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    <title>800 bottles of hazardous chemicals removed from San Pablo home, evacuation orders lifted</title>
    <dc:date>2023-08-05T11:27:29+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SAN PABLO, Calif. - Evacuation orders were lifted Friday in a San Pablo neighborhood days after the discovery of hundreds of dangerous and explosive chemicals found in a backyard shed.

At least 600 chemicals were found in more than 800 bottles and containers behind a home on Stanton Avenue, fire officials said.

"The found explosives, they found acids, they found oxidizers, they found flammable liquids," said Contra Costa County Fire Captain Chris Toler "We could have possibly had a catastrophic event in the middle of the neighborhood."

The stockpile of hazardous materials date back decades with some considered easily combustible, forcing neighbors from their homes for days. Bomb technicians said some of the chemicals were wrapped newspapers featuring stories from when Richard Nixon was president.


Investigators said the property belongs Mark Elson, 80, of San Pablo who died six months ago. They said he was possibly a chemist and science teacher, however, when and where he worked is not clear.

Toler told KTVU that his estranged brother discovered the chemicals early this week while cleaning out the home.

"There was a pretty strange relationship there," he said. "The gentleman hadn’t spoken to his brother in 60 years."

Neighbors said Elson kept to himself and was a hoarder prompting numerous calls to code enforcement for overgrown bushes, trees and trash.

"The front yard and stuff over there was so bad people had to walk out into the street to get around it," neighbor Emerson Harvey said.

San Pablo police confirmed Friday that the home at 925 Stanton Avenue had 18 citations for code violations since 2004.]]></description>
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    <title>What’s next after destruction of chemical weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot?</title>
    <dc:date>2023-07-11T10:54:23+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County have finished destroying 30,000 tons of chemical weapons.

If you’re 70 years old or younger and lived in or around Madison County all your life, the threat of a leak was a lifelong worry. Richmond residents tell us they are relieved the threat of a chemical spill or accident is now in the past.

PREVIOUS: Last of world’s declared chemical weapons destroyed in Kentucky
“This is something that has been hanging over our heads my whole life,” said Richmond resident Jennifer Sexton

Benjamin Hill, who lives across from Blue Grass Army Depot, says he no longer needs this long roll of plastic wrap used to cover his doors and windows in case of a chemical leak.

He’s lived across the street from the depot for the past three years. He’s not 100% convinced all of the chemical weapons are destroyed, nor is he assured there weren’t any accidents or leaks during the eradication process.

“I would be extremely surprised that no ‘oopsies,’ as you put it, happened, and if they did, I don’t believe they would tell anybody,” said Hill.

At times, Hill says he could feel the destruction.

“They’re old single-pane windows from the 60s, and, yeah, it would rattle the windows,” Hill said.

“There’s two sides to this. One, it’s completed. But, oh yes, what about all those jobs,” said Richmond Mayor Robert Blythe.

Blythe says the city has been working with a consultant to see which workers will retire and which ones will find similar jobs in the county.

“There will be people on site for a while because of demolition of those things that need to go,” Blythe said.

Potentially, thousands of jobs will be erased once everything is cleared.

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    <title>Repercussions of Bhopal disaster found to echo on down through generations</title>
    <dc:date>2023-07-06T10:22:45+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 1984 Bhopal disaster that exposed thousands in the Indian city to toxic methyl isocyanate has had long term, intergenerational effects on victims, a new study has found.

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego note that multiple studies have shown a broad spectrum of serious long term and chronic health effects for hundreds of thousands of survivors, including respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal and endocrine problems. ‘These impacts may be the tip of the iceberg however, given that [methyl isocyanate] toxins affected groundwater and the reproductive health and other health outcomes of exposed women, factors suggesting that generations not exposed to the toxic gas directly may nevertheless suffer adverse health and social impacts of the [Bhopal disaster] event,’ the authors write.

Previous research has revealed that decades after the disaster, menstrual abnormalities and premature menopause are common problems among exposed women and their female offspring. Methyl isocyanate has also been shown to damage chromosomes – early clinical studies revealed signs of increased chromosomal aberrations.

The new study has found that the disaster affected people across a more widespread area than was previously thought. Up to around 100km from the site, as opposed to the 4.5km radius that was considered by public health officials and researchers after the disaster.

The researchers attempted to investigate long term, intergenerational impacts of the disaster using government data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 and 1999 Indian Socio-economic Survey. They discovered that women pregnant at the time of the disaster were more likely to give birth to a boy who went on to have a disability that affected their employment 15 years later, and had higher rates of cancer and lower educational attainment over 30 years later. ‘These results indicate social costs stemming from the disaster that extend far beyond the mortality and morbidity experienced in the immediate aftermath,’ they note.

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    <title>Fire that killed 4 at NYC e-bike store was caused by lithium ion batteries, fire commissioner says</title>
    <dc:date>2023-06-21T10:05:55+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[CNN
 — 
The early-morning fire at an e-bike store in lower Manhattan that left four dead was caused by lithium-ion batteries, the city’s fire commissioner said Tuesday.

“It is very clear that this was caused by lithium-ion batteries and e-bikes. There is a very large number of both batteries and e-bikes. This location is known to the fire department, we have written violations at this location before, and we have conducted enforcement in this location before,” Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said.

Kavanagh called lithium-ion batteries “incredibly deadly” because so much fire is created when they ignite. “It can often be too late, as soon as the fire has begun,” she said.

The city’s Chief Fire Marshal Dan Flynn said fire officials inspected the store in August and issued summonses for violations related to electrical wiring, charging of batteries, and the number of batteries. The owners of the store were found guilty of the violations and were fined. A reinspection of the property would have been scheduled following the guilty verdict, but the reinspection had not yet occurred, he said.

The same property was also found guilty of violations in 2021, Flynn said.

A group of New York Democrats in April announced support for federal legislation aimed at regulating lithium-ion battery safety standards after a spate of fires caused by the batteries malfunctioning or overheating.]]></description>
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    <title>Omaha authorities respond to hydrochloric acid spill Wednesday</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[OMAHA, Neb. —
Authorities responded to an acid spill in Omaha on Wednesday morning.

About 300 gallons of hydrochloric acid spilled onto the streets near South 102nd and J streets around 11:15 a.m., authorities said.


After arriving at the scene, crews dammed up the area and put down "soda ash" to help neutralize the spill, according to authorities.

The Omaha Fire Department told KETV NewsWatch 7 that the leak is no longer active.]]></description>
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    <title>Household chemical exposure during pregnancy linked to childhood obesity</title>
    <dc:date>2023-06-08T10:49:43+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Exposure to chemicals in common household products during pregnancy could increase the risk of obesity in kids, warns a new study.

Thousands of individual per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used in personal care products, firefighting foams, food packaging, medical products and many other household items.

Toxic PFAS are incredibly durable and are believed to survive for thousands of years.

The study analyzed the levels of seven different types of these “forever chemicals” in blood samples collected from mothers during pregnancy. They then calculated each child’s BMI.

They studied data collected over two decades from just under 1,400 children between the ages of two and five as well as their mothers.

Study author Dr. Yun Liu, a postdoctoral research associate in epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health, said: “The findings were based on eight research cohorts located in different parts of the US as well as with different demographics.

“This makes our study findings more generalizable to the population as a whole.”

