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    <title>The University of Birmingham launches the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)</title>
    <dc:date>2023-07-01T10:39:08+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new £2.6m investment in chemical safety research and education will tackle the rising problem of toxic chemicals and the harms they cause.

The Centre for Environmental Research and Justice, launched at the University of Birmingham with funding from its Dynamic Investment Fund (DIF), will combine expertise in science and law to offer solutions that will ultimately protect human health and the environment from exposure to hazardous chemical pollutants.

The need for chemical pollution intervention has never been greater. Globally, pollution kills three times as many people as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. This burden disproportionally affects low and middle-income countries, where pollution can account for one in four deaths. In terms of the impact of chemicals on the environment, the world has seen an average 69% drop in mammal, bird, fish, reptile, and amphibian populations since 1970.

University of Birmingham experts are well-placed to make an impact in this area, with a leading role in the €400 million 7-year European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC).

The new investment brings together academic expertise from Life and Environmental Sciences, Arts and Law, and Medical and Dental Sciences, to undertake interdisciplinary research into the effective management of hazardous chemicals. The Centre is recruiting nine assistant and associate professors, bringing together a team of more than 20 academic staff specialising in research at the interface of Precision Toxicology and environmental governance.

Precision Toxicology is an emerging scientific approach to environmental justice and health protection which establishes causation between chemicals and their adverse health effects, while environmental governance attempts to address the societal costs of chemical pollution. By combining recent innovations in both science and governance, the new Centre aims to develop and implement new approaches to defend against chemical hazards.

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    <title>Lake Superior College to address PFAS contamination in western Duluth waterways</title>
    <dc:date>2023-06-15T10:39:48+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DULUTH — After years of monitoring chemical contamination near the Fond du Lac neighborhood in western Duluth, Lake Superior College signed an agreement to address PFAS, the "forever chemicals" that polluted waterways through the college's firefighter training program.

The college agreed this month to work with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) over contamination in soils and a stream that connects to Sargent Creek at its emergency response training center near the Fond du Lac neighborhood in Duluth. The creek is a tributary of the St. Louis River, and PFAS were found in fish where it meets the river at Boy Scout Landing.

PFAS contamination from firefighting foam was first discovered in the area in 2009, MPCA spokesman Adam Olson said.

The MPCA determined then that drinking water, both city-supplied and in households with wells, wasn't affected, and continued to monitor the area. Recent drinking water testing results showed no evidence of PFAS, but soil and streams showed elevated levels, said Jamie Wallerstedt, head of an MPCA division that deals with the removal of pollutants.

She said the agency's approach to PFAS pollution has evolved since the 2009 discovery. The training center site was flagged then, she said, but the agency prioritized other sites throughout the state that had larger public health impacts.

Environmental policy changes signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz in May include a ban on PFAS compounds in certain products as early as 2025, and a total phaseout by 2032 unless they are given a specific exemption.

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    <dc:date>2023-05-02T10:40:40+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Frederick, Md (KM) There was a small mercury release at the Monocacy Valley Montessori Charter School in Frederick on Monday afternoon.

According to Fire and Rescue officials, personnel were dispatched at 1:39 PM to 217 Dill Avenue,  where they learned a small amount of mercury was released on a desk, and one student was exposed. The student had received a vial of mercury as a gift and brought it to school to show someone else.

Students in adjacent classrooms were told to remain in place. while emergency workers began containing the mercury. Crews reported negative air readings in the hallway outside classroom where the mercury was released, officials say. 

Two students were exposed:  one tested negative and the other was positive. That contaminated student washed their hands and arms to remove the mercury. That person then tested negative for the chemical, according to County Fire and Rescue Services.  

No one was taken to the hospital.

Fire fighters did cleanup operations before leaving the scene.]]></description>
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    <title>Library Fails to Notify Student Workers About Hazardous Materials in Books – Chicago Maroon</title>
    <dc:date>2023-04-13T10:49:58+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Undergraduate library workers across the University of Chicago library system were not warned about the presence of poisonous elements in the bindings of books in the University’s collection, The Maroon has learned.
Full-time staff in the University of Chicago library system received an email on Friday, March 31, notifying them about the potentially poisonous materials in the bindings. Undergraduate workers only learned about the contamination on Wednesday, April 5, when a staff member independently posted a flier in the Regenstein Library’s bookstacks department.

The sign an independent worker placed in the library.
The Maroon received a copy of the March 31 email with “Planning for Handling 19th-Century Cloth Covered Books with Copper Arsenic Compounds” sent out to the University’s “All Library Staff” email list by Associate University Librarian for Collections and Access James R. Mouw.
It read, “A team from Conservation and the Special Collections Research Center led by [Head of Conservation] Ann Lindsey is developing a protocol for identifying and handling this material.”
Per the email, the proposed protocol includes sealing books that meet the color identification criteria in polyethylene bags until testing can be conducted as well as training staff on identifying and handling such materials.
The University of Delaware’s Winterthur Poison Book Project, which was cited in the University’s email and the staff member’s flier, aims to identify and catalog books that contain known poisonous substances, particularly books from the 1840s and 1850s containing the pigment Paris green.
Paris green, also known as emerald green and Vienna green, is an arsenic-based pigment found in the book cloth, illustrations, and labels of certain antique books. Book cloth is the material used to create a textile effect on the covers of books, and it became popular in the 1800s as an alternative to expensive leather binding. More than 50 percent of the 19th-century cloth-case bindings analyzed by the Winterthur Poison Book Project had book cloth containing lead.
The danger in exposure to these books comes primarily from the pigment’s tendency to shed arsenic flakes. While contact with skin can cause small amounts of arsenic to be absorbed, ingesting or inhaling flakes containing arsenic poses more concerns. The project found that conservators could be exposed to arsenic pigment dust levels can be “several times higher than the OSHA exposure limit.”
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    <title>Hazmat closes Lead-Deadwood High School for the week</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LEAD, S.D. — The Lead-Deadwood School District closed its high school this week (Dec. 19-21) after a student brought mercury to school. The closure will allow the building to be cleaned and tested.

The incident happened on Monday, Dec. 12 — the day before a winter storm closed the entire district for four days.

According to school superintendent Dr. Eric Person, the student had found elemental mercury in his home.

Not realizing the danger mercury poses, the student brought it to school to show other students.

A teacher alerted the office that a student had a suspicious substance — later determined to be the mercury.]]></description>
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    <title>Fordham University bans e-bikes, scooters on school grounds over fire fears</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-11T12:28:23+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fordham University is banning e-bikes and scooters from its campuses, over fears that the dangerous lithium-ion batteries that propel the devices will explode, the Daily News has learned.

Beginning on Jan. 3, all battery-powered e-bikes, e-scooters and e-skateboards won’t be allowed on any of the Bronx college’s properties “including all buildings on and off campus,” Fordham Public Safety Associate Vice President Robert Fitzer wrote in an alert sent to the student body Friday.

“The storage and charging of lithium-ion batteries in residence halls and other university buildings represent a serious hazard as they may explode causing injuries and starting fires,” Fitzer wrote in his memo.

E-bikes and scooters will also be banned “on sidewalks and walkways within the campus,” Fitzer said.

“This has become necessary due to the recent surge in deadly fires in New York City from batteries,” he noted. “(These) fires are chemical reactions that, once underway, cannot be extinguished like traditional fires and create toxic gases that can be deadly in enclosed spaces. Fire extinguishers do not work on lithium-ion batteries.”

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    <title>Hazmat team responds to chlorine container spill at Rhode Island College</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-01T11:43:42+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://turnto10.com/news/local/expanded-chlorine-container-providence-hazmat-team-rhode-island-college-emergency-building-evacuation-clean-up-police-fire-department</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[(WJAR) — A hazmat team from the Providence Fire Department were called to Rhode Island College for a chlorine container spill.

