nunatsiaq News.

“It’s still doing pretty badly,” he said.

As a result of the fumes that have come from the dump fire, the hamlet told residents on Friday to stay indoors because of the toxins that have been released into the air.

The top concern Friday afternoon was to prevent the fire from spreading to the chemical dump, as that would emit stronger toxic fumes into the community, Lawlor said.

“We’re doing our best to move a lot of that stuff away so that it doesn’t catch on fire and release the fumes and toxicity from those substances,” he added.

Environment and Climate Change Canada is currently measuring the air quality.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public fire response metals toxics</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/why-construction-safety-leader-is-focused-on-dei-initiatives/428500">
    <title>Why construction safety leader is focused on DEI initiatives</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-24T12:29:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/why-construction-safety-leader-is-focused-on-dei-initiatives/428500</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As we head towards 2023, Steve Thrasher is focusing on the challenges ahead for the construction industry, and the HSE director at the Plan Group is focusing on leveraging diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to tackle safety issues. 

Thrasher says as a company they have emerged from the global Pandemic with a heightened awareness of how mental health can impact physical safety on the job.  “We always really looked at the physical types of things that could harm someone,” says Thrasher, “but COVID really brought to the forefront, the mental stressors that can lead to actual accidents happening.”

A shortage of skilled-trades workers is one of the biggest hurdles facing the construction industry and it will continue to be a problem in the years to come. That’s why Thrasher says it’s important to have a strong safety culture, “and be able to really ensure that it's a shared vision and a shared responsibility, so people feel like they can come work in a safe environment.”

All three levels of government have made promoting careers in the skilled-trades a priority. Part of the process of finding, attracting, and keeping workers at an organization is outreach, and that’s an area Thrasher says his team has been focused on.

“One thing we're trying to do is really look into sort of the inclusion and belonging, diversity piece, as well as the community piece, like working with different organizations within the community to maybe give access to people who maybe didn't always have the chance to potentially get into a trade.”

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada other discovery environmental</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/chemical-spill-leads-to-evacuations-in-tillsonburg-1.6136160">
    <title>Chemical spill in Tillsonburg leads to evacuations</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-03T10:47:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/chemical-spill-leads-to-evacuations-in-tillsonburg-1.6136160</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A chemical spill in Tillsonburg, Ont. on Wednesday resulted in road closures and the evacuation of some homes.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said the spill originated at a business on London Street. Officers were called to the scene around 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Officials confirmed to CTV News the business involved is Hi Def Auto Detailing.
"Crews were called to a spill involving undercoating and truck bed liner," an email from Jadie Scaman with Tillsonburg Fire said. "There are no injuries. We worked with OPP EMS to isolate the area as a safety precaution and are working with the owner and a clean up company to contain and remove the product safely."
Police shut down several roads in the area of Broadway and London streets for several hours. The roads were reopened around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release response paints</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/halifax-hotel-evacuated-as-hazmat-team-cleans-chemical-spill-in-pool-area-1.6122513">
    <title>Hazmat team responds to chemical spill at Halifax hotel</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-25T10:42:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/halifax-hotel-evacuated-as-hazmat-team-cleans-chemical-spill-in-pool-area-1.6122513</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Halifax hotel was evacuated Monday morning after toxic chemicals were reported in the pool area.
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency's hazmat team responded to The Holiday Inn Express on Parkland Drive around 11 a.m.
According to Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Chief Kevin Corkum, someone cleaning the pool created a mixture of bleach and muriatic acid, causing a release of caustic gas.
Corkum says five people were treated by paramedics on scene.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release response bleach hydrochloric_acid</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://landline.media/cvsa-shares-results-of-five-day-hazmat-inspection-blitz/">
    <title>CVSA shares results of five-day hazmat inspection blitz</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-14T10:09:32+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://landline.media/cvsa-shares-results-of-five-day-hazmat-inspection-blitz/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An unannounced five-day hazmat inspection blitz by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance resulted in just under 30% of drivers being cited for violations.

According to the group, 6,204 vehicles carrying hazardous materials or dangerous goods were inspected June 13-17 in the U.S. and Canada. Of those inspected, the total number of violations was 1,774.

The following violations were uncovered by inspectors during the road blitz:

408 shipping papers violations.
269 nonbulk/small means of containment packaging violations.
272 bulk packaging/large means of containment packaging violations.
76 nonbulk/small means of containment labeling violations.
159 bulk packaging/large means of containment placarding violations.
79 other safety marks violations.
168 loading and securement violations.
43 hazardous materials/dangerous goods package integrity (leaking) violations.
84 Transportation of Dangerous Goods Training Certificate violations (Canada only).
“Drivers who transport (hazardous materials/dangerous goods) are specially trained in emergency safety and applicable HM/DG federal regulations,” the agency said in a statement. “CVSA’s HM/DG Road Blitz spotlights the safety-compliant drivers, shippers and motor carriers that ensure HM/DG are always appropriately marked, placarded, packaged and secured while being transported on our roadways.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation discovery environmental</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.insauga.com/hazmat-team-called-in-oakville-school-evacuated-because-of-noxious-substance/">
    <title>Hazmat team called in, Oakville school evacuated because of 'noxious substance'</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-05T10:21:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.insauga.com/hazmat-team-called-in-oakville-school-evacuated-because-of-noxious-substance/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The incident occurred just as the school day was ending at Thomas A. Blakelock High School when students and teachers began complaining about irritated eyes with some indicating they had trouble breathing. It’s reported that one person, a teacher, was taken to hospital.


According to reports, initially the school was placed under lockdown but then students were ordered out of the building as a hazmat team was called in to investigate.

Located on Rebecca St., approximately 1,000 students attend Blakelock but sources say many of the students had already left for the day when the incident occurred.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada education release injury unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://brockpress.com/2022/10/03/23-staff-members-discharged-from-hospital-after-acid-leak-at-thk-facility/">
    <title>23 staff members discharged from hospital after acid leak at THK facility – The Brock Press</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-04T10:10:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://brockpress.com/2022/10/03/23-staff-members-discharged-from-hospital-after-acid-leak-at-thk-facility/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A chemical spill at the THK Rhythm automotive facility sent 23 workers to the St. Catharines General Hospital on Tuesday, Sept. 27, with three workers having been directly exposed to hydrochloric acid.

According to St. Catharines Fire Chief Dave Upper, a third-party contractor working at the facility accidentally hit a valve, opening it in the process. Approximately five litres of hydrochloric acid spilled out of the valve before it was quickly closed by staff members, and the hazardous chemical quickly vapourized within the room where the leak took place.

Upper explained emergency crews used a decontamination facility at THK before staff members were sent to the hospital for inspection. He assured community members that the vapour cloud was completely contained inside the facility, posing no threat to the public.

Three workers who suffered direct exposure to the acid leak were rushed to the hospital as CTAS 2 (Canadian Triage Acuity Scale) patients, said Bryce Brunarski, a spokesperson for Niagara EMS Operations. In a statement to Narcity, Brunarski added that “[the affected workers] were decontaminated by facility staff with support from our CBRNE paramedics and St Catharines fire.”