They found that the more PFAS the mom had in their blood during pregnancy the higher the risk their child will suffer from obesity, even when the levels were low.]]></description>
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    <title>The OPCW’s never-ending fight to eliminate chemical weapons</title>
    <dc:date>2023-06-05T10:12:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://cen.acs.org/policy/chemical-weapons/OPCWs-never-ending-fight-eliminate/101/i18</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In 1997, the Chemical Weapons Convention—a first-of-its-kind global disarmament agreement—came into force. The treaty was championed by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with the aim of ridding the world of that class of weapons of mass destruction. In World War I alone, chemical weapons injured more than 1.3 million people, and over 100,000 of those died shortly after exposure, according to the OPCW.
Now the OPCW is approaching a new milestone: the destruction of all declared stockpiles of chemical weapons by its 193 member states. (Only four countries—Egypt, Israel, North Korea, and South Sudan—aren’t members.) In a few weeks, the destruction of the remaining stockpiles by the US will be completed, according to the OPCW.
In Pueblo, Colorado, the US is destroying between 600 and 700 4.2 in (107 mm) mortars containing sulfur mustard, also called mustard gas, a chemical warfare agent that was used in both World Wars and causes blistering of the skin.
Related: Most Of World’s Chemical Arms Destroyed

Meanwhile, 2,000 km away in Kentucky, a facility is destroying 155 mm rockets containing sarin, a colorless, odorless, and tasteless nerve agent that can be released into the air as a spray and be fatal in small quantities.
“There’s a little remnant of chemical weapons left in the United States. It will be destroyed in the next few weeks, and this will be grounds for celebration,” Ambassador Fernando Arias, director general of the OPCW, told journalists at an event May 3. “Chemical weapons cannot exist in the 21st century in the world because they are abhorrent.”
And globally, more than 70,000 different poisons have been destroyed under supervision of OPCW inspectors. Jeffrey Kovac, a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who has written about the ethics of chemical weapons research, says the destruction of all declared stockpiled chemical weapons is a significant achievement. He notes that people have been calling for the abandonment of chemical weapons since World War I.
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    <title>Industry knew about risks of PFAS 'forever chemicals' for decades before push to restrict them, study says</title>
    <dc:date>2023-06-02T10:40:00+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Makers of PFAS, a class of chemicals used in everything from cookware to food containers and makeup, had evidence the substances were toxic as early as the 1970s and obscured the danger, according to a new study based on industry archives held at the University of California.

Governments in Canada and the U.S. are now cracking down on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of more than 9,000 human-made chemicals produced since the 1940s. They have unique properties that make them heat-resistant, oil- and water-repellent and friction-resistant, and are found in products from cosmetics and take-out boxes to non-stick cookware and fire suppressants. ]]></description>
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    <title>Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-31T10:17:06+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[(AP) - Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday.

Norovirus and salmonella, germs that can cause severe illness, were the most common cause of 800 outbreaks, which encompassed 875 restaurants and were reported by 25 state and local health departments.

Investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for better enforcement of “comprehensive food safety policies,” which emphasize basic measures like hand washing and keep sick workers off the job.

Although 85% of restaurants said they had policies restricting staff from working while sick, only about 16% of the policies were detailed enough to require workers to notify managers and to stay home if they had any of the five key symptoms — including vomiting, diarrhea, and sore throat with fever.

About 44% of managers told the CDC their restaurants provided paid sick leave to workers. That’s a problem, according to Mitzi Baum, the chief executive of STOP Foodborne Illness, a nonprofit advocacy group.

She said it means workers are forced to choose between not earning money or showing up sick — or there’s social pressure not to leave fellow employees short-staffed.]]></description>
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    <dc:date>2023-05-27T12:09:29+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[coalition of major beauty product stores has formed to collect and share chemical hazard data on ingredients used by the personal care industry. The Know Better, Do Better Collaborative so far includes the retailers Sephora, Ulta Beauty, Credo, Beautycounter, and The Honest Company, as well as the personal care chemical maker Inolex and the Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit.
The effort is organized by ChemFORWARD, a nonprofit that says its goal is “creating broad access to chemical hazard data, illuminating safer alternatives, and ending toxic chemical exposure.”
In addition to beauty and personal care, ChemFORWARD has initiatives in packaging and electronics. The group says an analysis it conducted in 2022 found that detailed chemical hazard data is available for only about half the ingredients used in beauty and personal care products. “These data gaps create risk for brands, retailers, and consumers,” the group says.
Christina Ross, a senior scientist at Credo Beauty, says in a press release that “with comprehensive chemical hazard data generated by this work, Credo and our brand partners can avoid replacing one bad actor chemical with another, which is called ‘regrettable substitution.’ ”
Other ingredient transparency efforts, such as the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, are already underway in the personal care industry, says Rosmy Barrios, a physician specializing in aesthetic and anti-aging products.
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    <title>Suspect in Durham, NH hazmat situation was following YouTube experiment</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-26T11:08:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wmur.com/article/unh-student-new-details-hazmat-durham-nh/44009624</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DURHAM, N.H. —
A Ph.D candidate at UNH who is facing criminal charges after an apparent hazmat situation near campus over the weekend was trying to follow a YouTube video that specifically warned viewers not to repeat the experiment, according to Durham police.

Police said the suspect, Emad Mustafa, 29, called authorities himself on Saturday, saying he may have been exposed to a toxic chemical.

According to new court documents, Mustafa told officers he believed he had made a chemical called dimethyl mercury inside his Oyster River home.

He told officers that mixing the chemical caused a flash-burn, creating smoke and toxic vapor.

He was taken to the hospital and treated, but that process launched a multi-department investigation.

Mustafa admitted that another tenant may have also been exposed to the chemicals.

Town officials in Durham said Mustafa identified the chemicals as mercury, sodium and dimethyl sulfate.]]></description>
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    <title>Chemical Safety Board says accidental valve cover removal caused 2021 deadly acid leak at LyondellBasell in La Porte</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-26T11:04:11+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/05/26/chemical-safety-board-says-accidental-valve-cover-removal-caused-2021-deadly-acid-leak-at-lyondellbasell-in-la-porte/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LA PORTE, Texas – The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has released its final report on a deadly 2021 acid leak in La Porte.
The findings in the report show that 164,000 pounds of extremely hot acetic acid were released at the LyondellBasell La Porte complex in July 2021.
According to the report, workers had mistakenly removed a valve cover while trying to repair a pipe leak.
Two workers died and two others were seriously injured in the incident. In addition, the facility received an estimated $40 million in property damages.
“As this tragic incident shows, even a simple task can turn deadly if it is not performed properly. There have been similar incidents around the country involving plug valves being inadvertently taken apart when removing connected equipment. It is time to improve the design of these valves and take other protective actions, such as signage and training, before more workers are killed or injured,” said CSB Chairperson Steve Owens.
CSB investigators said better valve design and more worker training is needed to prevent future accidents.
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    <title>Catalysing the clean-up of methamphetamine</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-25T10:45:56+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With a variety of simple recipes widely available, featuring equipment and materials relatively easily obtainable, methamphetamine can be manufactured nearly anywhere. Clandestine laboratories range from rivalling legitimate drug production facilities in terms of size and sophistication to smaller ‘kitchen labs’ or ‘cooks’, with production done at a dizzying array of locations including private dwellings, hotels or motels, Airbnb properties and vehicles.1,2

When a clandestine laboratory is seized or production stopped, a variety of challenges remain – including whether a location can be adequately decontaminated. Sites used for smoking methamphetamine may also retain residues, though at far lower levels than detected at production sites.1 Rendering such sites safe is often a community priority.
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    <dc:date>2023-05-24T10:42:29+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SIDNEY — A chemical leak at the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA closed the facility Monday night. The Y reopened Tuesday with the exception of the pool which remains closed. Classes, program and Child Watch were closed until 3 p.m. Tuesday. The Child Development Center was closed Tuesday but will reopen Wednesday.