Fire officials told NBC 10 News the container had expanded, causing the spill.


Providence Fire Department Hazmat Team responds to Rhode Island College for a chlorine container spill, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (WJAR)

The building was evacuated as a precaution and no injuries were reported. 

Officials said the spill should be cleaned up within an hour.

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    <title>Torquay Girls' Grammar School evacuated due to chemical spill in storage room</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-29T18:00:56+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An all-girls school in Devon has been evacuated following a chemical spill that led to emergency services being called out.

Fire crews were called to Torquay Girls' Grammar School at around 11am this morning (28 November) after a spill in a storage room.

Three Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service vehicles attended the scene and remain at the site this afternoon. ITV News West Country understands no-one has been injured.

The nature of the chemical spill is still unknown but the storage cupboard where it happened has been closed off to students, according to the fire service.

Statement from the headteacher:

A statement posted on school's Facebook page said: "Staff at TGGS were praised by the local Fire Brigade for their swift and precautionary response today.

"A small chemical reaction took place in a secure, ventilated chemical preparation room. This was promptly spotted by one of the school's trained technical staff. The safety of all students and staff is of paramount importance and as such the decision was swiftly taken to evacuate the building as a precautionary measure.]]></description>
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    <title>Children suffer serious burns after outdoor science experiment goes wrong at Sydney school</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-21T11:52:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/21/children-injured-explosion-manly-west-public-primary-school-students-science-experiment-sydney</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two primary school students suffered serious burns to their face and chest and were taken to hospital after a science experiment conducted outdoors in high winds went wrong at a school on Sydney’s northern beaches.

They were among 11 students and one adult – believed to be their teacher – injured in the incident at Manly West public school about 1.20pm on Monday.

One of the students with serious burns was airlifted to Westmead children’s hospital while the other student was taken to that hospital by ambulance.

The nine other students were taken to the Royal North Shore and Northern Beaches hospitals. The adult was also admitted to hospital in a stable condition.

It is understood the year 5 students were taking part in a science demonstration to create a “black snake” or “sugar snake” with baking soda, a sugar mixture and an accelerant.

NSW Ambulance Acting Supt, Phil Templeman, said the wind had blown some materials around causing the injuries.

“We received multiple triple zero calls reporting that a number of children had sustained burns during a science experiment, which was being conducted outside,” he said.

“Today’s high winds have impacted the experiment and blown some of the materials around. The children have sustained burns to the upper body, chest, face and legs. Thankfully, the majority of the students were not badly injured.”

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    <title>Kasturba college officials want dump yard shifted to avoid chemical emission repeat</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-20T12:24:47+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD: Officials of Kasturba Gandhi Junior College for Women said that the incident of a gas emission on Friday took place near a garbage dump outside the college premises and requested authorities to move the dump to avoid a repeat of such incidents.

On Friday, students of classrooms 204 and 205 smelt a pungent gas from outside their window around 1.30 pm, when they were returning for the post-lunch session.

A college official said that around 30 students who were exposed to the fumes started feeling dizzy and nauseated, following which they evacuated all students and admitted those affected to a nearby hospital.

College officials said that they had noticed GHMC sanitation workers break a chemical bottle while clearing garbage from the dump, following which two workers at the spot started vomiting and the fumes started spreading to the college.

The authorities concerned were also informed.

“Government departments (police, clues team, fire and medical service) came to the college and did a complete inspection of the whole building, including checking of CCTV footage. They did not find any cause for the smell or lapse in safety measures in the college. It was later identified that the cause for the gas fumes was coming from outside the garbage dump adjacent to the college compound wall,” a college official said.

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    <title>OPCW and UNICRI empower women in chemistry and launch compendium of best practices</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-16T11:47:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.miragenews.com/opcw-and-unicri-empower-women-in-chemistry-and-895985/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), in cooperation with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), organised a symposium on Women in Chemistry, held at the UN campus in Turin, Italy, from 9 to 10 November.

The theme for this year’s symposium was “identifying opportunities for gender diversity in chemical safety and security”.

The two-day symposium highlighted the important contributions made by women to the peaceful uses of chemistry, and looked at some of the challenges they face. Participants were able to increase international solidarity and cooperation, and discuss the opportunities for professional development and knowledge exchange for women in chemistry. Experts from governmental authorities, laboratories and academia shared their experience in identifying opportunities for career growth, training, and certification, and highlighted the added value of gender diversity in chemistry.

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<dc:subject>Italy education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
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    <title>Appleton School staff treated following 'chemical spill'</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-12T11:51:24+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23119678.appleton-school-staff-treated-following-chemical-spill/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[WO members of staff at Appleton School were treated by paramedics earlier today following a “chemical spill”.

Essex Fire, police and ambulance crews were rushed to the South Benfleet school this afternoon.

Emergency services were responding to reports of a “chemical spill” caused by the mixture of two swimming pool chemicals – one understood by the Echo to be chlorine.

One has been taken to Southend hospital.

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 1.56pm to a chemical incident in Appleton School on Croft Road in South Benfleet.

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    <title>Sickness affecting 48 at charter school still unexplained</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-07T11:21:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wfmj.com/story/47636582/sickness-affecting-48-at-charter-school-still-unexplained</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HANOVER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say they still don't know what caused several dozen children and adults to fall ill at an eastern Pennsylvania school last week, prompting an evacuation.

Chief Scott Van Why of the Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Department told The (Allentown) Morning Call on Sunday that tests of the air turned up nothing to explain what affected 48 children and adults Friday at Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School.

Emergency responders were sent to the school after nearly a dozen people were reported sick in one of the three buildings. Officials said that building, which houses seventh- through twelfth-grade students, was evacuated “out of an abundance of caution,” but normal operations continued at other buildings where younger students are taught.

Susan Mauser, CEO of the Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School, said most of those taken to hospitals for evaluation had been released as of Friday night, LehighValleyLive.com reported.

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    <title>Hazmat incident at school sends 39 to hospital</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-05T11:59:00+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[    NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Thirty nine people were sent to the hospital after a hazmat incident at Lehigh Valley Academy Charter School in Northampton County on Friday.

The seventh through 12th grade building was evacuated and school was dismissed early.

When first responders arrived around noon, some staff and students said they didn’t feel well.

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    <title>4 hospitalized due to chemical hazard at Brookline High School</title>
    <dc:date>2022-11-04T10:49:56+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A “chemical irritant” near a first-floor bathroom at Brookline High School lead to an evacuation of the building, according to a notice sent by school officials on Thursday.

Two students and two staff members were sent to the hospital for “evaluation and treatment,” school officials said. The evacuation took place around 11:47 a.m. at the 115 Greenough St. building, and by 2 p.m., a hazmat team had cleared the building, the Brookline Police Department said.

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    <title>Kate the Chemist Lights COD on Fire – The Courier</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Families filled Belushi Performance Hall on Oct. 27 to watch Kate Biberdorf, also known as Kate the Chemist, make gummy worms, build a bubble snowman and breathe fire. Children in the crowd shouted answers to the questions Biberdorf asked as she kept them engaged and energetic through an hour of science experiments.
“This is my last stop on the tour, and it’s the only stop where they’re going to let me play with fire,” Biberdorf said. “Are you excited?” Her question was followed by cheers and applause.
First, Biberdorf introduced herself and her background. She told the audience about the 10th grade chemistry teacher whose passion and energy inspired 15-year-old Biberdorf to become a chemist. After earning her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry and starting as a professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Biberdorf was itching for more to do. With her boss, she designed an outreach program called Fun With Chemistry. 
“I would go out to local Austin schools and blow stuff up and try to get kids excited about science,” Biberdorf said.
This led to Biberdorf doing a monthly television segment, which then led to her getting picked up as “the next Bill Nye” and the birth of her brand, Kate the Chemist.
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    <title>HCS: Huntsville High School student sets off chemical reaction in bathroom</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-28T10:36:25+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Paramedics responded to Huntsville High School (HHS) Thursday after officials say a student set off a chemical reaction in a bathroom.