Alongside the three individuals who made contact with the acid, 20 more workers made their way to the hospital as a precautionary measure. Nine of these workers were brought to the hospital to evaluate the risk and severity of their potential injuries with minor exposure to the leak. 10 of the staff members, none of whom suffered symptoms but were still at potential risk, used the St. Catharines Transit bus system to get to the hospital. One more worker made it to the hospital alone.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial release injury hydrochloric_acid</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://globalnews.ca/news/9159039/hazadarous-materials-incident-niagara-health/">
    <title>Up to 23 people taken to hospital after acid leak at St. Catharines auto plant</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-28T10:34:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://globalnews.ca/news/9159039/hazadarous-materials-incident-niagara-health/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Up to 23 people were taken to hospital after an acid leak at an automotive plant in St. Catharines on Tuesday, though all were expected to be discharged before the end of the day.


St. Catharines Fire Chief Dave Upper said the incident occurred at THK Rhythm Automotive, which is a manufacturing facility located on Louth Street, south of Fourth Avenue.

“Shortly after 9:00 this morning, a contractor was working at THK Rhythm Automotive,” Upper told Global News Radio AM 900 CHML.

“During their work, they accidentally bumped a valve which opened up and released approximately five litres of hydrochloric acid. That acid in liquid form transformed to a vapour cloud.”

]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2022/09/major-incident-involving-hazmat-team-currently-unfolding-at-victoria-general-hospital/">
    <title>Major incident involving hazmat team currently unfolding at Victoria General Hospital</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-22T10:10:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2022/09/major-incident-involving-hazmat-team-currently-unfolding-at-victoria-general-hospital/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A major incident involving a hazmat team is currently unfolding at Victoria General Hospital this afternoon.

The incident started just after 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 21st at the back of the hospital.

According to reports, a recycling truck driver was in the process of crushing items from the hospital when they passed out at the wheel.

Photos from the scene show a large emergency presence, including West Shore RCMP, a hazmat team and fire crews.

While unconfirmed, at the time of the incident, there were reports of it being a chemical leak. Witnesses in the area say the driver of the truck remained in the vehicle for some time.

It was later confirmed a substance was released when the material was being compacted. There were two people in the truck the recycling truck. They were treated in the Victoria General Hospital emergency department.

Hazmat crews confirmed the chemical was a cleaning product and the container, which wasn’t fully empty, combusted.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release injury cleaners waste</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62982397">
    <title>School uniforms in N America linked to PFAS &quot;forever chemicals&quot;</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-22T10:07:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62982397</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A study of school uniforms in the US and Canada reveals high levels of so-called "forever chemicals".
The chemicals, known as PFAS, are used to make clothing resistant to stains or water but they have been linked to asthma, obesity and fertility issues.
Researchers found that uniforms made with 100% cotton showed higher levels than synthetic materials.
Exposing children to these chemicals may increase the long-term health risk, the scientists believe.
The issue is less of a concern in the UK because almost all retailers' own brand uniforms are PFAS free, say campaigners.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada education discovery environmental dye</dc:subject>
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    <title>RRC Polytech building evacuated for chemical leak – Winnipeg Free Press</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-15T10:25:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2022/09/14/rrc-polytech-building-evacuated-for-chemical-leak</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A chemical leak on Red River College Polytechnic’s Notre Dame Avenue campus prompted the school to halt classes and evacuate a research centre Wednesday.

Shortly before lunchtime, RRC Polytech evacuated its Vehicle Technology Research Centre, also known as Building Z, due to a “safety incident,” said Conor Lloyd, director of college and public relations.

“The incident was a freon leak that occurred outside a classroom while a contractor was performing regular maintenance work, resulting in a small spill of less than (five) litres,” Lloyd wrote in an email.

The school said it immediately activated its safety protocols at the northwest Winnipeg facility, which included evacuating the affected building and notifying staff and students about the event via its campus alerting system.

No injuries were reported and nurses assessed individuals who were near the spill, Lloyd said, adding normal operations continue in other buildings while the affected facility remains closed for clean-up, further testing and repairs.

RRC Polytech anticipates the building will be declared safe by workplace safety and health staff and classes will be able to resume Thursday.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada education release response freon</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rise-of-hype-see-more-and-more-novel-critical-and-key-grant-applications/4016213.article">
    <title>Rise of hype see more and more ‘novel’, ‘critical’ and ‘key’ grant applications</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-14T10:35:32+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rise-of-hype-see-more-and-more-novel-critical-and-key-grant-applications/4016213.article</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A steady and dramatic increase in ‘hype’ in the abstracts of successful grant applications funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) since the mid-1980s has been documented by a new analysis.

The researchers from Japan and Canada, who work in applied linguistics, biomedical research and machine learning, found that the prevalence of 130 out of 139 ‘hype adjectives’ increased by an average of more than 1300% in successful applications submitted to the NIH between 1985 and 2020. The study analysed more than 900,000 NIH abstracts with the researchers coding adjectives as non-hype or hype based on how promotional they were in context, and whether they could be removed or replaced by a less subjective word without changing a sentence’s meaning.

In 1985, 72% of these NIH abstracts included at least one such hype adjective, and by 2020 this percentage had increased to 97%. The interim years, overall, showed annual increases.

Over this 35-year time period, the words ‘novel’, ‘critical’ and ‘key’ saw the largest absolute increases, and the biggest relative increases were for the terms ‘sustainable’, ‘actionable’ and ‘scalable’.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory discovery environmental</dc:subject>
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    <title>Mill Woods Town Centre evacuated after substance spill</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-02T10:39:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/substance-spill-behind-mill-woods-mall-evacuation-thursday-efrs-1.6052148</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mill Woods Town Centre was evacuated Thursday afternoon after a chemical spill filled a store with smoke.
Edmonton Fire Rescue Services arrived at the mall minutes after 12:00 p.m. to reports of a fire.
No fire was located, EFRS told CTV News Edmonton, but a large amount of smoke was seen coming from the LensCrafters suite.
"The mall was evacuated as a precaution as our Hazmat team works on cleaning up a substance spill in the LensCrafters' lab," said Brittany Eveneshen, EFRS spokesperson, in a statement.
...
Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution.
As investigators continue to probe the scene, there is no word on what the spilled substance was.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>Hazardous materials spill injuries one person in northern Alberta</title>
    <dc:date>2022-08-31T10:38:06+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/1-hurt-after-hazardous-materials-spill-northwest-of-edmonton-1.6049190</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emergency crews were called to a commercial job site in the area of 157 Avenue and 89 Street in Clairmont, Alta. for a hazardous materials spill Tuesday afternoon.
RCMP told CTV News Edmonton less than 100 litres of hydrochloric acid spilled and that an employee suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Crews from the County of Grande Prairie Fire Department were able to dilute the material and make the area safe again.
Police said Occupational Health and Safety has been notified.
Clairmont is about 453 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial release injury hydrochloric_acid</dc:subject>
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    <title>Three people hospitalized following pool chemical exposure at east-end hotel</title>
    <dc:date>2022-08-28T14:09:32+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/three-people-hospitalized-following-pool-chemical-exposure-at-east-end-hotel-1.6045058</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ottawa paramedics say three people were taken to the hospital with mild to moderate symptoms following exposure to pool chemicals at a hotel in Ottawa's east end.
The Ottawa Fire Service hazardous materials team was called to the hotel on Brisebois Crescent near Centrum Boulevard at 8:48 a.m. Saturday after vapours from chemicals that were being mixed in a mechanical room made it to the pool area, affecting several people.
A dispatcher told the 9-1-1 caller to pull the fire alarm in order to get everyone outside. An OC Transpo bus was provided as shelter.
OFS said two chemicals, about four litres chlorine and a half-barrel of muriatic acid, were accidentally mixed together. The hazmat team found dangerous levels of chlorine gas in the pool area.
Chlorine is typically used as a pool sanitizer. Muriatic acid is a potent cleaning agent and is also used to lower pH levels and alkalinity in swimming pools. Toxic chlorine gas can be released if they're mixed improperly. 
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release injury pool_chemicals</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://globalnews.ca/news/9072190/collision-nuclear-material-saskatoon/">
    <title>Two-vehicle collision involved nuclear material, Saskatoon police say</title>
    <dc:date>2022-08-20T10:53:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://globalnews.ca/news/9072190/collision-nuclear-material-saskatoon/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Saskatoon Police Service and Saskatoon Fire Department were at the scene of a two-vehicle collision involving a hazardous, nuclear material Friday morning.