According to the Sidney Fire Department press release, at 7:22 pm on May 22, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 300 E. Parkwood at the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA for a chemical reaction in the basement. The original call stated that the chemical was 10 ounces of Chlorine poured into a 40-gallon tank of Sulfuric Acid creating a chlorine gas in the basement.

Upon the Sidney Fire Department’s arrival, they found a large commercial building with no evacuation in progress. Crews made entry with a series of detectors and confirmed that there was an active chemical reaction in a labeled Sulfuric Acid container in the basement. Chlorine gas substance was emitting from the 40-gallon tank of Sulfuric Acid.

Crews assisted in the evacuation of the building. Firefighters and the Shelby County Hazmat team mitigated the situation with offloading the chemical into an over pack drum while conducting air monitoring throughout the building.

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    <title>1 man flown to hospital, bomb squad responds after explosion at Kingston home, state police say – Boston 25 News</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-22T10:50:00+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/1-person-flown-hospital-bomb-squad-responds-after-explosion-kingston-home-state-police-say/A6PUALR5XNFWDM5QNFOYABTU4Q/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[KINGSTON, Mass. — Investigators suspect a man was making homemade explosives or fireworks when he was seriously injured and flown to a Boston hospital from a Kingston home on Sunday afternoon, police said.

The explosion inside the Nobadeer Circle home shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday drew a response from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and FBI investigators, a hazmat crew, as well as local police and fire investigators, state and local police said.

The man’s condition or the extent of his injuries were not immediately available on Sunday.

The large emergency response to the home resulted from “the type/amount of materials present” found inside the home “and additional materials/powders consistent with bomb-making,” Kingston Police Detective Lt. Michael Skowyra said in a statement.

“The materials were collected and rendered safe. There is no public safety risk at this time and the investigation remains ongoing,” said Skowyra, who did not provide further details on the materials at the scene.

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    <title>Mercury poison package under investigation at Michigan post office</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-18T11:07:05+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LAKE, MI – A federal hazmat team is investigating a mercury poison package that spilled at a Northern Michigan post office on Monday, WPBN/WGTU reports.

The U.S. Postal Service has confirmed that a substance that leaked out of a package on Monday at the Lake Post Office was mercury, 9&10 News reports. The post office in Clare County has been closed since workers noticed the leaky package while sorting mail. The nearby Lake George Post Office is also closed since the package passed through that location.

People who were exposed to the poison have been medically evaluated and cleared, WPBN/WGTU reports.

The package originated in the Detroit area and investigators are working to discover where it was headed and why, 9&10 reports.

It is illegal to send mercury through the mail. Exposure can cause tremors, mood swings, muscle weakness, headaches and nervous system damage, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cases of high exposure can result in kidney effects, respiratory failure and death.

USPS is working to reroute mail that would have gone through this post office, WPBN/WGTU reports.

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    <title>Officials: Chemical spill at Cathcart Rail in Lynchburg, no health risk to public</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-14T10:36:05+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Lynchburg Fire Marshal’s Office has been monitoring a release of a chemical from a holding tank at Cathcart Rail on Hydro Street that has been producing strong noxious odors in the area for the past several weeks, according to the Lynchburg Fire Department.
Officials said on April 3, LFD responded to a call for a chemical smell near downtown, which they tracked back to the business on 
A follow-up visit from the Fire Marshal this past week identified the source as a tank containing about 2200 gallons of ethyl acrylate which is used in the production of resins, plastics, and rubber materials, according to the department.
LFD said the tank has produced a very slow, leak, which is currently contained in the immediate area. The Virginia Department of Emergency Management was notified, as well as the Department of Environmental Quality.
Both are working with the company on the cleanup process which officials said is expected to get underway this week.
Officials said Ethyl acrylate is a flammable liquid with a particularly acrid odor, and while residents in the Rivermont and downtown areas may notice a strong chemical smell, there is no risk to public health from this leak.
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    <title>IChemE welcomes government decision to remove EU law deadline that could affect safety</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-13T11:50:42+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has welcomed the UK government’s decision to scrap plans for all retained EU laws to automatically expire by the end of 2023, in the absence of a decision to preserve them. The institution had expressed concern that safety legislation could be affected by the sunset clause.

Under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, around 5000 laws could have been struck off including several major pieces of hazard legislation. IChemE said the 2023 deadline could have ‘created a risk that not all affected legislation would be sufficiently scrutinised in time to understand the full impact of revoking EU law’.

‘IChemE is pleased that the immediate deadline to sunset thousands of laws has now been removed,’ said David Bogle, president of IChemE. ‘This will give legislators more time to properly assess the impact of revoking EU-originated legislation and reduces the risk of unforeseen consequences that might impact the safety of the many industries and environments within which chemical and process engineers work.’

The government still plans to remove or replace 600 laws by the end of 2023, but IChemE said these did not appear to include ‘safety-critical legislation at this stage’.]]></description>
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    <title>Highway hazmat incidents more of a risk than on railways</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-11T10:45:58+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO - Northern California is no stranger to toxic train derailments, and there's a renewed focus on rail safety following the recent disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. But when it comes to toxic transport in California, the highway may be more risky than the rail.

On April 28, 1973, over five terrifying hours, 48 people were injured as explosions ripped through a bomb-filled freight train at the Roseville Railyard. The bombs, bound for the Vietnam War, were set off by flames from overheated train brakes.

On July 14, 1991, the Dunsmuir train derailment dumped more than 90,000 gallons of herbicide into the Sacramento River, killing millions of fish and animals and making locals sick. That derailment prompted a congressional hearing led by then-Congresswoman Barbara Boxer.

"Why has it taken 21 accidents on this stretch of track in the last 16 years?" said Rep. Boxer at the hearing.

Three decades later, hearings continue, the most recent one was in the wake of the recent Ohio derailment.

But while the nation is focused on rail safety, hazardous materials are being transported by planes and trucks too. And based on federal data, planes and big rigs may actually be a bigger concern.

According to Department of Transportation data, there were 18 times more highway hazmat incidents in California than rail incidents over the past 10 years, with highway hazmat damages totaling nearly $38 million ($37,913,312) -- eight times more than the costs of rail incidents in California ($4,505,037).

While trains can physically carry more volume, legally, trucks can carry the same types of hazardous materials and may face more hazards. For instance, a  fiery tanker truck crash in South Lake Tahoe killed the driver, shut down Highway 50, and contaminated the Truckee River. Reports reveal the tanker swerved to avoid hitting a Prius that cut it off.

In San Joaquin County, there were 18 times as many highway hazmat incidents as incidents on the railway. In Sacramento County, 35 times as many highway incidents.

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    <title>Mercury spill cleanup in Martinez could take days</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-11T10:44:52+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[MARTINEZ, Calif. - The ongoing mercury spill discovered days ago in the Martinez Amtrak parking lot continued to disrupt surrounding areas Wednesday as crews worked to remove every spec of the toxic chemical.

Mercury is one of the basic building blocks of chemistry and if uncontained, can cause sickness and in some cases death.

The mercury spill, which is now on its third day, has expanded into a full-blown hazmat emergency, closing some streets. Though the chemical is widely used in electrical switches, paints, and soaps, it is highly toxic on the loose.

A garbage truck inadvertently spread the hazardous waste, Contra Costa County health officials said Tuesday night. Some neighbors and bus and train riders said the widened scope of contamination is unnerving.

"I don't know if it travels or whatever. You know, I don't know if you have to touch it or the wind blows it because this is very close to me," said resident Lorraine White.