Huntsville City Schools (HCS) said a student set off the reaction as part of what it called an “act of vandalism.”

HHS Principal Aaron King said the school immediately contacted law enforcement and the Huntsville Fire Department about the incident.

Huntsville Emergency Medical Services, Inc. (HEMSI), Huntsville Fire Department and the Huntsville Hazmat Team all responded to the school.

King said there is no indication that any hazardous chemicals were released into the air because of the incident, but paramedics evaluated affected students and staff as a precaution.

The school has identified the student responsible and said they will face disciplinary action because of the incident.]]></description>
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    <title>Introducing the Journal of Chemical Education’s Special Issue on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect in Chemistry Education Research and Practice</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-27T14:48:12+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chemistry scholars and educators are intentionally creating inclusive curriculum and equitable learning opportunities in response to the inequities in society exposed by the challenges of discrimination and the pandemic over the past few years. This special issue shines a light on discipline-based education research (DBER) in chemistry that addresses diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect (DEIR) in classrooms, on campuses, and in the broader chemical discipline. The diversity of manuscripts in this special issue can help chemistry educators and researchers gain insights into including diverse perspectives and providing equitable access to learning for students. Notably, the rich scholarship has the potential to catalyze further crucial research in DEIR challenges in chemistry education.

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    <title>Dinwiddie chemistry class did not follow federal safety recommendations</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-21T10:08:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wtkr.com/news/dinwiddie-chemistry-class-did-not-follow-federal-safety-recommendations</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. -- A Dinwiddie High School chemistry class did not follow several of the recommendations made by the United States Chemical Safety Board (CSB) in the wake of three serious incidents where kids were burned during science demonstrations using methanol.

...
Chief Dennis Hale said a bulk-sized container of methanol was used, and there was no shield in place at the time of the demonstration, which both go against the CSB guidance.

Superintendent Dr. Kari Weston said at a press conference on Wednesday that students told investigators personal protective equipment was not used during the demonstration, which is also not in line with CSB guidance.

Weston said it is not standard protocol not to use protective equipment.

She also said Dinwiddie follows recommendations from the Virginia Department of Education for safety during labs.

She said all educators and students go through annual training, and the teachers are supposed to follow a self-assessment checklist prior to demonstrations.

However, she said they do not need to get the demonstrations approved by an administrator.

"Currently there is no formal process where they would have to come before administration or central office to have that be approved. That is something we will be looking at going forward," Weston said.

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    <title>Explosion at outreach event under investigation after 18 people injured in Spain</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-21T10:02:41+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eighteen people were injured, 10 of them children, by an explosion at a science outreach event in Girona, Spain on 30 September. The accident – which involved the release of nitrogen gas and water vapour – happened during one of the demonstrations on European Research Night, co-organised by the local university. All those injured had been discharged from hospital three days later.

The event has a huge tradition in Girona, according to Marcel Swart, theoretical chemist and director of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC). ‘It’s wonderful to see the excitement of the kids,’ he says. ‘Since I started working [here] in 2006 … this has been organised every year, with great success.’ Among other activities, this year children could use virtual reality headsets to step inside enzymes and navigate their active sites.

As part of the evening’s entertainment, Dani Jiménez, a science populariser, was performing one of his most popular demonstrations – a controlled combination of liquid nitrogen, boiling water and ping pong balls. When mixed together inside a barrel, the evolving gas propels the ping pong balls into the air, creating a colourful display that is so popular it has become the main attraction of the event in promotional materials and on social media. However, on this occasion, an unexpected explosion shocked the audience.

On videos shared on Twitter of the incident, it appears that the explosion occurred due to the failure of a metallic strap that joined two barrels – supposedly to create a more spectacular display. Jiménez seems to give the go-ahead despite warnings from his colleague, in charge of handling the liquid nitrogen. ‘Well, it’s fine, just hold it … hold it tight and we’ll start,’ Jiménez can be heard saying in one of the videos of the accident posted on Twitter.

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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On the first day of “Engineering Ethics and Sustainability,” Sandra Matteucci tells her engineering students: “I’m going to make a bold prediction: The hardest decisions you will make in your career are going to be ethical.”

During the semester, her students examine the ethical failures in cases such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and a chemical company poisoning ground water, to name just two examples.

“The challenge with teaching ethics is that there’s an abundance of material,” says Matteucci, senior lecturer and director of the Engineering Communication Center in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. “I think it’s really valuable to look at historic cases because we can go back and digest what exactly went wrong and what the long-term ramifications were.” 

When faced with pressure to cut costs or rush projects, engineers must balance competing concerns to make the best decisions and convince others to act. The failure to meet this challenge can be devastating. In the case of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, tests before the explosion showed that the cement used to seal the oil well was unstable, yet nothing was done to fix it, and other safety issues were ignored. Eleven people died in the explosion, which also resulted in the worst marine oil spill in history. In another example, the chemical company DuPont was accused of letting dangerous chemicals poison a West Virginia town’s water supply, which is the suspected cause of many illnesses and deaths. The chemicals in question led to the ban of nonstick coatings that contain PFOA, referred to as a “forever chemical.”]]></description>
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    <title>10 students taken to hospital after chemical odor detected at Sacramento elementary school</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ten students were taken to a hospital Thursday with minor complaints after they were exposed to something that smelled like chemicals in a portable fourth-grade classroom at Ethel Phillips Elementary School in Sacramento, fire officials said.

A Sacramento City Unified School District spokesperson confirmed the source of the odor was most likely a Freon leak from a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit.

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The students were OK when they left for the hospital and are being monitored, said Capt. Keith Wade with the Sacramento Fire Department.

"We’re just thankful that no one was severely injured," he said.

A hazmat team ran tests in the portable classroom before determining the source was likely the Freon leak.

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    <title>Multiple children taken to hospital for evaluation after exposure to chemical at YMCA Cape Cod – Boston News, Weather, Sports</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-08T10:44:51+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[WEST BARNSTABLE, Mass. (WHDH) – A group of children on the Cape needed medical attention after officials say they were exposed to chemicals used for cleaning swimming pools during an afterschool program.

Crews were called to the YMCA Cape Cod center on Friday afternoon where seven children were reportedly having breathing problems. Barnstable Fire said the kids, ages 5 to 10, appeared to have been exposed to muriatic acid, a solution often used for cleaning pools.

Barnstable Police were also called in as officials treated the matter as a hazmat situation after being called in after 2:30 p.m.

The children were taken to Cape Cod Hospital for evaluation, according to the YMCA’s President and CEO, Stacie Peugh.]]></description>
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    <title>Hazmat team called in, Oakville school evacuated because of 'noxious substance'</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-05T10:21:59+00:00</dc:date>
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    <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.

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    <title>Northeastern University lab manager charged with staging hoax Mark Zuckerberg ‘explosion’</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Northeastern university lab manager has been charged with staging a hoax ‘explosion’ that a threatening manifesto claimed was inspired by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Jason Duhaime is accused of staging the incident at the Boston university last month, in which he claimed that a package that arrived in the mail exploded and a letter inside it demanded that the lab stopped working on virtual reality and the Metaverse.