Police said the material was contained to the immediate area and there is no risk to members of the public.

No injuries have been reported.

Police and fire officials quickly contained the immediate area while hazmat crews confirmed there had been no leak of the material involved.

Significant traffic restrictions affecting all directions of travel at the intersection of 22nd Street West and Diefenbaker Drive were in effect.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release response radiation</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/halifax-area-community-centre-evacuated-thursday-due-to-potential-hazmat-issue-1.6014789">
    <title>North Preston Community Centre evacuated Thursday</title>
    <dc:date>2022-08-05T10:23:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/halifax-area-community-centre-evacuated-thursday-due-to-potential-hazmat-issue-1.6014789</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A community centre in North Preston, N.S., was evacuated on Thursday afternoon as a precaution after an incident at a water treatment plant.
The city of Halifax says a mechanical malfunction with a crane happened at the Lake Major water treatment plant around 2:15 p.m., creating a potential HAZMAT issue.
Halifax Water and Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency crews evacuated the children who were attending day camps and day cares at the North Preston Community Centre.
The city says the mechanical issue with the crane, and potential HAZMAT issue, was fixed by 3:45 p.m.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release response water_treatment</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://globalnews.ca/news/9010144/1-dead-3-injured-montreal-chemical-research-lab-explosion/">
    <title>1 dead, 3 injured after explosion at chemical research lab in Montreal region</title>
    <dc:date>2022-07-23T11:05:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://globalnews.ca/news/9010144/1-dead-3-injured-montreal-chemical-research-lab-explosion/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A man in his 40s is dead and two other people were sent to hospital following a chemical lab explosion in Montreal’s Dorval suburb on Friday morning.


Authorities say they were called around 11:30 a.m. to Polymer Source research center on Avro Avenue.

The business markets itself as a chemical laboratory that supplies research grade polymers and biopolymers to scientists.

Officials say the death of the victim was pronounced at the scene by emergency services before they could get him to hospital.

Two other people were also sent to hospital to treat wounds from the blast, but authorities did not specify the severity of their injuries.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory explosion death plastics</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.theprogress.com/news/owner-of-chilliwack-business-destroyed-by-drug-lab-fire-suing-his-landlord/">
    <title>Owner of Chilliwack business destroyed by drug lab fire suing his landlord – Chilliwack Progress</title>
    <dc:date>2022-07-08T09:59:27+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.theprogress.com/news/owner-of-chilliwack-business-destroyed-by-drug-lab-fire-suing-his-landlord/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The owner of a business destroyed by a fire at a neighbouring drug lab in Chilliwack is suing the landlord and the tenant of the adjacent business.

Chilliwack RCMP confirmed the dramatic fire in an industrial building on May 2, 2019 on Fourth Avenue was connected to a drug lab.

But Target Steel & Sea Containers owner Steve Heaps isn’t focusing his lawsuit on the alleged illegal activity in the unit next to his business. Instead, his lawsuit is using an independent fire expert’s report to point out that the building was not designed for two tenants and, illegal or legal, the volume of chemicals being stored next door should have prompted regulatory action.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public follow-up environmental drugs illegal</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.cp24.com/news/chlorine-exposure-at-north-york-gym-pool-sends-5-people-to-hospital-including-2-children-1.5970566">
    <title>Chlorine exposure at North York gym pool sends 5 people to hospital, including 2 children</title>
    <dc:date>2022-07-01T09:31:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.cp24.com/news/chlorine-exposure-at-north-york-gym-pool-sends-5-people-to-hospital-including-2-children-1.5970566</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Five people have been hospitalized, including two children, after a chlorine exposure at a fitness centre pool in North York on Thursday afternoon.
Toronto Fire said crews responded to the LA Fitness near Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue around 5:20 p.m. for a hazmat call.
Several people needed medical attention after possibly breathing in chlorine fumes while in the pool due to over-chlorination, Toronto Fire said.
Ten people were assessed at the scene, and five were taken by Toronto paramedics to the hospital.
Of the five, one suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, paramedics said, adding that the children’s injuries are described as mild.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release injury chlorine</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/algoma-steel-oil-spill-public-health-1.6488261">
    <title>Algoma Steel oil spill poses public health challenges along St. Mary's River</title>
    <dc:date>2022-06-15T10:40:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/algoma-steel-oil-spill-public-health-1.6488261</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An oil spill that started at Algoma Steel's wastewater treatment plant on the St. Mary's River on Thursday poses a public health challenge, said the acting medical officer of health for Algoma Public Health.

"When there's a chemical released into the water that may have health effects it's a lot more difficult to control because you can't do some of the usual measures that we would do, such as a boil water advisory," said acting medical officer of health Dr. John Tuinema.

"If you were to boil the water when there's a chemical in there, it doesn't get rid of the chemical."

Tuinema said the municipality of Echo Bay has been most affected by the oil spill.

Algoma Public Health warns people not to drink water from St. Mary's River after oil spill
Public health has advised residents not to drink the local well water. They've also been advised not to swim in the river or consume any local fish.

But Tuinema added most people who live near the river get their drinking water from sources not affected by the spill.

Ministry of the Environment spokesperson Gary Wheeler told CBC News last week that the oil was an industrial lubricant called 460 gear oil.

Wheeler confirmed Algoma Steel deployed contractors to contain the spill with absorbent booms on the river.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial follow-up environmental oils</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://globalnews.ca/news/8916917/coquitlam-fish-kill/">
    <title>Source of solvent that killed potentially hundreds of fish in Coquitlam creek unclear: city</title>
    <dc:date>2022-06-14T10:24:13+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://globalnews.ca/news/8916917/coquitlam-fish-kill/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Officials with the City of Coquitlam say they don’t know who put a suspected solvent into Booth Creek, killing potentially hundreds of fish fry.
People who live near the creek at Myrnam Street first noticed the dead fish and a strong odour Saturday evening.

Anenette Boulanger told Global News the fish in the creek had been fine when she visited the area around noon the same day.

“There was some kind of spill, it killed them that fast,” she said. “It makes me feel sick.”

Locals called the city, which deployed firefighters and the engineering department’s 24-hour response team.