Earlier Wednesday, White said she boarded a bus from the very location now cordoned off and being treated for mercury contamination, one of the most highly toxic, non-radioactive elements.]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_CA public follow-up response mercury</dc:subject>
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    <title>Traces of mercury found in downtown Martinez after garbage truck spreads waste; Amtrak station remains closed</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-10T10:57:15+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[MARTINEZ, Calif. -- Contra Costa Health put out an advisory Tuesday night for areas of downtown Martinez near the Amtrak station, where a mercury spill occurred on Monday.

Officials found "minor" mercury contamination in the street from Marina Vista Avenue, to Alhambra Avenue, to Buckley Street, to Berrellesa Street, they said at 8:20 p.m.

Authorities are advising that If residents must be in the area, to please stay on the sidewalk.

The mercury spill that closed the Amtrak station in Martinez on Monday was bigger than initially thought and may have spread to the platform, inside the train station, and into the street, officials from Contra Costa Health (CCH) said.]]></description>
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    <title>Illinois lab aims to end NYC lithium-ion battery fire nightmare</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-10T10:56:15+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What was once an emerging threat has become a full-blown crisis in New York City with 220 lithium-ion battery fires recorded last year, equaling to about one every 36 hours. 

So far this year, 76 fires have killed seven people including two this past weekend in Washington Heights. 

With 60 people injured, the city is outpacing all of last year. The vast majority of fires are in the homes of the 65,000 delivery bikers who live across the five boroughs. 

One of the solutions to the city's dilemma is over 800 miles away at the UL Solutions laboratory for battery testing in Northbrook, Illinois, outside of Chicago. 

Dr. Robert Slone is the chief scientist and the man behind making lithium-ion batteries safe. 

For batteries to receive a UL logo, it has to endure what is called "torture testing." But experts said the problem in New York is uncertified batteries, often cobbled together in the black market. 

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    <title>Elevated cancer rates found near Kansas chemical spill</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-07T11:53:13+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.fox28spokane.com/elevated-cancer-rates-found-near-kansas-chemical-spill/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials have identified elevated levels of liver cancer among people living in several historically Black neighborhoods in Wichita where groundwater was polluted by a rail-yard chemical spill. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment released a study Friday that found a liver and biliary tract cancer diagnosis rate of 15.7 per 100,000 people in the contamination zone. Among non-Hispanic Black residents, the diagnosis rate was 23.9 per 100,000. That is compared with 6.4 diagnoses per 100,000 people in Kansas and 8.0 per 100,000 in the surrounding county.

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    <title>SpaceX: Lawsuit filed against FAA by environmentalists over Starship</title>
    <dc:date>2023-05-03T11:04:22+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Environmental groups are suing the Federal Aviation Administration over the explosion of SpaceX's massive new rocket, saying that the agency allowed Elon Musk's company to bypass important environmental reviews because of political and financial influence.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, says the case boils down to "a question with national, global, and even interstellar implications."

"It is also about whether regulators will hold powerful corporations accountable or allow them to disregard environmental laws," the lawsuit continues. "We must decide whether we will protect the wildlife and frontline communities that can be adversely affected by our desire to reach the stars, or whether we will leave a legacy of needless destruction in the scorching wake of rocket plumes."

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    <title>EPA cites Chemours for exceeding PFAS limits in wastewater</title>
    <dc:date>2023-04-28T09:38:13+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The US Environmental Protection Agency is going after Chemours to reduce per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater regularly discharged into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works facility near Parkersburg, West Virginia. The agency claims the levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA), a breakdown product of the PFOA replacement known as GenX, exceed those set in the facility’s discharge permit.

The action marks the first time the EPA has used its enforcement authority under the Clean Water Act to target PFAS in wastewater discharges.

Chemours produces fluoropolymers and other fluorinated organic chemicals at the Washington Works site. The company says those products are not harmful to human health. But the fluorinated surfactants used as processing aids to make the chemicals are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic to humans and the environment.
Contamination from the former use of PFOA as a processing aid at the Washington Works facility still plagues Chemours, which was spun off from DuPont in 2015. The firm is also facing scrutiny over discharges of HFPO-DA resulting from the use of GenX.]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_WV public discovery environmental plastics</dc:subject>
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    <title>Sustainable chemicals: New rules to identify endocrine disruptors and long-lasting chemicals enter into force</title>
    <dc:date>2023-04-21T10:21:02+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today, the Delegated Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) enters into force. The Delegated Regulation introduces new hazard classes for endocrine disruptors, as well as for chemicals that do not break down in the environment and can accumulate in living organisms, or risk entering and spreading across the water cycle, including drinking water. The Commission adopted this Delegated Act on 19 December 2022, which then passed through the European Parliament and the Council and was published in the Official Journal on 31 March 2023.

The new hazard classes are the result of extensive scientific discussions and will provide easier access to information to all users of such chemicals, notably consumers, workers and businesses. They allow further action to address and mitigate the risks of substances and mixtures under other EU legislation such as REACH, while taking account of socio-economic impacts.

Background

The objective of the CLP Regulation is to ensure a high level of protection of health and the environment, as well as the free movement of substances, mixtures and articles. It requires manufacturers, importers or downstream users of substances or mixtures to classify, label and package their hazardous chemicals appropriately before placing them on the market. The CLP Regulation establishes legally binding hazard identification and classification rules. It sets out common rules on labelling for consumers and workers to enable them to make informed decisions when purchasing or using dangerous products. 

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    <title>Nashville airport concourse evacuated after chemical causes breathing problems</title>
    <dc:date>2023-04-18T10:48:15+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A solvent commonly used in enamels, varnishes, lacquers and resins was discovered over the weekend in an air sample taken from Nashville International Airport.

The odor caused breathing problems for travelers, airport officials said in a statement, leading to the evacuation of a concourse about 2:45 p.m. Sunday.

Joseph Pleasant, a public information officer for the Nashville Fire Department, said Sunday afternoon that no patients were in need of medical treatment. The concourse was reopened around 4:15 p.m.

In a statement late Sunday, the airport said the Nashville Fire Department's air sample found butoxyethyl acetate, a solvent. The statement also mentioned additional air quality testing reported no contaminants.]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_TN public release injury solvent</dc:subject>
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    <title>Quick actions prevented chemical spill from impacting water supply in Philadelphia suburbs</title>
    <dc:date>2023-04-04T11:26:13+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BRISTOL, Pa. - Quick actions from those in charge of a water treatment facility near a chemical spill along the Delaware River prevented the harmful toxins from entering the plant. 

Health officials in Bucks County said Sunday that between 8,100 and 12,000 gallons of a water-based latex-finishing solution spilled into the river late Friday because of a burst pipe at the Trinseo Altuglas chemical facility in Bristol Township.

The midnight spill happened at low tide less than half a mile upstream from the AQUA Pennsylvania water treatment facility. AQUA President Mark Lucca said by the time he heard about the spill the plant had already been shutdown thanks in part to early warning sensors that helped them decide to shut off water intake from the river. 

"The first thing people are asking us is ‘is my water safe to drink?’ It absolutely is safe to drink, how do we know? Because it never got into the plant" Lucca said. 

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AQUA's local water reserves were fairly high, so Bristol's water supply was never threatened. And even if it was, AQUA says it would have been able to call on more supply from company resources in nearby Delaware and Montgomery counties. 

"We have a lot of resources within Southeastern Pennsylvania to move water from one area to another, which is what got us through all the plant was shut down," AQUA Vice President Todd Duerr said.

AQUA says it waited until shortly after the next high tide to reopen the facility to ensure clean water from upstream flushed the potentially chemical-tainted water down the Delaware River. The plant normally operates 24-hours a day, but their operations are currently cut in half. 