Federal prosecutors have now charged Mr Duhaime with conveying false information and hoaxes related to an explosive device and making materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements to an agency of the US government.

The suspect is the New Technology Manager and Director of the Immersive Media Lab at Northeastern, and the incident took place in the building it is housed in.]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Coral Gables Fire Department responded to a blaze on the campus of the University of Miami.
It happened Sunday afternoon after officials said a fire sparked in a science classroom.
According to Coral Gables Fire, the building sprinkler system was able to put out the flames and contain it to its room of origin.
Firefighters said chemicals were involved, so a City of Miami Hazmat team was deployed to monitor air quality as an additional precaution.
Hazmat officials gave an all clear, indicating that the chemicals in the fire were contained and did not spread, and they are no longer present.
No injuries were reported.]]></description>
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    <title>Horrific video shows barrel of liquid nitrogen exploding in botched chemistry experiment injuring crowd</title>
    <dc:date>2022-10-02T10:57:25+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[GIRONA, SPAIN: A horrifying video shows the moment when a barrel of liquid nitrogen exploded during a school science experiment in Spain which caused 15 people including 9 children to be hospitalized. The blast from the botched experiment left the victims with severe burns which took place at the House of Culture in Girona, Spain. They were later treated at Placa de l'Hospital, according to Daily Mail. 

The footage shows the crowd consisting mainly of students and their parents, waiting eagerly to see the experiment, some even took their phones out to record the event. Deni Jaminez, the professor behind the experiment, and his assistant were most affected by the explosion and were also rushed to Trueta hospital for emergency treatment. One of the injured is said to be 'between a serious and less serious' condition in hospital. Girona's mayor Marta Madrenas said the event was organized by the local university. The crowd was hyped by the organizers when they played 'Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk and encouraged them to look in the barrels. 

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    <title>“Modern-Age Centaurs”: A Proposal for Case Study Based Integrative Ethics Education in Chemistry</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-25T11:35:44+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This work is a course proposal for a stronger ethics education component for chemistry undergraduates. We propose that this course should integrate different approaches in ethics with the value-laden and scientifically complex issues that arise in chemistry. Although some programs require that students take some ethics as a core requirement, for many it is just an option among many humanities courses. Alternatively, ethics may arise passively during courses devoted primarily to chemistry. For our proposed course to be maximally effective, we believe it should integrate both ethics and chemistry, inviting students to think about complex real-world problems. This allows students to identify ethical considerations in the context of cases they might encounter as part of their careers in chemistry. It would also provide them with resources to identify the best course of action.

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    <title>Powys college students and staff evacuated after chemical spill</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-24T10:39:14+00:00</dc:date>
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Firefighters were called to the NPTC campus in Llanidloes Road on Wednesday afternoon (September 21) following reports of a "chemical incident".

NPTC said a chemical spill happened inside the campus' engineering block which was reopened on Friday morning after it was cleaned by a specialist company on Thursday.

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service released a statement, saying crews from Newtown and Montgomery were called to an incident at 3.51pm on Wednesday in Llanidloes Road, which involved a chemical leak in the engineering section of a college. "Protective cordons were put in place and the building evacuated as a precautionary measure," a spokesperson for the fire service said. Crews used two sets of fire kit and two breathing apparatus to check inventory and make the building safe before leaving the scene at 6.14pm.]]></description>
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    <title>How Can Socio-scientific Issues Help Develop Critical Thinking in Chemistry Education? A Reflection on the Problem of Plastics</title>
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    <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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<item rdf:about="https://bigislandnow.com/2022/09/21/haz-mat-responds-to-chemical-smell-at-elementary-school-in-hilo/">
    <title>Haz-Mat Responds to Chemical Smell at Elementary School in Hilo</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-22T10:06:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://bigislandnow.com/2022/09/21/haz-mat-responds-to-chemical-smell-at-elementary-school-in-hilo/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A perimeter was created around the library at a Hilo elementary school while emergency responders addressed a strong chemical odor coming from the building Tuesday morning.

Hawaii Fire Department responded with its Haz-Mat company to Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School at approximately 11:05 a.m. When they arrived on scene, crews identified the odor to be coming from an acid-based sanitizer/disinfectant leaking in a storage room.

Hazardous Materials Specialists utilizing personal protective equipment were able to remove the hazardous chemical, clean the area and ventilate the room. Consulation with the State Department of Health was done in order to properly dispose of the material.

At no time were any students at the school in danger.]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_HI education release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.foxla.com/news/hazmat-situation-underway-at-usc">
    <title>Hazmat situation cleared at USC</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-20T10:33:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.foxla.com/news/hazmat-situation-underway-at-usc</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - A hazardous material situation earlier reported on the University of Southern California campus Monday morning has ended and the area deemed safe, authorities said.

The incident was reported inside the Allan Hancock Foundation building at 3616 Trousdale Parkway in University Park.

 Authorities said all university operations have returned to normal. 

No further details on the hazmat situation were immediately available. 

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    <title>Information Is Experimental: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Chemical Information Literacy in a Problem-Based Beginner Laboratory</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-20T10:29:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00305</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The focus in teaching and research is shifting from a traditional perspective of information literacy (IL) as a specific set of general, mostly text-based skills to a more comprehensive understanding of the complex aspects that constitute IL as an ongoing, context-specific process. However, there is a need for further insight into the social and contextual dimension of the information process. The inherent connection between problem-based learning (PBL) and IL holds great potential for a better understanding of students’ information experience. The aim of this study was to describe the contextual and social aspects of the information process students engage in during a PBL beginner’s lab and how this practical experience can be utilized for teaching. To this end, a wide range of qualitative data were collected over the course of three cohorts, including interviews, on-site audio recordings, and documents. Results suggest that students first evaluate the information they retrieve in terms of experimental safety, feasibility, and usefulness in planning the experimental procedure. Then, the experiment provides the crucial information about whether the previously acquired information was useful for solving the problem. The experiment is at the center of the student information process in a PBL lab. In this work, we discuss how to organize IL instruction from the student perspective and thus place the experiment at the center of IL instruction in a PBL lab. The results of this work contribute to an expanded understanding of IL that is useful for teaching and research in chemistry education.

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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.

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    <title>Co Armagh school praised for prompt actions in evacuating premises after chemical spill – Armagh I</title>
    <dc:date>2022-09-15T10:24:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.armaghi.com/news/craigavon-news/co-armagh-school-praised-for-prompt-actions-in-evacuating-premises-after-chemical-spill/183303</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A County Armagh school has been praised for their prompt and proper reaction to a chemical spill on its premises earlier today (Wednesday).

The NI Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) were called to Lismore Comprehensive School in Craigavon shortly after 11am, following reports of a chemical spill.

As a result a number of people were taken to hospital to be checked over as a precaution.

A spokesperson for the school said normal class resumed after NIFRS concluded their work at 12.30pm.

“This morning we contacted the Fire Service, as a precautionary measure, as a chemical leak had been identified from a bottle in a secured chemical store,” said the spokesperson.

“All procedures were followed, with pupils temporarily evacuated to a safe area and the identified area was sealed off.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>United_Kingdom education release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>Pittsfield school evacuated after chemical spills in science lab</title>
    <dc:date>2022-07-20T09:22:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wmur.com/article/pittsfield-school-evacuated-chemical-spill/40654569</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PITTSFIELD, N.H. —
Students at Pittsfield Middle High School were sent home Tuesday after a chemical spill in a science lab.

No injuries were reported after a teacher working in a storage room in a biology lab broke a bottle with an unknown chemical inside. About 45 students and staff members were in the building at the time, and all were safely evacuated.