Coquitlam director of utilities Jonathan Helmus said crews put booms and absorbent pads into the creek to soak up the pollutant, and returned on Sunday to replace them. Most of the pollutant was gone, he said.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release environmental solvent</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.cjwwradio.com/2022/06/11/fire-crews-respond-to-a-chemical-spill-in-the-citys-southwest/">
    <title>Fire crews respond to a chemical spill in the city’s southwest</title>
    <dc:date>2022-06-12T10:57:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.cjwwradio.com/2022/06/11/fire-crews-respond-to-a-chemical-spill-in-the-citys-southwest/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fire crews responded to a chemical spill Thursday night in Saskatoon’s South West Industrial Park.

Around 6:45, the Saskatoon Fire Department was notified about an incident that saw approximately 6,000 to 8,000 litres of sodium hydroxide spilled while being unloaded from a transport truck in the 100 block of McLeod Avenue.

Once crews arrived including a hazmat team, firefighters found that a nearby storm drain had already been closed off by those on site.

The driver of the truck was treated for minor injuries on scene.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release injury sodium_hydroxide</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://news4winnipeg.com/bellmts-iceplex-evacuated-after-ammonia-leak/">
    <title>BellMTS Iceplex evacuated after ammonia leak</title>
    <dc:date>2022-06-11T10:42:27+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://news4winnipeg.com/bellmts-iceplex-evacuated-after-ammonia-leak/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BellMTS Iceplex was evacuated around 11:30 am on Friday, June 10, 2022, after workers in a non-public area had issues with a line containing ammonia.

Officials with the facility told News 4 that at the time of the evacuation upwards of 1,000 youth and adults were in the building as part of a large hockey tournament. No injuries were reported.


Members of the WFPS hazmat team enters the BellMTS Iceplex to deal with an ammonia leak on Friday, June 10, 2022 (Caden Jones | News 4)

Hazmat team members enter the decontamination trailer after leaving the iceplex (News 4)

Iceplex staff stand near an overhead door that firefighters opened to help ventilated the structure. (News 4)
Firefighters called in the Hazardous Materials Unit along with multiple other trucks and crews to locate the problem and monitor the air quality.

According to the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service the air in the building contained high levels of ammonia of up to 200 parts per million (PPM).

Shortly after 2:00 pm the hazmat crews were seen leaving the building and entering a decontamination trailer that had been brought to the scene. Shortly afterwards firefighters wearing breathing apparatus were seen entering the building as ventilation efforts began.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial release response ammonia</dc:subject>
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    <title>Hazmat team responds to gas leak: Regina fire</title>
    <dc:date>2022-06-07T10:45:47+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://regina.ctvnews.ca/hazmat-team-responds-to-gas-leak-regina-fire-1.5935512</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Regina Fire and Protective Services (RFPS) responded to a report of a “major gas leak” in one of Regina’s core neighbourhoods.
Just after 12 p.m., on Monday, the Regina Fire Hazmat Team was called to an address on the 1600 block of 5th Ave. in response to the gas leak, according to an early afternoon tweet.
There was no physical fire, but emergency personnel worked to ventilate the building and monitor air quality.
There was no mention of injuries, and RFPS described “no risk” to the surrounding residential area.
SaskEnergy was reported as being at the scene of the leak.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/Toxic-PCBs-managed-poorly-decades/100/i20">
    <title>Toxic PCBs managed poorly decades after production ceased</title>
    <dc:date>2022-06-03T09:50:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/Toxic-PCBs-managed-poorly-decades/100/i20</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The poster child for environmentally persistent synthetic chemicals is arguably polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heat-resistant commercial chemicals whose production was phased out decades ago everywhere except North Korea.
But most countries are not managing the remaining PCB stocks and contaminated materials, leaving people, fish, and wildlife at risk from adverse toxic effects to their nervous systems that many of these chemicals can cause, an international team of researchers says (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01204). The failure to properly manage this group of compounds, which haven’t been produced in most of the world in the past 30 years, bodes poorly for the control of other persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the researchers from Canada, the Czech Republic, and the US say.
“This analysis is an international wake-up call to limit the production of hazardous chemicals like PCBs,” coauthor Veena Singla, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, says in an emailed statement. “We just can’t clean up the mess these chemicals create.”
Factories churned out more than 1.3 million metric tons (t) of pure PCBs from 1930 to 1993, the researchers say. US-based Monsanto—a company that Bayer bought in 2016—produced half the global total. The substances were used in at least 114 countries. Applications included dielectric fluid in electrical transformers and capacitors, hydraulic or heat-transfer fluid, and flame retardants. PCBs were also used in paints, pesticides, carbonless copy paper, and building sealants.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public discovery environmental other_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://globalnews.ca/video/8872761/hazmat-crews-respond-to-ammonia-leak-in-kamloops/">
    <title>Hazmat crews respond to ammonia leak in Kamloops</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-27T11:00:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://globalnews.ca/video/8872761/hazmat-crews-respond-to-ammonia-leak-in-kamloops/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UPDATE: One person has died after an ammonia leak at an ice plant in Kamloops. The leak happened at an ice plant around 10:30 Thursday morning --in an industrial area near the Yellowhead Highway. Hazmat crews responded and evacuated the area and four people were treated in hospital.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial release death ammonia</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/convictions/chemical-spill-leads-to-fine-for-bc-company/405977">
    <title>Chemical spill leads to fine for B.C. company</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-17T11:27:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/convictions/chemical-spill-leads-to-fine-for-bc-company/405977</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[British Columbia employer Teck Metals Ltd. has been fined $55,060.11 for an occupational health and safety violation relating to ammonia.

The incident happened at the company’s Trail worksite. Liquid anhydrous ammonia was released when loss of containment occurred from a railcar at an unloading area. 

The site and adjacent workplaces were evacuated, and several people were exposed to the ammonia vapour, according to WorkSafeBC.

Following an inspection of the site, WorkSafeBC found that the firm had not adequately communicated or trained its workers in safe work procedures for identifying and responding to ammonia leaks. This included a lack of practice drills for all workers involved in ammonia-related work, and a lack of clear procedures and supervision to ensure procedures were being followed. 

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial release response ammonia</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.insauga.com/span-of-highway-in-st-catharines-opens-after-dangerous-chemical-spill/">
    <title>Span of highway in St. Catharines opens after dangerous chemical spill</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-13T10:55:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.insauga.com/span-of-highway-in-st-catharines-opens-after-dangerous-chemical-spill/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Highway 406 in St. Catharines fully reopened around 10 p.m. on Thursday night, following a chemical spill that necessitated road repairs.

The closure on the northbound 406 lasted for more than a day. The southbound lanes had reopened on Wednesday.


The closure was required after a truck leaked hydrochloric acid on the highway between Westchester Crescent and Glendale Avenue. The ruined asphalt needed to be removed and then the roadway had to be repaved.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release response asphalt hydrochloric_acid</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://globalnews.ca/news/8804149/london-fire-department-crews-carbon-dioxide-truck/">
    <title>London, Ont. fire department says crews remain on scene as carbon dioxide leaks from truck</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-03T10:38:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://globalnews.ca/news/8804149/london-fire-department-crews-carbon-dioxide-truck/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[London firefighters and police are still monitoring a commercial vehicle on Dundas and Saskatoon streets as gas leaks into the air.


Hazardous material technicians are also on scene, and the Ministry of the Environment has been contacted, platoon chief manager Gary Mosburger said.