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    <title>Chemical reaction causes small explosion inside Chattanooga apartment</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-21T10:33:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.local3news.com/local-news/chemical-reaction-causes-small-explosion-inside-chattanooga-apartment/article_24cd973c-c73d-11ed-9251-5f2dc200673a.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A flash fire injured a worker at Marina Pointe Apartments on Lake Resort Drive Monday morning.

The apartment building was evacuated, and Chattanooga Fire Department companies responded, carefully monitoring every unit's air quality to ensure that it was safe for residents to return to their homes.

A worker in a vacant apartment at the complex was said to be resurfacing a bathtub, and vapors built up after chemicals were sprayed with no ventilation.

The vapors were said to cause a spark and caused a small explosion, blowing out the apartment's windows and the bathroom door off its hinges.

The worker was left with burns and was transported to the hospital for further treatment.

Officials say everyone is back in their apartments now, and a city building inspector came to the scene to check the structure out of caution.

]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.muskogeephoenix.com/opinion/editorials/our-view-state-must-follow-epa-law/article_e5d02b2b-fc2c-5a36-95a4-d92aca2791c9.html">
    <title>OUR VIEW: State must follow EPA law</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-19T11:18:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.muskogeephoenix.com/opinion/editorials/our-view-state-must-follow-epa-law/article_e5d02b2b-fc2c-5a36-95a4-d92aca2791c9.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has done what many Oklahomans believe is correct in refusing to accept from Ohio upward of 3,600 tons of toxic soil, but we’re not so sure he can legally do that.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday argued that it’s “unlawful” to refuse shipments of waste from other states and accused the Republican governor of “playing politics at the expense of the people of East Palestine, Ohio.”

A Clean Harbors facility near Waynoka, about 40 miles east of Woodward, is under contract with Norfolk Southern to receive thousands of tons of toxic waste from the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, officials said. The train crash caused a toxic chemical spill, which officials are attempting to remediate.

Stitt has concerns about whether the toxic soil is safe, what testing had been done to ensure it wouldn’t endanger Oklahomans, and why the EPA and Norfolk Southern would want to transport it so far away from Ohio. Stitt also questioned why disposal facilities in Michigan or closer geographic states to Ohio aren’t being asked to take it or are outright refusing it.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan said there was no reason for states to block shipments of the type of waste that certified facilities routinely handle every day.

Oklahoma may ultimately be responsible for accepting the hazardous waste. The contract has been signed between Norfolk Southernand The Clean Harbors Environmental Services.

The Clean Harbors Environmental Services Lone Mountain Facility south of Waynoka has a hazardous waste permit authorizing storage, treatment, recycling, and disposal of a wide variety of hazardous wastes.

But we need to find a way to eliminate some of the hazardous waste that is shipped in this country — not only by rail, but by other methods, as well. There are plenty of trucks on the highways transporting those chemicals. And these chemicals travel through every state in the country. The companies transporting the hazardous chemicals should be the ones responsible for cleaning up the waste, and if the company in Oklahoma can accept the chemicals without anyone being hurt or sickened and federal law says Oklahoma has to accept it, we have to trust that they will regulate it properly. ]]></description>
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    <title>Wichita native calls attention back to railyard chemical spill</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-17T10:57:16+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Wichita native is bringing attention back to a railyard spill that’s impacted a northeast Wichita neighborhood for decades. While a corrective action plan was announced last month, Wichita native Kiah Duggins said one factor not fully understood is the health impacts. This led her to write to some federal agencies.

The contamination seeped from the Union Pacific railyard near 29th Street North and Grove into the groundwater underneath a large portion of the historically Black neighborhood in northeast Wichita, stretching down to Murdock. Duggins said it’s important to understand how this has impacted people’s health and to make sure measures are taken to address it.

In 1994, the City of Wichita identified Trichloroethylene or TCE, as contaminating groundwater.

“Which is the year I was born, and that chemical, TCE, is known to cause cancer,” Duggins said. “it’s also known to cause reproductive health issues, birth defects.”]]></description>
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    <title>Pennsylvania residents under shelter-in-place after ‘hazardous materials incident’</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-13T10:36:00+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Residents in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, were under a shelter-in-place order for half a mile early Sunday after a hazardous materials leak was reported near a meat company, officials said.

The incident involved anhydrous ammonia at the Kunzler Meat Company, located at 652 Manor Street, the HazMat 2 Environmental Fire Rescue Company said.

Anhydrous ammonia is stored as a liquid under pressure but becomes a toxic gas when released, according to health officials.

Neighbors reported smelling an odor near the company building around 7:30 a.m., FOX43 in York reported.

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    <title>Indiana lawmakers demand answers on hazardous material sent to s</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-08T11:44:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wfmj.com/story/48509038/indiana-lawmakers-demand-answers-on-hazardous-material-sent-to-state-from-east-palestine</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two lawmakers from Indiana are looking for answers on why hazardous materials from the East Palestine train derailment are being sent to the state.

Senator Mike Braun and Congressman Jim Baird sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan demanding answers on why the hazardous materials were stopped while on the way to an EPA-approved facility in Michigan and redirected to Indiana.

According to the release, the EPA started shipping the contaminated soil and water to a facility in Michigan but lawmakers from the state held a news conference saying they didn't want the material in their state.

Braun and Baird say the EPA announced they halted the cleanup and delivery to the Michigan facility within 30 minutes and the materials were taken back to East Palestine.

According to the release, the EPA announced on February 27 that a facility in North Roachdale, Indiana would begin to receive the contaminated materials. They claim the EPA said they'd notify materials but Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb said he learned about it "third-hand."

Senator Braun and Congressman Baird said the Roachdale facility is the first facility outside of Ohio to receive the materials after the EPA exerted control over the cleanup. They also noted that Roachdale is further away from East Palestine than the Michigan facility.

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    <title>Pool chemical mix-up causes release of dangerous gas and breathing problems</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-06T11:26:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wbay.com/2023/03/06/pool-chemical-mix-up-causes-release-dangerous-gas-breathing-problems/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - The Appleton Fire Department’s Hazardous Material Team was called out to help remove pool chemicals from a storage area at 218 East Lawrence Street in Appleton on Sunday, March 5. The address matches the location of the local YMCA.

According to the Appleton Fire Department, several people at the property had encountered breathing problems due to the chemicals mixing, which resulted in the release of chlorine gas.

After the hazardous material team had arrived, the building was evacuated. The chemicals were removed and placed in the care of disposal contractor.

A Facebook post by the YMCA announced that the building was closed for the remainder of Sunday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.ideastream.org/science-technology/2023-03-04/researchers-find-high-levels-of-hazardous-chemical-weeks-after-east-palestine-derailment">
    <title>Researchers find high levels of hazardous chemical weeks after East Palestine derailment</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-05T12:35:41+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.ideastream.org/science-technology/2023-03-04/researchers-find-high-levels-of-hazardous-chemical-weeks-after-east-palestine-derailment</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and Texas A&M say they detected high levels of one hazardous air pollutant in the town of East Palestine, weeks after a train derailment and chemical fire. 

Levels of acrolein, a chemical found in manufacturing and formed in combustion, were up to three times as high as samples taken previously in Downtown Pittsburgh. 

“This is a rural area, so you would expect that the concentrations [in East Palestine] would be lower than Pittsburgh,” said Weihsueh Chiu of Texas A&M, one of the researchers on the project. 

The researchers said levels of other volatile chemicals they measured were normal and in line with measurements reported by the U.S. EPA. But they said they still need to comb through the data to see if there are other chemicals that could pose a health threat. 