Fire Chief Peter Pszonowsky said that even though no one was hurt, every precaution was taken because of the nature of the spill.

"So, with any sort of chemical, you can't tell what it is for reaction, so it's better safe than sorry," he said.

Several fire crews and a state hazmat team were set up in the parking lot of the school, preparing to enter the building and clean up the spill. Officials said they expected the cleanup to take about two hours, and the school should be back open Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_NH education release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/morris/police-fire/14-young-soccer-players-hospitalized-with-breathing-problems-in-drew-u-hazmat-situation/838055/">
    <title>14 Young Soccer Players Hospitalized With Breathing Problems In Drew U HazMat Situation</title>
    <dc:date>2022-07-19T11:27:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/morris/police-fire/14-young-soccer-players-hospitalized-with-breathing-problems-in-drew-u-hazmat-situation/838055/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fourteen children were hospitalized with breathing problems after being exposed to higher-than-normal levels of chlorine during summer camp at Drew University Monday, July 18, officials said.

The juveniles, participating in a soccer program for children ages 10 to 17, reported shortness of breath, difficulty speaking between breaths, nausea and general airway issues while in a pool at the Madison university around 12:20 p.m., Morris County officials said.

A small amount of chlorine had accidentally been released into the pool. Tests detected normal levels of chlorine and all systems were working as normal. 

The 14 individuals received medical attention on the scene and were later transported to Morristown Medical Center for observations. All transports occurred within 60 minutes and the scene was cleared within 90 minutes.

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<dc:subject>us_NJ education release injury chlorine</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.hendersonvillestandard.com/news/victim-in-2018-magnet-school-lab-fire-awarded-133k/article_77071e3e-f0cd-11ec-9581-b34e1f9ab3ec.html">
    <title>Victim in 2018 magnet school lab fire awarded $133K</title>
    <dc:date>2022-06-24T09:53:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.hendersonvillestandard.com/news/victim-in-2018-magnet-school-lab-fire-awarded-133k/article_77071e3e-f0cd-11ec-9581-b34e1f9ab3ec.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A judge has ordered the Sumner County Board of Education to pay a former Merrol Hyde Magnet School student $133,283 for injuries she sustained in a 2018 flash fire at the school.

Emergency crews evacuated the K-12 school just before 9 a.m. on May 9, 2018 after a science experiment involving the mixture of boric acid and ethyl alcohol ignited a brief explosion. The teacher conducting the experiment and eight students were treated at two local hospitals and released the same day. Nine other students were treated at the scene for their injuries.

The parents of two students filed separate lawsuits against the school district in Sumner County Circuit Court in March and April of 2019. Both lawsuits claimed the school district was negligent in allowing the teacher to conduct the experiment and said the fire caused permanent physical and/or mental health damage.

A settlement agreement was reached with the parents of one of the students in April of 2020 for $20,000.

In the second lawsuit filed April 3, 2019 by a mother on behalf of her daughter who was 15 years old at the time of the incident, the mother alleged the classroom explosion caused serious, permanent injuries to her daughter. The mother sought a total of $850,000 in damages for medical bills, lost wages and emotional distress.

In June of 2020, the school district admitted the incident was caused by the actions of its employee, a science teacher who no longer works for the school district, and didn’t dispute liability. However, the school district denied the nature and extent of the victim’s injuries and losses claimed by the mother, and the case went to trial in October of 2021.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_NC education follow-up injury ethanol</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://saharareporters.com/2022/06/01/fire-outbreak-private-university-enugu-defies-solution-rages-11-days">
    <title>Fire Outbreak At Private University In Enugu Defies Solution, Rages For 11 Days</title>
    <dc:date>2022-06-02T10:06:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://saharareporters.com/2022/06/01/fire-outbreak-private-university-enugu-defies-solution-rages-11-days</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Efforts to contain a fire outbreak which is now being suspected to be methane gas that emanated from a water drilling site at the Caritas University, Amorji-Nike, Enugu have defied all solutions thrown at it.
 
When SaharaReporters visited the site on Tuesday, the fire was still raging as emergency responders met at the site appeared to have run out of ideas on how to extinguish the fire which had been raging continuously for nearly two weeks.

 
Sources in the area told SaharaReporters on Wednesday that the situation had not changed.

It was gathered that despite that the school has a Chemical Engineering Department with experts in various chemical fields and management, they were not being carried along by emergency responders and neither was their expert opinion sought.
 
A lecturer with the university, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told SaharaReporters that the fire might have been caused by methane rather than the insinuations that it was natural gas.

The lecturer noted that his assumption was based on the fact that Enugu has coal deposits underground
]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/new-haven-school-evacuated-reported-hazmat-situation/520-1b198aeb-c090-4222-b233-0dafe28c6496">
    <title>CT school evacuated after 'airborne irritant' sickens classroom</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-20T10:21:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/new-haven-school-evacuated-reported-hazmat-situation/520-1b198aeb-c090-4222-b233-0dafe28c6496</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A school in New Haven was evacuated Thursday morning after a reported hazmat situation that sent 12 students and two teachers to the hospital as a precaution, officials said.
The New Haven Fire Department was called to Wexler Grant School on Foote Street around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on a report that something in the air was making people sick and their eyes water. Other symptoms included scratchy throats.
The airborne irritant was later determined to be a defensive spray - such as mace - that was found in a cubby inside one classroom. School officials said the classroom in question was being vented and cleaned.
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<dc:subject>us_CT education release injury irritant tear_gas</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article261613012.html">
    <title>Fresno City College campus evacuation for hazardous material</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-20T10:15:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article261613012.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[portion of the gym, indoor practice basketball court and pool area at Fresno City College were evacuated Thursday because of a potentially hazardous chemical, fire officials said.

An employee in the building started to feel symptoms of inhaling a chemical used for pool maintenance just before noon, according to Johnathan Lopez, a spokesperson for the Fresno Fire Department.

Fresno City College spokesperson Kathy Bonilla confirmed the hazmat incident and told The Bee the material was suspected to be muriatic acid, near the pool.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.ksn.com/news/local/andover-central-high-students-evacuated-due-to-chemical-spill/">
    <title>Chemical spill cleared at Andover Central High School</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-14T11:14:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.ksn.com/news/local/andover-central-high-students-evacuated-due-to-chemical-spill/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ANDOVER, Kan. (KSNW) – Andover Central High School students were evacuated due to a sodium chemical spill in a chemistry classroom on Friday morning.

The district said in a Facebook post that fire authorities urged the evacuation. All students were taken to Jaguar Stadium for about an hour and a half.

The district said the spill was cleaned up, and the building was cleared for re-entry around 11:25 a.m.

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    <title>Seven people treated after Gwynedd school evacuated in 'chemical spill' scare</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-10T10:45:06+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/seven-people-treated-after-gwynedd-23909739</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A secondary school in Gwynedd was today evacuated amid fears of a “chemical spill”. The scare, at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Caernafon, was sparked when a bottle containing chemicals fell and smashed in the school’s chemical storage area.

Acting on specialist advice, the school alerted the police and fire service shortly before 11.30am. An ambulance and a paramedic were also called as a “precautionary measure”.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said school staff had dealt with the chemicals by the time its crews arrived. The Welsh Ambulance Service treated seven patients at the school but it said no-one was conveyed to hospital by ambulance.

READ MORE: Picture shows huge queues forming along Snowdonia's notorious Crib Goch ridge

It's understood that pupils in year 7, 8 and 9 have been told to stay at home on Tuesday but the school will be open for pupils in older year groups. In a statement, Gwynedd Council said: “Nobody was injured and every measure followed to ensure the safety of all pupils and staff. The school was evacuated and the emergency services contacted. This was in accordance with specialist advice.”