Mosburger says the gas leaking from the tank is carbon dioxide and not considered dangerous.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release response carbon_dioxide</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/scientists-call-for-global-cap-on-plastic-production/4015603.article">
    <title>Scientists call for global cap on plastic production</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-30T11:51:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/scientists-call-for-global-cap-on-plastic-production/4015603.article</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Following the United Nations’ decision last month to adopt a global and legally-binding treaty by 2024 to end plastic pollution, and with governmental negotiations on the agreement slated to begin soon, an international group of scientific experts is arguing that such a treaty must cap production of new plastics from fresh feedstocks, and phase them out in the long-term.

‘Even when applying all political and technological solutions available today, including substitution, improved recycling, waste management, and circularity, annual plastic emissions to the environment can only be cut by 79% over 20 years,’ the scientists from the UK, US, Canada, Germany, India, Norway, Sweden and Turkey wrote in a letter in Science magazine.

After 2040, they note, 17.3 million tons of plastic waste will continue to be released to the environment every year. ‘To fully prevent plastic pollution, the path forward must include a phaseout of virgin plastic production by 2040,’ the experts conclude. One unrelated benefit, they say, is that this would increase the value of recycled plastics.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public discovery environmental plastics waste</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lord-nelson-hotel-in-halifax-evacuated-due-to-strong-odour-1.6421308">
    <title>Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax evacuated due to 'strong odour'</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-16T11:02:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lord-nelson-hotel-in-halifax-evacuated-due-to-strong-odour-1.6421308</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Lord Nelson Hotel in downtown Halifax was evacuated early Friday because of what police said was a "strong odour."

Halifax Regional Police said they were called to the hotel on South Park Street around 3 a.m. AT and guests were told to leave the building.

Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency were also called and a hazmat team responded. District fire chief Sherry Dean said the team did some gas meter readings and ventilated the area.

The readings showed a low level of risk, so guests were allowed back into the building.

Dean said Halifax fire left the scene after 4 a.m. and police stayed to investigate the incident.

In a news release, Halifax police said they made two arrests, however there were "no details relating to criminal charges at this time."]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.thestar.com/local-brampton/news/2022/04/14/peel-police-fire-crews-respond-to-reports-of-chemical-spray-being-released-at-brampton-school.html?rf">
    <title>Peel police, fire crews respond to reports of chemical spray being released at Brampton school</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-15T10:46:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.thestar.com/local-brampton/news/2022/04/14/peel-police-fire-crews-respond-to-reports-of-chemical-spray-being-released-at-brampton-school.html?rf</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Peel Regional Police and Brampton Fire have been dispatched to a school following reports of a chemical spray being released inside the building on Thursday, April 14. 

Police said a call alleging some type of chemical spray had been released at a school near Sandalwood Parkway East and Freshspring Drive was received around 11:30 a.m.

It is unknown what was released but police said it could possibly be pepper spray. The fire alarm was also pulled, said police.

Students have been evacuated and no injuries have been reported at this time.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada education release response pepper_spray</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/radiation-discovered-to-be-a-major-overlooked-source-of-natural-gas-generation-in-shales/4015495.article">
    <title>Radiation discovered to be a major overlooked source of natural gas generation in shales</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-12T10:51:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/radiation-discovered-to-be-a-major-overlooked-source-of-natural-gas-generation-in-shales/4015495.article</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A substantial fraction of shale gas – potentially more than 25% in some regions – has been produced by radioactive decomposition of organic matter, a mechanism that had been dismissed as unimportant, researchers claim. They believe the discovery could prove crucial for monitoring emissions near fracking sites to ensure that the potent greenhouse gas methane is not inadvertently released into the atmosphere.

The mixture of methane and smaller quantities of ethane, propane and butane that makes up ‘natural gas’ has traditionally been extracted from oil wells. However, as these run out and prices rise, new technologies have been developed to extract gas from other sources. The most controversial is hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. This involves horizontal drilling deep into shale rocks before injecting pressurised water to crack open the shales and release hydrocarbons. Among many environmental objections is the potential for methane to leak from buried sediments into the atmosphere, and the petroleum industry is therefore required to monitor ‘fugitive emissions’.

One complication is that surface methane emissions can occur without fracking, as microbes can produce methane from carbon dioxide or acetic acid. Like all living organisms, microbes preferentially take up carbon-12 over other, heavier isotopes of carbon, so the methane they subsequently emit is isotopically light. Three processes are known to produce subterraneous natural gas: microbial, thermal decomposition of organic matter under pressure and inorganic reactions between rocks. The latter two cause less isotopic fractionation, so the isotopic composition of methane emissions from soils is used to infer their origins.

In the new work, however, researchers in France, Switzerland and Canada found that many deep shales from around the world, which are rich in radioactive elements such as thorium and especially uranium, also emitted isotopically light natural gas. The researchers turned to previous laboratory reports that irradiation of organic matter could produce gaseous hydrocarbons and, based on those reports, they calculated that such hydrocarbons would be isotopically light. ‘The difference is that, basically, microbes produce only methane, whereas radiolytic gases have a lot of ethane, propane and heavier,’ says Maria Naumenko-Dèzes of the French Geological Survey in Orléans, France.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory discovery environmental natural_gas radiation</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/highway-contractor-charged-in-devastating-2018-west-vancouver-fish-kill-5248921">
    <title>Contractor charged after dozens of fish killed in West Vancouver</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-11T10:39:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/highway-contractor-charged-in-devastating-2018-west-vancouver-fish-kill-5248921</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure contractor is now facing charges almost four years after a job-site chemical spill nearly wiped out the fish population of a West Vancouver creek.

On April 30, 2018 crews from Keller Foundations Inc. were working on a highway project near Horseshoe Bay when water from their cement operation discharged into Larson Creek, killing upwards of 80 cutthroat trout.

After an investigation by Environment and Climate Change Canada’s enforcement branch, the Crown swore two federal Fisheries Act charges against Keller Foundations on Tuesday (April 5).

Documents filed in North Vancouver provincial court, where the case will be heard, show two counts of depositing a deleterious substance in water frequented by fish. One charge is for cement leachate. The other is for grout spoils.

West Vancouver Streamkeepers Society past president John Barker, who had been in touch with federal investigators almost every month since the incident, said he is pleased to see the process of accountability move forward.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release environmental unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://regina.ctvnews.ca/hazmat-team-respond-to-chemical-fire-northwest-of-regina-1.5854683">
    <title>Hazmat team respond to chemical fire northwest of Regina</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-09T11:52:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://regina.ctvnews.ca/hazmat-team-respond-to-chemical-fire-northwest-of-regina-1.5854683</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Regina Fire and Protective Services hazmat team responded to a chemical fire northwest of Regina.
In a tweet, Regina Fire said it was on scene at a site just outside of Regina city limits around 2 p.m.
It said the south wind blowing down from the area does not pose a threat to residents.
“Please keep clear of the area for safety,” Regina Fire said.
The fire department said updates will be provided as they become available.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public fire response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>5 people injured in explosion, fire at Sherbrooke food-processing hub</title>
    <dc:date>2022-03-25T11:17:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sherbrooke-food-lab-fire-1.6394381</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Five people were injured Wednesday morning in an explosion and a major fire at a hub for industrial food preparation and processing in Sherbrooke, Que.

Fire crews and paramedics responded to the Centre de valorisation de l'aliment de l'Estrie (CVA) after reports of an explosion around 8:30 a.m.