They stayed away from assigning blame for health problems experienced by the town’s residents on acrolein or any other chemical. Residents have suffered rashes, headaches, scratchy throats and congestion in the weeks since the derailment and subsequent fire. ]]></description>
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    <title>Bad smells may be leading to some of the reported symptoms in East Palestine: Experts</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-05T12:34:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://abcnews.go.com/Health/bad-smells-leading-reported-symptoms-east-palestine-experts/story?id=97620548</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Psychosomatic effects may be contributing to the symptoms of headaches, fatigue, or respiratory issues being reported by some residents of East Palestine, Ohio, following a hazardous chemical spill last month, experts say.

But "psychosomatic" does not mean that the symptoms are made up, according to experts. There is a body of evidence that suggests that smelling chemicals believed to be dangerous can induce feelings of stress and fear, which may lead to physical symptoms.

"If you're in the presence of something where there's a strong odor in the air, and you're concerned about the impact of it because you don't really understand the chemical that produce the odor, you probably start even breathing a little bit differently that can change your heart rate that can change all manner of physiological responses," Pamela Dalton, Ph.D., a researcher at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, told ABC News.

Researchers have done studies where they have misled people about the danger of a chemical they are smelling and shown that they will experience symptoms under those conditions.

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    <title>1 Dead, 2 Hurt In Floor Chemical Fire In Ayodhya Nagar</title>
    <dc:date>2023-03-05T12:34:17+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BHOPAL: In a bizarre incident, three labourers who were cleaning floor tiles of a washroom at an under-construction site in Ayodhya Nagar, suffered severe injuries after the chemical with which they were cleaning the tiles suddenly caught fire. 
It was suspected that one of the labourers lit a cigarette while cleaning the tiles with the chemical and the fire broke out, police said. 
All three sustained severe burns and were rushed to hospital for treatment. One of them, a 22-year-old man, who had sustained 94% burns, died while undergoing treatment at AIIMS hospital on Saturday. 
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<dc:subject>India public fire death cleaners</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://time.com/6258825/giant-eagle-water-east-palestine-ohio/">
    <title>Water Bottled 25 Miles From E. Palestine Pulled From Shelves</title>
    <dc:date>2023-02-28T11:45:14+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[hree weeks after the Norfolk Southern train derailment and subsequent toxic chemical spill and fire in East Palestine, Ohio, a major grocery chain is pulling water that was bottled 25 miles from the crash site off of store shelves.

Giant Eagle, which operates hundreds of stores in five states, including Ohio, withdrew its spring water which comes from Salineville, Ohio, out of an “abundance of caution,” the company said in a Feb. 21 statement.

Giant Eagle’s move is the latest indication that the East Palestine spill is causing concerns far from the village of 4,700 people. Among the chemicals involved in the derailment was vinyl chloride, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classifies as a carcinogen.

What Giant Eagle is saying

The grocery store chain noted that a third-party lab has been testing the facility’s water sources and bottled water samples. It did not find evidence that the water had been contaminated as a result of the Feb. 3 incident. But the company added that it would take the product off store shelves until further testing.

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    <title>In 1996, the EPA was ordered to test pesticides for impacts on people’s hormones. They still don’t.</title>
    <dc:date>2023-02-28T11:42:46+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[n 1996, Congress ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test all pesticides used on food for endocrine disruption by 1999. The EPA still doesn’t do this today.

Nor does it appear close to doing so, argue the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the agency in December for its ongoing failure to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.

“As of the time of this filing, more than 25 years after the passage of the Food Quality Protection Act, [the] EPA has yet to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program it created and further, has failed to even initiate endocrine testing for approximately 96% of registered pesticides,” the lawsuit states.

Experts say such screening is vital to protect people’s health as endocrine-disrupting chemicals — compounds that can block, mimic or interfere with the proper functioning of hormones — have been linked to a variety of health problems including obesity, diabetes, respiratory issues, some cancers and negative impacts on the nervous, reproductive and immune systems.

However, other than a draft white paper updating a single aspect of the program this January — coincidental timing, EPA deputy assistant administrator for pesticide programs Ya-Wei “Jake” Li told Environmental Health News (EHN) — the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program has appeared dormant since 2015.]]></description>
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    <title>Hydrofluoric acid spills into DeSoto County creek after fire</title>
    <dc:date>2023-02-26T12:37:17+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A chemical spill was reported in DeSoto County Saturday.

The DeSoto County government said the spill was caused by a fire at Schultz Xtruded Products located on McCracken Road in Hernando, Mississippi.

The fire caused a container that held Hydrofluoric Acid to leak, resulting in the chemical leaking into Mussacuna Creek.

Officials say the Hernando Fire Department quickly responded to the fire.

Crews at the scene said there is no danger to drinking water or residents who live downstream or upstream. Residents are being asked to avoid the creek in the area as crews work to remediate the area.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, DeSoto County EMA, and environmental remediation are working to clean the spill and any damage.

The CDC says hydrofluoric acid is created when hydrogen fluoride is dissolved in water.

Hydrogen fluoride is a compound used to make refrigerants, herbicides, pharmaceuticals, high-octane gasoline, aluminum, plastics, electrical components, and fluorescent light bulbs.

Symptoms of hydrogen fluoride exposure include irritation of the eyes, nose, and respiratory tract. At high levels or in combination with skin contact, it can cause death from an irregular heartbeat or fluid buildup in the lungs, according to the CDC.

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    <title>EU floats plan that would ban virtually every PFAS currently on the market</title>
    <dc:date>2023-02-10T11:44:03+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A proposal that would effectively ban the controversial class of chemical compounds known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the EU was published by the European Chemicals Agency (Echa) on Tuesday. The agency has described it as ‘one of the broadest’ restrictions of chemicals in the EU’s history.

Proposed under the Reach regulation, the plan was drafted by the governments of Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden and sent to Echa back in January. It is expected to be formally presented to EU member states in 2025.

The five countries want to essentially ban the entire class of more than 10,000 chemicals in a single stroke, including their production, use, and sale, and the impact would be significant. The prohibition would apply to every type of PFAS manufactured in, or imported into, the EU. It specifically targets substances that contain at least one fully fluorinated methyl (CF3–) or methylene (–CF2–), although there are exceptions.

‘If the European Commission adopts the proposal, companies will be forced to find alternatives for approximately 10,000 PFAS in applications in which these substances are used,’ the five nations said. They warned that in many cases, no such alternatives exist, and in some they may never. ‘The proposal’s formal submission in itself sends a clear signal that companies need to seek alternatives to PFAS,’ the governments added.

PFAS chemicals have been used and manufactured worldwide since the 1950s. Their combination of oil, grease and water repellence, as well as durability under extreme conditions like high pressure and temperatures makes them exceptionally useful. Because of this they can be found in many household items like non-stick cookware, raincoats, furniture, carpets and even cosmetics.

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    <title>Walmart on east-side evacuated due to cleaning liquid spill</title>
    <dc:date>2023-01-06T11:33:31+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO — An east-side Walmart is back open for regular business after a cleaning liquid spill resulted in an evacuation around midday on Thursday.
The store is located along the 4000 block of N Foster Road.
"It appears some cleaning liquids were accidentally mixed causing strong odor within the store requiring evacuation," Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar previously said around noon. "There is no chemical spill, the mixture is contained, however until the odor has been ventilated from the store, employees will remain outside."]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_TX public release response cleaners</dc:subject>
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    <title>Sacred Heart back open after potential explosive investigation</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — Sacred Heart Medical Center’s emergency room is back open after an investigation into a potentially explosive device found on a patient.