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<dc:subject>United_Kingdom education release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>Public perception of nanotechnology can quickly turn sour</title>
    <dc:date>2022-05-09T10:59:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/public-perception-of-nanotechnology-can-quickly-turn-sour/4015617.article</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Scientists should be aware of the impact social media could have on their work. A new study shows that to reduce the chance of disruption due to legislative, regulatory or funding changes linked to public opinion, it is important to include social media when considering risk.

Finbarr Murphy, from the University of Limerick in Ireland, and colleagues performed a sentiment analysis of tweets between 2006 and 2020 relating to three areas of nanoscience – silver, carbon and titanium – to examine the public perception of nanotechnology. They found that overall public perception is slightly positive. But whilst positive events have little to no impact on tweet volume or perception, adverse events caused an increase in the volume of tweets presenting a negative opinion.

If an event is perceived badly enough to generate a twitterstorm, this decrease in public confidence could have far reaching impacts, with legislation, research funding and insurance coverage all susceptible to public opinion. As many research grants are through public funds, a large negative shift in public opinion towards nanotechnology could result in a decrease in funding available for research in that area.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Ireland education discovery environmental nanotech</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00135">
    <title>Invention as a Complement to High School Chemistry</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-25T10:29:15+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00135</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Does invention belong in the chemistry classroom? This article attempts to answer this question by describing how invention education first took root in a chemistry class at Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, NJ, and then expanded to other students with diverse interests to find a solution to two worldwide problems: satisfying the need for safe drinking water and reducing plastic waste. Specifically, it describes the students’ journey step-by-step during the COVID-19 pandemic to invent a self-sanitizing and sustainable Solar Aqua Tech water bottle. The concept underlying this invention was to quickly produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a well-known sanitizing agent, on-demand within the confines of a bottle using only water, dissolved oxygen (O2), and solar power to eliminate pathogens in untreated water. Students had to convert this chemistry classroom concept into reality without a prescription and without knowing if their goal was even attainable. Since the journey did not take a linear path but veered in different directions as unexpected problems arose, the students sought guidance from academics, mentors, and local experts. Along the way, they acquired new knowledge with deepened understanding and overarching perspectives. Success was achieved only after many setbacks. In the end, the sense of accomplishment for finding a solution to two global problems instilled confidence in the students that, with empathy, perseverance, and resilience, they are equipped with essential skills to tackle 21st-century challenges. Invention, therefore, can be a valuable complement to the standard chemistry curriculum and is unparalleled in sparking a lifelong passion for learning.

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    <title>Interview with Daniel Kahneman</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-19T10:49:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://issues.org/daniel-kahneman-interview-noise-judgment-decisionmaking/?mc_cid=4c05748d49&amp;mc_eid=4dd0c354af</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cognitive psychologist Daniel Kahneman has spent his career studying the ways humans think, including the cognitive shortcuts and biases that shape—and sometimes misshape—our decisions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for integrating psychological research on how we make decisions under uncertainty into economics, and he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Kahneman’s 2011 bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, won the National Academies Best Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His most recent book, coauthored with Olivier Sibony and Cass Sunstein and published last year, is Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment. Issues in Science and Technology editor Sara Frueh spoke with Kahneman to get his insights on how we make decisions, the nature of noise and the problems it causes, and whether algorithms could improve decisionmaking. ]]></description>
<dc:subject>education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep94-what-makes-a-quality-leadership-engagement-for-safety">
    <title>Ep.94 What makes a quality leadership engagement for safety?</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-19T10:45:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep94-what-makes-a-quality-leadership-engagement-for-safety</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our discussion today centers around the paper entitled: “Assessing the Quality of Safety-Focused Leadership Engagements” by Siddharth Bhandari, Matthew R. Hallowell, Caleb Scheve, James Upton, Wael Alruqi, and Mike Quashne– published by the American Society of Safety Professionals in January 2022.

EPISODE NOTES

The authors’ goal was to produce a scoring protocol for safety-focused leadership engagements that reflects the consensus of a panel of industry experts. Therefore, the authors adopted a multiphased focus group research protocol to address three fundamental questions: 

 

1. What are the characteristics of a high-quality leadership engagement? 

2. What is the relative importance of these characteristics? 

3. What is the reliability of the scorecard to assess the quality of leadership engagement?

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia education discovery environmental</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.military.com/daily-news/2022/04/04/mercury-other-contamination-found-water-tests-pearl-harbor-hickam-navy-announces-new-fuel-spill.html">
    <title>Mercury, Other Contamination Found in Water Tests at Pearl Harbor-Hickam as Navy Announces New Fuel Spill</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-07T10:39:46+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/04/04/mercury-other-contamination-found-water-tests-pearl-harbor-hickam-navy-announces-new-fuel-spill.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mercury was found last month in a sink at an Oahu elementary school, not far from another elementary school where elevated levels of beryllium were detected during widespread testing of the Navy's water system in Honolulu.

The service announced Friday that a sample taken March 16 at Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School contained mercury levels nearly twice the limit set by the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The sample was taken from an indoor sink located in an administrative building "not regularly used by students," according to the Navy, and was isolated to the sink.

News of the mercury finding was followed Saturday by an announcement from the Navy that "no more than" 30 gallons of fuel and water had spilled at the Red Hill Fuel complex. The accidental release occurred while workers were removing water from the fuel tanks, a process known as "dewatering."

Navy personnel halted the process, and the Hawaii Department of Health was called in to monitor the cleanup, according to a service press release.

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<dc:subject>us_HI education discovery response mercury</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.wbrc.com/2022/03/31/crews-cleaning-up-chemical-spill-university-alabama/">
    <title>UPDATE: Crews contain chemical spill at University of Alabama</title>
    <dc:date>2022-03-31T10:46:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wbrc.com/2022/03/31/crews-cleaning-up-chemical-spill-university-alabama/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Crews in Tuscaloosa worked to clean up a chemical spill on the University of Alabama’s campus.

Officials with the University reported this spill happened on Campus Dr. E near Helen Keller Blvd. People should avoid the area.

The spill was contained around 9:14 p.m.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_AL education release response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/racial-inequality-report-highlights-alarming-loss-of-ethnic-minority-chemists/4015387.article">
    <title>Racial inequality report highlights ‘alarming’ loss of ethnic minority chemists</title>
    <dc:date>2022-03-19T12:04:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/racial-inequality-report-highlights-alarming-loss-of-ethnic-minority-chemists/4015387.article</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the past 10 years there’s been no real improvement in the representation of Black people in academic chemistry, with Black chemists being lost at ‘an alarming rate’ after a first degree. Black and Asian students are less likely to go to a Russell Group university than their white peers and are more likely to be unemployed than to study afterwards, according to an analysis by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

Launching a plan to tackle racism and discrimination in the chemical sciences, RSC chief executive Helen Pain said ‘we have acknowledged some of these issues in the past, but we have not confronted them head on. We have not explicitly called out racism in science for what it is. And we have not challenged our community and ourselves to properly address our own biases.’ But that, she added, is about to change.

Robert Mokaya at the University of Nottingham has been the UK’s only black chemist since 2008
Robert Mokaya, professor of materials chemistry and pro-vice chancellor at the University of Nottingham – who since 2008 has been the UK’s only black professor of chemistry – said he hoped that ‘presented with the data and evidence that there will be no more excuses from within the community for anyone to not address the ratio of ethnic inequalities that exists in chemistry’.