"They're dealing with burns, but we still don't know the extent of the injuries," Stéphane Simoneau, director of the Sherbrooke fire department, told Radio-Canada.

It's not clear if any of the injuries are life-threatening.

Dr. Marie-Maud Couture, chief of the emergency department at the Sherbrooke University Hospital Centre (CHUS), said five patients were treated at the ER. Some, with more serious injuries were transferred to other specialized health centres. 

The building, with nearly the footprint of a CFL football field, includes several industrial kitchens, food processing warehouses, workshops, event spaces and other food-related businesses.

Around 40 firefighters from six different stations are on site, and Simoneau expects crews to be there all day.

"There was a lot of combustible material inside," he said, adding that the explosion appears to have damaged the building's sprinkler system and prevented it from activating.

It's still too early to determine the origin of the explosion but "it seems obvious" hazardous materials were in play, Simoneau said. 

"It was likely caused by propane or natural gas, " said Simoneau. "That's what the investigation will show us."

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial explosion injury natural_gas propane</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/02/20/firefighters-investigating-cause-of-volatile-fire-at-vancouvers-pne.html">
    <title>Police investigating ‘suspicious’ fire at Vancouver’s PNE, no injuries reported</title>
    <dc:date>2022-02-21T11:04:01+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/02/20/firefighters-investigating-cause-of-volatile-fire-at-vancouvers-pne.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department says its major crimes section is investigating an overnight fire at the Pacific National Exhibition that firefighters say involved explosions and 30-metre flames.

Assistant Fire Chief Brian Bertuzzi says crews responded to the volatile blaze on the northwest corner of Hastings Park at around 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

He says no one was on site at the time of the blaze and no firefighters were injured putting it out.

Bertuzzi says there was a high fuel load on site, including 500 litres of gasoline storage and high-pressure propane tanks.

He says two Zambonis and up to a dozen truckers were involved in the fire, which did not affect the part of the grounds where horses are kept.

Police say 20 vehicles and a building were damaged and the fire is considered suspicious.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation explosion response gasoline propane</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/high-levels-of-carbon-monoxide-forces-evacuation-of-high-rise-building-in-overbrook-5033566">
    <title>High levels of carbon monoxide forces evacuation of high-rise building in Overbrook</title>
    <dc:date>2022-02-07T11:45:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/high-levels-of-carbon-monoxide-forces-evacuation-of-high-rise-building-in-overbrook-5033566</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A high-rise building in Overbrook was evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide on Sunday, February 6, because the building's furnace heater on the roof was blocked with snow.

Ottawa fire crews were called to the 22-storey building on Donald Street, between Quill Street & Beaudry Street Sunday morning.

The high levels of carbon monoxide were detected on multiple floors, Ottawa Fire Services said in a series of tweets.

The entire building proceeded to be evacuated. Several residents needed assistance.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada public release response carbon_monoxide</dc:subject>
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    <title>100 Mile House RCMP responded to chemical spill</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-14T11:26:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.mycariboonow.com/77954/100-mile-house-rcmp-responded-to-chemical-spill/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[100 Mile House RCMP were called to the Co-op Cardlock on the Exeter Truck Route at around noon today. (Thursday)

Staff Sergeant Svend Nielson says an employee of the CO-OP Cardlock observed the tractor trailer leaking what appeared to be a purple coloured substance.

Nielson says it turns out that it was the same tractor trailer that was involved in an accident earlier in the week.

“The tractor trailer from the incident from the 11th was moved away from the scene by a tow company that isn’t from 100 Mile, and it was dropped off for a reason we don’t know yet, into the Co-op cardlock without their permission ,and obviously without proper safety precautions in place.  The vehicle is covered in essentially wood glue, the resin that was involved in the accident.”

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release response resin</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.chemedx.org/blog/online-activity-chemical-kinetics-and-%E2%80%9Cradium-girls%E2%80%9D">
    <title>Online Activity: Chemical Kinetics and the “Radium Girls”</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-09T23:55:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemedx.org/blog/online-activity-chemical-kinetics-and-%E2%80%9Cradium-girls%E2%80%9D</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 2020-21 academic year, with its pandemic-induced social distancing measures, produced many challenges in the implementation of laboratory-related activities. At Bradley University, many chemistry lab activities forced to move to an online format. One activity that went online was the classic coin-flip exercise to demonstrate the first-order kinetics associated with radioactive decay. This rather simple exercise meshes well with discussions of kinetics and nuclear chemistry explored in General Chemistry courses, and can readily be used in other academic settings, such as high school. This lab activity placed the coin-flip exercise in the context of the tragedy of the “radium girls”. These were a group of young women who worked in factories painting clocks and instruments with radium-containing paint and suffered illness and death from radium contamination.1-3 Study of the history and chemistry of this event provides opportunities to make connections to toxicology, green chemistry, and sustainability.

In the introduction to the lab activity, students are given a very brief introduction to the radium girls story and its connection to Ottawa, IL (in central Illinois located about an hour or two from Bradley University). The students are then directed to visit the internet for more information,3 such as a video made at a memorial to the affected workers located in Ottawa, shown below.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada education discovery environmental radiation</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-police-explosive-chemical-disposal-1.6307087">
    <title>Explosive ending for old, potentially volatile chemicals at U of Regina as police carry out planned detonation</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-08T12:10:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-police-explosive-chemical-disposal-1.6307087</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The University of Regina has disposed of more than two kilograms of potentially volatile chemicals it discovered last fall on its campus — by blowing the chemicals up.

Members of the Regina Police Service's bomb squad were on campus over Thursday and Friday to dispose of the chemicals, which had become unstable over time, U of R president Jeff Keshen told CBC News.

The exact length of time hasn't been determined, he said.

At about 9 a.m. Friday, the chemicals were remotely detonated in an unpopulated open area to the south of the Regina campus, a spokesperson said.

The chemicals found in about nine containers — including dinitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid — were discovered during an audit of the chemicals supply in the Research and Innovation Centre and adjoining lab building at the university. 

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory discovery response dinitrophenylhydrazine time-sensitive</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/why-safety-professionals-need-to-lead-by-example/320954">
    <title>Why safety professionals need to lead by example</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-05T12:00:42+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/why-safety-professionals-need-to-lead-by-example/320954</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of the most important questions safety leaders can ask themselves is: “As a leader, am I consistently demonstrating the behaviours that I expect of my employees?” Says Sheri Benson.

Benson got her start in safety in the energy sector at oilfield services company Tesco Corporation (since acquired by oil and gas drilling contractor Nabors Industries) where she eventually became HSE Manager. Based in Calgary, Benson founded Thrive Safety Consulting in 2019. The organization offers health and safety consulting services including training and safety program development.

Thrive is also a Certified Auditor with Energy Safety Canada.

]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/health-and-safety-begins-at-home-says-oil-and-gas-expert/320957">
    <title>Health and safety begins at home, says oil and gas expert</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-05T11:59:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/health-and-safety-begins-at-home-says-oil-and-gas-expert/320957</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Safe behaviours start at home, says Ryan Sloan, Health and Safety Manager, Birchcliff Energy.

“Being a good example is key both at work and at home. I feel if you can't have that culture within you when you're at home, you can't bring that to work either,” he says.