Providence said a patient who was flown to the hospital for treatment was found to have explosive materials on them.

Providence security, Spokane Police, and Spokane firefighters contained the situation and secured the area. Some patients were temporarily taken to other hospitals during the incident.

W. 8th Avenue is back open, and all hospital operations have since returned to normal. The Children’s Hospital and patient care were not affected.

Spokane Police are investigating this incident.

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    <dc:date>2023-01-03T11:45:57+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hazardous Materials Management (HAZMAT) crews were sent to downtown Los Angeles after a pile of pallet boxes containing hand sanitizer caught on fire.

 The fire started around noon Monday in the 100 block of East 16th street.

Firefighters, in full personal protective equipment, began using foam 
to suppress flammable vapors, while limiting overall water usage. Sand was 
ordered for a damming operation at Paloma Street and 18th Street, towards East Washington Boulevard, according to LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. 

The State Water Resources Control Board and County Health Department were notified about the incident, noting that area was being 
contained by the damming operation to limit any water runoff.

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    <title>Arizona firefighters pioneer ‘forever chemical’ treatment</title>
    <dc:date>2023-01-03T11:44:11+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[(Tribune News Service) — Donating blood can save lives, but in the future, doctors may also prescribe rolling up a sleeve and exposing a vein for the health of certain donors.

Research from Australia published in 2021 suggests blood donations reduce the donor's concentration of a class of toxic substances called "per- and polyfluoroakyl substances," or PFAS, popularly called "forever chemicals."

PFAS don't really last "forever," but they earned the moniker because some stay in the body for almost 10 years and accumulate in organs, blood and bones with repeated exposures.

Recent research link PFAS to higher cancer rates, decreased birth weight, hormone disruption, elevated blood pressure and increased incidence of preeclampsia in pregnant women.

Firefighters are at higher risk of PFAS exposure due to the chemicals in foams and protective gear as well as in household products burned in fires.

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    <title>Hazmat incident in Victoria was caused by 'mixing of two cleaning solutions'</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-31T11:46:09+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The evacuation of a building in downtown Victoria was caused by two cleaning solutions being mixed together, according to the Cool Aid Society.

On Thursday afternoon, the Cool Aid Society's Swift House was evacuated by first responders, including firefighters, police, the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team and CRD hazmat response technicians.

At the time, a witness told CTV News that someone dumped a potentially dangerous chemical inside the building.

On Friday, the Cool Aid Society said the cause of the evacuation was less dramatic.

"Yesterday, out of an abundance of caution, emergency response and hazardous materials teams were called to one of our sites because of a reaction caused by the mixing of two cleaning solutions," said the society in a statement.

"All residents and staff were evacuated so that a complete risk assessment could be conducted."

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    <title>Chemical spill makes employees sick at local Dollar General in Minot</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-31T11:44:35+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[MINOT, ND (KXNET) — Workers at a discount store in Minot say they had a big mess to clean up this week. It was so bad, it made many of them sick. It happened at Dollar General on East Burdick.

Workers tell KX News a supply truck was delivering cleaning supplies. That’s when employees say they could smell something in the back room and soon realize the cleaning supplies had frozen and exploded.

Employees say they called their district manager, who told a manager at the store to clean it up. But the manager on duty got sick from the mixed chemicals and was taken to Trinity Hospital in an ambulance.

Workers say they were then told to go to work anyway, and say they are also feeling sick and went to the emergency room to get checked out.

“I was cleaning the store and happened to go back there a few times just to check it out, see how things were going. And it just reeked like chemicals. You could just smell it. Ever since that night, I’ve been having headaches, I’ve been having a lung problem on my left side,” said Trenton Jacobs, an employee the Dollar General.

“I’m getting checked, my lungs hurt, I’m coughing up white foamy stuff, my head hurts. Everything feels swollen and cold inside,” said Jennifer Gerard, also an employee at the Dollar General.

Employees tell KX news the district manager attempted to clean the store, and the store remains open.

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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[(AP) - Volkswagen is recalling nearly 42,000 Beetles in the U.S. and Canada because they have potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.

The recall covers Beetles from the 2015 and 2016 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Friday that the inflators can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel.

Takata used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate air bags in a crash. But the chemical can deteriorate over time when exposed to high temperatures and humidity.

Since 2009, the exploding air bags have killed at least 33 people worldwide, including 24 in the United States.

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    <title>UPDATE: No reportable contaminants found in Iowa River after Marengo explosion</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-30T10:20:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/update-no-reportable-contaminants-found-in-iowa-river-after-marengo-explosion-water-division-state-hygienic-laboratory</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[IOWA CITY, Iowa — The City of Iowa City conducted a water sample test of the Iowa River following the C6-Zero plant explosion in Marengo that happened on Dec. 8.

The Water Division of Iowa City took water samples to the State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL), which found no reportable detection of contamination, according to a press release sent out by the City of Iowa City on Thursday.

SHL tested for chemical compounds associated with petroleum, such as gasoline and diesel fuel.

The Water Division will test water from the river weekly for the next three weeks to ensure it's safe.]]></description>
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    <title>Health Department lifts no-contact order for Flint River six months after chemical spill</title>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FLINT, MI -- Genesee County’s medical health officer has lifted a no-contact order for a section of the Flint River that was hardest hit by a June chemical spill.

Dr. Pamela Hackert announced her action in a recension order on Wednesday, Dec. 28, saying the spill by Lockhart Chemical continues to be monitored and that remediation efforts are also continuing in the area of the river from Stepping Stone Falls to Leith Street.

Deputy Health Officer Kayleigh Blaney said the decision to rescind the no-contact order at this time came after officials found no seepage from the area after heavy rains.

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    <title>Los Angeles medical facility evacuated after mercury spill</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-29T11:06:29+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Los Angeles fire crews are responding to a mercury spill at a medical facility in West Hills Wednesday afternoon.

The incident was reported around 2:15 p.m. in the 7300 block of North Woodlake Avenue.

A small amount of mercury had spilled on the floor and the wall in a room inside the facility, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The building was evacuated “out of an abundance of caution,” officials said.

The facility, which performs procedures, had an unknown number of patients recovering from anesthesia at the time of the incident.

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    <title>New Mexico allocates grants from $32M mine spill settlement</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-28T11:36:02+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/new-mexico-allocates-grants-from-32m-mine-spill-settlement/article_c6d99045-56e7-52da-9f72-95a4059a29ea.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Six entities impacted by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill will share roughly $4 million in grants from a settlement, according to the New Mexico Attorney General’s office.

Outgoing Attorney General Hector Balderas announced earlier this month that nearly $4.3 million will be divided among multiple municipalities and agencies.

The cities of Aztec and Farmington in San Juan County, the San Juan Soil and Water Conservation District, the state tourism department and the New Mexico State University Extension Service will all receive six-figure grants.

To be recipients of the grant program, they submitted a proposal to the New Mexico Attorney General's office.

"Out of tragedy comes hope, and I am honored to award these amazing applicants and their ideas to invest in their own communities,” Balderas said in a statement.

The grant funds come from the overall $32 million settlement reached in June between New Mexico and the U.S. government over the spill that polluted rivers in three western states. The spill released 3 million gallons (11 million liters) of wastewater from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado, sending a bright-yellow plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals south to New Mexico, through the Navajo Nation and into Utah through the San Juan and Animas rivers.

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    <title>What are endocrine disruptors?</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-28T11:34:03+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Your hormones help control different functions in your body and impact everything from your metabolism to how you feel. And if your hormones don't function the way they should, it can affect your health.