Problem across the board
Underrepresentation runs across all senior levels in academia, with principal investigators (PIs) from minority ethnic backgrounds less likely to win research funding, while those who succeed get less – £320,000 compared with £355,000 for white PIs. Regardless of ethnicity, women are lost to chemistry at all stages of progression, but the trend is particularly noticeable for Black women who make up just 16% of Black non-professorial staff.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>United_Kingdom education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://centraljersey.com/2022/03/14/two-students-charged-with-causing-evacuation-at-south-brunswick-high-school-after-discharging-pepper-spray/">
    <title>Two students charged with causing evacuation at South Brunswick High School after discharging pepper spray</title>
    <dc:date>2022-03-15T10:46:22+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://centraljersey.com/2022/03/14/two-students-charged-with-causing-evacuation-at-south-brunswick-high-school-after-discharging-pepper-spray/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Two students have been charged after pepper spray was found to be the irritant that caused an evacuation at South Brunswick High School (SBHS) on March 11.

The South Brunswick Police Department (SBPD) was notified about several students reporting eye and throat irritation following exposure to a chemical odor in a science classroom at SBHS around 12:25 p.m.

Upon police arrival, school administration decided to evacuate the school while the source of the odor was determined, according to reports.

While approximately 3,000 students and staff evacuated the building, 12 additional police officers responded to maintain safety and security, according to the statement from the SBPD on March 14.
...
After more than an hour of investigation, it was determined that the chemical irritant was pepper spray, according to the statement. The building was ventilated, and students and staff were allowed to re-enter the building.

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<dc:subject>us_NJ education release injury pepper_spray</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep92-how-do-different-career-paths-affect-the-roles-and-training-needs-of-safety-practitioners">
    <title>Ep.92 How do different career paths affect the roles and training needs of safety practitioners?</title>
    <dc:date>2022-03-15T10:42:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep92-how-do-different-career-paths-affect-the-roles-and-training-needs-of-safety-practitioners</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The paper results center on a survey sent to a multitude of French industries, and although the sampling is from only one country, 15 years ago, the findings are very illustrative of common issues among safety professionals within their organizations.  David used this paper as a reference for his PhD thesis, and we are going to dig into each section to discuss.

 

The paper’s abstract introduction reads: 

What are the training needs of company preventionists? An apparently straightforward question, but one that will very quickly run into a number of difficulties. The first involves the extreme variability of situations and functions concealed behind the term preventionist and which stretch way beyond the term’s polysemous nature. Moreover, analysis of the literature reveals that very few research papers have endeavoured to analyse the activities associated with prevention practices, especially those of preventionists. This is a fact, even though prevention-related issues and preventionist responsibilities are becoming increasingly important.]]></description>
<dc:subject>France education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://wtop.com/frederick-county/2022/03/students-staff-sickened-by-unknown-irritant-at-ballenger-creek-middle-school/">
    <title>Students, staff sickened by ‘unknown irritant’ at Ballenger Creek Middle School</title>
    <dc:date>2022-03-05T12:26:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://wtop.com/frederick-county/2022/03/students-staff-sickened-by-unknown-irritant-at-ballenger-creek-middle-school/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than a dozen students and staff were sickened by an unknown irritant at Ballenger Creek Middle School in Frederick, Maryland, on Friday.

The school was evacuated at around 10:15 a.m. while a county HAZMAT team was called to the scene after staff reported a strange odor.

The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said the HAZMAT team detected an unknown irritant released inside the school. Five students and one staff member were taken to Frederick Health Hospital for evaluation. Seven other students and one staff member were evaluated on the scene for minor injuries.

Students were let back into school for the rest of the day.

The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident, including reviewing video footage from inside the school, and said that once it identifies a suspect or suspects, criminal charges will be forthcoming.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_MD education release injury illegal irritant</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://wtop.com/frederick-county/2022/03/frederick-co-teen-who-tried-making-mustard-gas-in-school-faces-criminal-charges/">
    <title>Frederick Co. teen who tried making mustard gas in school faces criminal charges</title>
    <dc:date>2022-03-04T11:46:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://wtop.com/frederick-county/2022/03/frederick-co-teen-who-tried-making-mustard-gas-in-school-faces-criminal-charges/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A 14-year-old boy is facing criminal charges after a social media video inspired him to attempt to make mustard gas at a Frederick County, Maryland, high school on Thursday.

According to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, the teenager told deputies he watched a TikTok video on how to make mustard gas and then shared the video and a photo on Snapchat saying how he planned to make the chemical agent at Urbana High School.

At 8:30 a.m., school staff alerted a school resource officer about the social media post and that a student may have brought hazardous materials into the building. As a result, deputies were alerted and arrived with hazmat units from the Frederick County Division Fire and Rescue Services.

Students were evacuated to Urbana Middle School and into school buses while first responders did a full sweep of the building. The hazardous material the student brought to school was bleach.
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<dc:subject>us_MD education discovery response illegal mustard_gas</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/dundee-pd-cminor-chemical-explosion-believed-to-be-homemade-drano-bomb/512-3d4c54a9-10c0-46ca-aac9-446436b38e4f">
    <title>Drano bomb explosion in Dundee, Michigan</title>
    <dc:date>2022-02-16T11:58:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/dundee-pd-cminor-chemical-explosion-believed-to-be-homemade-drano-bomb/512-3d4c54a9-10c0-46ca-aac9-446436b38e4f</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DUNDEE, Mich. — Dundee police and fire crews are on the scene of a "minor chemical explosion" Tuesday night.
The device is believed to be a homemade "Drano bomb," according to a post from the Dundee Police Department on Facebook. The explosion occurred in the 600 block of Rawson Street near Dundee High School.
A second device was found nearby, Dundee police say, and Michigan State Police ordnance removal and hazmat crews have been called to assist in safely removing and preserving the device for evidence.]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_MI education explosion response bomb</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:f0f520348ac4/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/monarch-high-school-glycol-leak/73-302de597-ba08-452f-9e9d-37d987c8b7cc">
    <title>Monarch High School students dismissed early after chemical leak</title>
    <dc:date>2022-02-04T11:53:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/monarch-high-school-glycol-leak/73-302de597-ba08-452f-9e9d-37d987c8b7cc</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Students at Monarch High School in Louisville were released from school early following a chemical leak Thursday, according to school district spokesman, Randy Barber.
Around 9:30 a.m., the school detected a glycol leak in the school's C-Wing which prompted the relocation of the students, according to the school's website.
The school was eventually cleared for reentry by the Louisville Fire Department (LFD) but as a precaution the rest of Thursday's classes have been canceled, according to Barber.
The leak originated in the coils of the school's HVAC system, Barber said.
The smell of glycol was also reported in the Monarch K-8 school which is nearby, but since a leak of the chemical did not happen in the learning area of the K-8 school, classes will continue as normal, according to Barber.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_CO education release response ethylene_glycol hvac_chemicals</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:3d69b644c89d/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep89-when-is-the-process-more-important-than-the-outcome">
    <title>Ep.89 When is the process more important than the outcome?</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-31T11:31:14+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep89-when-is-the-process-more-important-than-the-outcome</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our discussion today centers around the intriguingly titled paper, “The fetish of technique: methodology as a social defense,” by David Wastell.  Although it was published in 1996, its basic tenets are still useful and relevant today.  We will examine how safety methodology and processes within organizations are often relied upon for “relieving anxiety” rather than leading to successful or intended outcomes.

Join us as we delve into the statement (summarized so eloquently in Wastell’s well-crafted abstract): “Methodology, whilst masquerading as the epitome of rationality, may thus operate as an irrational ritual, the enactment of which provides designers with a feeling of security and efficiency at the expense of real engagement with the task at hand.”]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:ef78d7ed2d73/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00429">
    <title>Mismatch in Perceptions of Success: Investigating Academic Values among Faculty and Doctoral Students</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-29T20:44:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00429</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ ABSTRACT: Many cultural and institutional barriers have prevented chemistry from realizing greater calls for diversity in academia. Though recent work has elucidated how the measures of success used in academia can disadvantage students from
underrepresented groups at the undergraduate level, thorough understanding of how success metrics are valued by minoritized students at the graduate level is lacking. 