Health and safety leaders in the energy sector need to be a positive influence, and have excellent communication skills which are “critical to send out that message and represent what you're trying to communicate,” says Sloan.

]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/firefighters-respond-to-hazardous-material-incident-alberta-environment-notified-1.5725547">
    <title>Firefighters respond to hazardous material incident, Alberta Environment notified</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-02T12:20:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/firefighters-respond-to-hazardous-material-incident-alberta-environment-notified-1.5725547</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On New Year's Day, emergency crews responded to a hazardous materials incident in southeast Edmonton.
Edmonton Fire Rescue Services told CTV News four units and a HAZMAT team arrived at 4:13 p.m. at an industrial area near 48 Street and 68 Avenue.
Crews determined a chemical called boron trichloride was involved, and Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
According to EFRS, there is no risk to the public as crews work to contain and clear the chemical.
Cleanup efforts are being hampered as the chemical reacts with snow, EFRS spokesperson Brittany Lewchuk said.
No injuries were reported to officials.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial release response other_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/hwy-23-traffic-resumes-after-train-derailment-in-southern-alberta-1.5724610">
    <title>Hwy. 23 back open after train derailment near Village of Baron, Alta.</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-01T11:38:26+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/hwy-23-traffic-resumes-after-train-derailment-in-southern-alberta-1.5724610</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Traffic has resumed on Highway 23 near the Village of Barons, Alta. after a train derailment shut a stretch of road down for several days.
A CP Rail engine and several cars left the tracks Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported but the engine was leaking diesel fuel, prompting a response from a Calgary-based hazmat team and emergency crews from southern Alberta.
Traffic was shut in both directions and the highway was reopened on Friday.  
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release response diesel</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chemical-air-pollution-creates-new-toxins-over-time-study-170145">
    <title>Chemical air pollution creates new toxins over time: Study</title>
    <dc:date>2021-12-20T11:25:21+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chemical-air-pollution-creates-new-toxins-over-time-study-170145</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remnants of industrial chemicals in the air can potentially transform into new substances more toxic and persistent than the original pollution, according to a global study published this week.

Using samples gathered around the world, the study published in Nature found that these previously unidentified products are present in the atmospheres of 18 big cities including Lagos, New York, Tokyo and Warsaw.

Regulatory guidelines like those listed in the Stockholm Convention assess the danger of different chemical pollutants based on how long they remain in the environment, how toxic they are and to what degree they contaminate living things.

But, the study notes, this approach has been limited to a list of known substances and does not take into account how they may change as they break down.

The research proposes a new framework using laboratory tests and computer simulation to predict what chemicals will arise as products interact with the air and how toxic they will be.

Study main author John Liggio, a research scientist for Environment Canada, worked with a team to test the framework on nine flame-retardant chemicals most commonly found in the atmosphere.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory discovery environmental unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://news4winnipeg.com/hazmat-responds-to-chemical-spill-in-main-street-office-tower/">
    <title>Hazmat responds to chemical spill in Main Street office tower</title>
    <dc:date>2021-12-18T10:07:06+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://news4winnipeg.com/hazmat-responds-to-chemical-spill-in-main-street-office-tower/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a chemical spill involving a flammable chemical in laboratory in a Main Street building on Friday afternoon, December 17, 2021.

WFPS crews responded to a chemical spill in an office tower on Main Street on December 17, 2021.
When members of the HazMat team arrived on the scene they evacuated the high-rise office tower and were able to quickly contain the spill. The chemical was collected and will be safely disposed of.

Crews were on site for about two hours and the building was deemed safe to re-enter after the clean-up was completed.

One person working in the laboratory was exposed to the chemical when the spill happened and was taken to hospital in stable condition. No other injuries were reported.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory release injury flammables</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/emergency-crews-respond-to-acid-spill-at-cargill-plant-in-guelph-1.5706733">
    <title>Acid spill at Guelph Cargill plant</title>
    <dc:date>2021-12-15T11:53:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/emergency-crews-respond-to-acid-spill-at-cargill-plant-in-guelph-1.5706733</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[GUELPH -  Emergency crews responded to an acid spill at the Cargill Dunlop plant in Guelph on Tuesday morning.
A spokesperson for Cargill said there was a peracetic acid leak outside of the plant. She said the affected area was roped off immediately and there are no safety concerns outside of that area.
The plant shut down as soon as the spill occurred and emergency crews were called in, along with the Ministries of Labour and Environments.
Testing by the city and the Ministry of Environment found the spill didn't reach the river, the spokesperson said.
Three employees had to be treated at the site for eye irritation. One employee was taken to hospital "out of an abundance of caution" due to skin irritation.
Guelph police and fire both responded to the spill around 10 a.m. Tuesday. Police said they were mostly there to help with traffic control.
Cargill is now working to restart the plant.
Residents are asked to avoid the area, including trails at the former jail property, during the investigation.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada industrial release injury acids</dc:subject>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A propylene glycol spill occurred near the Qikiqtani General Hospital, a City of Iqaluit news release issued by communications manager Aleksey Cameron on Tuesday night said.

Propylene glycol is a synthetic liquid that absorbs water, according to the United States National Library of Medicine’s website.

The spill happened as a result of the work on a sewer upgrade project that was being completed by city contractors, the city’s release said.

A pipeline system used for heating a part of the city was affected and Qulliq Energy Corporation closed the affected pipeline system to prevent any further spill.

Various contractors and agencies were at the site on Tuesday evening to contain and clean up the spill.

The City also notified Nunavut’s Department of Environment of the spill and its staff were providing support.

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<dc:subject>Canada industrial release response ethylene_glycol</dc:subject>
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    <title>University of Alberta, Edmonton emergency services carry out chemical disposal Saturday morning</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-28T11:31:02+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/university-of-alberta-edmonton-emergency-services-carry-out-chemical-disposal-saturday-morning</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Edmontonians living around Hawrelak Park may have been woken up with a bang early Saturday morning.

The University of Alberta, along with Edmonton Police Service and Edmonton Fire Rescue Services, carried out a “planned, controlled and safe chemical disposal,” U of A spokesperson Jennifer Crosby told Postmedia.

Crosby said expired peroxide forming solvents commonly used in biochemical research, diisopropyl ether and 1-4 dioxane, were the subject of the disposal.

“Safe hazardous materials management is a part of being a world-class research university,” said Crosby. “Chemical disposals are a routine activity and, from time to time, require the support and specialized expertise of safety services like those offered by EPS and Edmonton Fire.”

Crosby, sharing a message from the school’s operational team, said the park is safe. Chemicals were contained after being disposed in a parking lot, and the environment wasn’t impacted, according to the school.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada laboratory discovery environmental diethyl_ether solvent waste</dc:subject>
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    <title>UPDATE: Chemical spill cleaned up, Highway 1 near Windsor reopened after accident</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-25T11:09:21+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[MOUNT DENSON, N.S. — The first snowfall of the season kept Hants County firefighters busy, with three motor vehicle accidents reported within a one-hour period.

The most serious of the accidents involved a commercial vehicle carrying dangerous chemicals that overturned on Highway 1 near Windsor.


Paul Maynard, Hantsport’s deputy fire chief, said they set up a 50-metre perimeter around the vehicle due to the hazardous materials located inside.

The Kings County Hazardous Material Support Unit was called to Mount Denson to help firefighters tackle a chemical spill. - 
“There’s four 45-gallon drums of chemical that is used to make spray foam insulation and they’ve been compromised in the vehicle,” said Maynard, noting the Kings County hazardous material support unit (hazmat) came to assist with the situation.

He estimated about 25 firefighters, plus EHS paramedics, RCMP officers and a tow truck operator were on scene.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Canada transportation release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>Operations back to normal at Gatineau hospital after chemical scare</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-24T12:12:14+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A partial evacuation was ordered in the Gatineau Hospital on Monday night after the accidental release of an unnamed “dangerous” material.

In a release late Monday evening, Gatineau firefighters said chemicals used in the laundry operation came into contact and produced noxious fumes at about 7 p.m.

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There were no injuries in the incident, according to both firefighters and the hospital administration.

Hazardous materials specialists from Ottawa Fire Services were called to the scene for assistance.

The situation was declared under control at 9:40 p.m.

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<dc:subject>Canada industrial release response cleaners</dc:subject>
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    <title>Ottawa hazmat team called to Gatineau Hospital for chemical leak</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-23T11:27:08+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[GATINEAU, QUE. -- Hazardous materials crews from Ottawa were called to the Gatineau Hospital Monday following a chemical leak in the laundry area.

In a release, the CISSS de l'Outaouais said that the Gatineau fire department had the situation under control and no one was hurt, but teams from Ottawa were also called in to help.

All hospital services remain functional and no other area was affected by this incident. The laundry area has been isolated.

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    <title>Explosion in Coniston blows hole through shipping container</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-19T11:35:59+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An explosion in an industrial park in the northern Ontario community of Coniston on Thursday morning blew a hole through a shipping container.

Jesse Oshell, Greater Sudbury's deputy fire chief, said on Twitter there was no risk to the public and fire crews remained on the scene with hazmat suits.

The City of Greater Sudbury said residents in Coniston were alerted to a loud noise and the strong smell of chlorine due to the explosion, which occurred on Smelter Road.

The city said there is no current threat to the public.

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<dc:subject>Canada industrial explosion response chlorine</dc:subject>
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    <title>From chemical burns to a logging truck crash, RCMP describe events at Fairy Creek</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — It’s been an eventful week for Mounties and protesters in the Fairy Creek area of southern Vancouver Island that included an exploded can of bear spray and an RCMP crash involving a logging truck. 

Police say in a release they received a report Tuesday that someone had sustained chemical burns to their face from a cooking stove and others had trouble breathing. 

Members of the BC Ambulance Service determined that a can of bear spray had overheated and exploded inside a bus, which then caught on fire, leading five people, including children, to be treated at the scene.

It was the same day three officers were hurt on a logging road between Lake Cowichan and Port Renfrew, when two RCMP vehicles were involved in a crash with a logging truck. 

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    <title>Vaughan Fire on scene at Concord aeresol business for hazardous chemical material spill</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-12T11:42:11+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Vaughan Fire and Rescue Services is currently on scene at a business in Concord for a hazardous chemical material spill, causing road closures northbound Keele Street from Administration Road.

On Nov. 11, at around 11:45 a.m., Vaughan Fire was dispatched to KG Spray Pack Inc. located at 8011 Keele St., for reports of a hazardous chemical material spill. 

According to Deputy Fire Chief Mike Doyle who is currently on scene, eight fire units were dispatched to the scene.

"Its serious enough. Any chemical hazardous material spills we consider quite serious," Doyle said in response to the severity of the incident. 

The business building, which is known for packaging and supplying aerosol products, has been evacuated. A few employee are being treated for injuries caused by inhalation. 

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<item rdf:about="https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2021/10/31/hazmat-ammonia-leak-mount-hope-bakery-oakrun-farm.html">
    <title>Ammonia leak at Mount Hope bakery draws heavy fire department response</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-01T10:42:32+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2021/10/31/hazmat-ammonia-leak-mount-hope-bakery-oakrun-farm.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An ammonia gas leak Saturday night at a Mount Hope bakery triggered a response of multiple units from the city’s fire department that lasted through Sunday afternoon.

Fire crews arrived at Oakrun Farm/Aspire Bakeries at 1770 Fiddler’s Green Rd., just south of Hamilton’s airport, at 11 p.m. (The business had previously been called Aryzta bakery.)

A fire department spokesperson told the Spectator that “all occupants” had vacated the building on their own by the time firefighters arrived, and there were no reports of injuries.

HAZMAT crews remained at the building overnight and all day Sunday, leaving the property just before 5 p.m.

“This was a protracted event due to the amount of the leaked ammonia and time it took to clear the building,” wrote assistant deputy-chief Shawn De Jager to the Spectator in an email.

He added that the cause of the leak is still unknown.

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    <title>Fire on container ship out, work to remove shore debris to begin, company says</title>
    <dc:date>2021-10-31T11:08:07+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Any active fires on board the Zim Kingston container ship anchored off Victoria have been extinguished, federal officials and the company managing the vessel said Friday.

Canadian Coast Guard spokeswoman Michelle Imbeau said firefighting crews are continuing to use infrared cameras to monitor hot spots. The fire has been smouldering for a week in containers onboard the Zim Kingston. It broke out after the ship lost 109 of its 2,000 containers on Oct. 22 in bad weather off the west coast of the Island while en route to Vancouver from South Korea.

Onboard, two containers of hazardous materials used in the mining sector have burned, Imbeau said. Two other containers carrying the same materials were among those that fell from the ship and have not been recovered.

Danaos Shipping Co., the Greece-based company managing the vessel, did not provide any details about the fire in a statement Friday, saying only that it had been extinguished.

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    <title>More than 100 containers from cargo ship went overboard during B.C. accident, coast guard says</title>
    <dc:date>2021-10-29T10:57:45+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Canadian Coast Guard now says that more than 100 shipping containers, at least two of them carrying hazardous chemicals, fell off a cargo ship that later caught fire, and marine experts are concerned fish and even whales could suffer from chemical burning as a result of the accident.

Fire broke out aboard the 13-year-old MV Zim Kingston last weekend and officials initially estimated that two containers carrying a chemical used in mining were the source of the fire, while about 40 containers had gone overboard. But on Wednesday, the coast guard said the number of containers that fell from the vessel is now calculated at more than 100.

“Right now, our best count is 109. This is still an ongoing challenge, of course, and it could change because there’s a possibility that some were burned up in the fire that we’re not aware of yet,” said Mariah McCooey, deputy federal incident commander with the coast guard.

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    <title>Large oil spill in north Edmonton sends crews with booms into stormwater facility</title>
    <dc:date>2021-10-28T11:25:24+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON -  Firefighters, HAZMAT teams and EPCOR crews were all working to contain a large oil spill in north Edmonton Wednesday afternoon.
A 911 call was made at 2:11 p.m., after about 1,000 litres of oil was spilled from a Jiffy Lube location at 164A Avenue and 45 Street..
A tanker truck that was taking old oil away from the shop overflowed and oil poured onto the ground, an Edmonton Fire Rescue Services official said.
The oil entered a drain and made its way toward a nearby stormwater pond.
“There is some evidence (of contamination) down in some of the sewer systems. EPCOR is actually digging out one of the closest manholes to see if it made it that far down," EFRS HAZMAT coordinator Duane Breit said.]]></description>
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