Here, we use data generated from the UC Berkeley Department of Chemistry’s student-led climate survey to investigate both how graduate students prioritize and how faculty employ common metrics for graduate student success. Results revealed that faculty undervalued metrics preferred by students from underrepresented groups (URGs) in STEM such as underrepresented people of color, women, LGBTQ+ students, and first-generation students. Priorities of students that do not identify as underrepresented displayed no statistically significant differences compared to faculty values. 

Questions regarding publication record, one of the often-used measures of success in STEM academia, suggest that graduate students, particularly those belonging to URGs, challenge the use of publication record as the primary metric of success in graduate school. These findings highlight some of the ways that definitions of academic success can be exclusionary for graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds and encourage re-envisioning graduate school success in ways that reflect the values of diverse student populations.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:92d393069934/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.echopress.com/lifestyle/ask-a-trooper-do-i-need-to-know-chemistry-to-haul-hazardous-material">
    <title>Ask a Trooper: Do I need to know chemistry to haul hazardous material?</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-22T13:45:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.echopress.com/lifestyle/ask-a-trooper-do-i-need-to-know-chemistry-to-haul-hazardous-material</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Question: I’m thinking about getting a commercial driver’s license with a HAZMAT endorsement. Do I need to have a background or some education in basic chemistry?

Answer: No, but there are many responsibilities and requirements in dealing with hazardous materials. For example, you need to know when to use hazardous material placards and which products can be loaded together.

Hazardous materials are products that pose a risk to health, safety and property during transportation. The term often is shortened to HAZMAT, which you may see on road signs, or to HM in government regulations. Hazardous materials include explosives, various types of gas, solids, and flammable and combustible liquid. All levels of government regulate the handling of hazardous materials.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_MN education discovery environmental explosives flammables</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:f4096d419657/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep88-why-do-organisations-sometimes-make-bad-decisions">
    <title>Ep.88 Why do organisations sometimes make bad decisions?</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-17T11:40:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep88-why-do-organisations-sometimes-make-bad-decisions</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[EPISODE SUMMARY

In this week’s episode, we tackle a topic that may or may not change the way you think about solving problems in an organisation. We delve deeper into an interesting paper on organisational decision making called A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice, written by Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen.

EPISODE NOTES

While this paper was written over half a century ago, it is still relevant to us today - particularly in the Safety management industry where we are often responsible for offering solutions to problems, and implementing those solutions, requires decisions to be made by top management. 

This is another fascinating piece of work that will broaden your understanding of why organisations often struggle with solving problems that involve making decisions.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:48c76f6806f8/</dc:identifier>
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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>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:6272fc04245a/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01486">
    <title>Assessing Chemical Safety Knowledge of University Students─A Case Study</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-07T11:31:47+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01486</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This essay assessed the chemical safety knowledge of students in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, concerning chemical storage, heat operation, waste disposal, and emergency response. The results show that students’ familiarity and understanding of safety knowledge is not satisfactory, especially in the waste disposal and emergency response. In addition, the significant difference is also found among different subgroups (gender, major, and academic year). Therefore, in the following work, the analytical experimental courses incorporate online and offline safety education into the teaching design for first-year undergraduates. Prudent and continuous safety training is expected to be routinely provided for all undergraduates and postgraduates in the future.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Chile education discovery environmental waste</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:a9f39f43390a/</dc:identifier>
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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>
<dc:subject>Canada education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:4f223467d4ee/</dc:identifier>
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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>
<dc:subject>Canada education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:f35569bac22c/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep87-what-exactly-is-systems-thinking">
    <title>Ep.87 What exactly is Systems Thinking?</title>
    <dc:date>2022-01-03T11:34:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://safetyofwork.com/episodes/ep87-what-exactly-is-systems-thinking</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In today’s episode, we discuss another in our series of foundational papers: “Applying Systems Thinking to Analyze and Learn from Events” published in a 2011 volume of Safety Science by Nancy Leveson.  Leveson is a renowned Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and also a Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Professor Leveson conducts research on the topics of system safety, software safety, software and system engineering, and human-computer interaction.

We will review each section of Leveson’s paper and discuss how she sets each section up by stating a general assumption and then proceeds to break that assumption down.We will discuss her analysis of:

Safety vs. Reliability
Retrospective vs. Prospective Analysis
Three Levels of Accident Causes:
Proximal event chain
Conditions that allowed the event
Systemic factors that contributed to both the conditions and the event]]></description>
<dc:subject>Australia education discovery environmental</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:dchas/b:89720c297136/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.fox21online.com/2021/12/20/environmental-testing-finds-presence-of-chemical-styrene-at-spooner-middle-school/">
    <title>Environmental Testing Finds Presence of Chemical Styrene at Spooner Middle School</title>
    <dc:date>2021-12-21T11:23:01+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.fox21online.com/2021/12/20/environmental-testing-finds-presence-of-chemical-styrene-at-spooner-middle-school/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SPOONER, Wis. – After a chemical exposure forced an evacuation of the Spooner Middle School, sickening several students and staff last month, district officials say in-person will resume tomorrow.

Environmental testing, industrial hygiene, and occupational medicine reviews were conducted in the school, which indicated the presence of the chemical styrene.

According to the school district, symptoms of styrene exposure include dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea, shortness of breath, and loss of consciousness.

These symptoms are consistent with the symptoms reported by dozens of students and staff on the day of the evacuation.

The middle school has been aired out, and district leaders say the chemical is no longer present in the building.

“We have been told that a single exposure such as this does not constitute a risk for long-term health effects,” the district said in a Monday press release.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_WI education follow-up environmental styrene</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.wisn.com/article/children-exposed-to-pool-chemicals-at-milwaukee-school/38443026">
    <title>Children exposed to excess chlorine in pool at St. Augustine Prep</title>
    <dc:date>2021-12-07T11:22:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wisn.com/article/children-exposed-to-pool-chemicals-at-milwaukee-school/38443026</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[During swim class Monday, a mechanical failure resulted in excess accumulation of chlorine in the pool at St. Augustine Preparatory Academy.

As a result, air quality in the pool quickly deteriorated, requiring the evacuation of all students in the pool.

According to a school spokeswoman, 11 children were taken to Children's Wisconsin to be evaluated.

They were being treated for respiratory issues that are non-life-threatening, according to the Milwaukee Fire Department.

The pool is checked daily; no unusual chemical levels were detected during the daily check this morning, the school spokeswoman said.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_WI education release injury chlorine</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00625">
    <title>Framework for Teaching Safety Case Studies Using a Risk Management Approach</title>
    <dc:date>2021-11-29T11:50:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00625</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Real-world safety case studies provide concrete examples of episodes that can be both instructive and memorable for students. We describe here a framework for teaching safety case studies using the RAMP risk management approach. Structured templates guide students to Recognize the hazards present, Assess the associated risks, and consider what risk Minimization and Preparation for emergencies steps were appropriate. The student is then guided to consider what RAMP steps were, or might have been, inadequately addressed. The process culminates with a root cause analysis that examines probable causes of the incident. This guided inquiry framework allows students to gain an understanding of risk management and reiforces the importance of the decision-making process for safety. The Supporting Information for this paper includes the templates, student instruction for the four parts of the process, an instructor’s guide, three examples of the process, and other resource material.

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