Hormone health is a big trend in wellness, according to theTikTok star Hannah Bronfman, who says you'll be hearing a lot more about it in the future. Specifically, she says, addressing endocrine disruptors is the "next big thing." Bronfman says that there are a lot of products about to hit the market that will be labeled "endocrine safe," meaning they're free of endocrine disruptors, which "can be found in just about all the products that we use," including food, toys and beauty products.


Bronfman is far from the first person to use the term "endocrine disruptors," and you've probably come across it at some point before. But you may not necessarily know what that means. So what are endocrine disruptors exactly, and how worried about them should you be? Here's the deal.

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    <title>Phoenix Fire hazmat crews called to Christown Spectrum mall for gas leak</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-27T11:51:43+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PHOENIX — A hazmat situation outside the Christown Spectrum mall prompted evacuations Friday morning, authorities said.

A woman accidentally ran over an above-ground Southwest Gas regulator in the mall parking lot at 19th Avenue and Bethany Home Road, the Phoenix Fire Department said in a press release.

The driver was not injured.

Phoenix Fire’s hazardous materials team evacuated several businesses and isolated the area while working to secure the leak.

Representatives from Southwest Gas also were at the scene, the fire department said.

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<dc:subject>us_AZ public release response natural_gas</dc:subject>
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    <title>Homes that survived the Boulder County fire hid another disaster inside – we turned them into labs to study this urban wildfire health risk</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-27T11:48:55+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On Dec. 30, 2021, one of the most destructive wildfires on record in Colorado swept through neighborhoods just a few miles from our offices at the University of Colorado Boulder. The flames destroyed over 1,000 buildings, yet when we drove through the affected neighborhoods, some houses were still completely intact right next to homes where nothing was left to burn.

Although the people who lived in these still-standing homes were spared the loss of everything they owned, when they returned after the fire, they found another disaster.

Noxious smells and ash on their windowsills and doorways initially made their homes unlivable – and potentially hazardous to human health. Some of these residents were still reporting health problems from being in their homes months later, even after the homes had been cleaned.

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<dc:subject>us_CO public follow-up environmental unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>Scott apartment complex evacuated because of chemical smell</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-27T11:47:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/scott-apartment-complex-evacuated-because-of-chemical-smell/article_9df24336-8545-11ed-b7a1-f7ffacce7e52.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[According to Chief Chad P. Sonnier, Scott Fire Department was dispatched to the Ile Des Cannes apartment complex around 8 p.m. Sunday because of a chemical smell in the area.

During the investigation, firefighters determined that the bedroom of a downstairs apartment was being utilized as a storage area for an occupant’s lawn service. Several gas cans were also discovered in the room. The vapors from the downstairs apartment spread throughout the fourplex.

Chief Sonnier says Lafayette Fire Department Hazmat Unit was then requested to the scene to determine the severity of the incident. Hazmat personnel determined that the entire fourplex was in danger and needed to be evacuated until the scene was rendered safe.

Hazmat personnel then utilized specialized equipment to remove and/or neutralize the flammable vapors that spread throughout the building.

The fourplex was rendered safe after nearly two hours. Occupants were permitted to reenter their apartment.

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<dc:subject>us_LA public release response flammables</dc:subject>
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    <title>Umhlanga main beach reopens</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-26T12:42:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.enca.com/news/umhlanga-main-beach-reopens</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A picture taken on July 17, 2021 shows the popular uMhlanga Beach north of Durban. South African authorities said Saturday were investigating possible pollution suspected to have been caused by a spill from a chemical plant attacked during last week's riots after dead were washed ashore.
The spill was identified on Thursday after an agro-chemical warehouse storing chemicals used in the production of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides - was set ablaze.
RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP
AFP
DURBAN - The eThekwini Municipality has reopened the Umhlanga Main and Umhlanga Bronze beaches.

The decision to re-open the beaches was taken after results from the latest water testing. The tests confirm that the water quality is safe for swimming.

READ: No alcohol allowed on Cape Town beaches
Other beaches that are open for swimming are Point, Ushaka, Addington and South Beach.

Officials will continue to monitor Water quality at all beaches to ensure the safety of residents and visitors.

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<dc:subject>South_Africa public follow-up environmental pesticides</dc:subject>
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    <title>Herald: In X’mas eve protest, citizens slam dumping of ‘hazardous material’</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-25T11:50:14+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/In-X%E2%80%99mas-eve-protest-citizens-slam-dumping-of-%E2%80%98hazardous-material%E2%80%99-/198615</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[MARGAO: On the eve of Christmas, the group of socially-conscious ‘Citizens of Margao and Fatorda’ held a protest condemning the government and the authorities concerned, including the Margao Municipality, Goa Waste Management Corporation and the Goa Pollution Control Board for dumping hazardous and poisonous material in the low-lying field near the District Court at Margao.
Armed with banners, the citizens questioned Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant as to whether dumping of hazardous waste was a part of the ‘Save the Soil’ Memorandum of Understanding signed with Sadguru's Isha Foundation.
Several protesters including Jose Maria Miranda, Candeth Castello, Anthony Gonsalves, Mahesh Naik and Zarina Da Cunha strongly criticised the authorities for their ‘don’t care a damn attitude’ towards public health.  
In his talk, Mahesh Naik wanted to know why the Hon'ble High Court has failed to monitor the work undertaken by the MMC and GWMC, since it is being undertaken through a PIL writ petition.  
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<dc:subject>India public discovery environmental waste</dc:subject>
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    <title>Underground bunker filled with illegal drugs discovered at Granada Hills home</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-23T11:47:21+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[GRANADA HILLS, Calif. - One person was arrested after an illegal drug lab located in an underground bunker of a Granada Hills home was raided Wednesday night, according to authorities. 

The Los Angeles Police Department said officers recovered fentanyl, heroin, meth and magic mushrooms.

In November, narcotics officers received an anonymous tip of a possible illegal marijuana cultivation at a home on the 16500 block of Hiawatha Street.

On Dec. 21, officers searched the house and arrested 37-year-old Casey Linder.

During a search of the house, officers found hallucinogenic mushrooms growing in a backyard shed. According to LAPD, the shed had an access point to a bunker that went 12 feet underground. Inside the bunker officers found a Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and a Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) extraction lab. 

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<dc:subject>us_CA public discovery response illegal meth_lab</dc:subject>
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    <title>&quot;Higher than acceptable&quot; methamphetamine levels in air ducts close Colorado public library</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-22T11:43:27+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/higher-than-acceptable-methamphetamine-levels-in-air-ducts-close-colorado-public-library/article_89ffdcb0-8088-11ed-9d2a-73372293d919.html</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A public library in Boulder will be closing indefinitely on Tuesday, after "higher than acceptable" levels of methamphetamine were recorded in restroom air ducts, according to a news release from the city. 

"The city made this unprecedented decision today after receiving results of tests it ordered of air ducts in six of the restrooms in the Main Library at 1001 Arapahoe Avenue. The tests showed that residue inside the ducts had higher than acceptable levels of methamphetamine. The ducts blow air and contaminants outside the building, but it is not yet clear what, if any, level of contaminants is on surfaces," the release said. 

The closure will begin at 4 PM on Tuesday, to allow officials to swab samples of surfaces inside and outside the restrooms and determine if a public health risk is present.

According to the release, there has been a spike in reports of people smoking inside of the library's bathrooms in recent weeks. In fact, on two occasions city employees were evaluated for symptoms consistent with exposure to meth fumes or residue. 

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<dc:subject>us_CO public discovery response other_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>Police, hazardous materials experts find suspected meth lab in Appleton</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-22T11:40:53+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - The execution of a search warrant for suspected drug activity in Appleton was followed by a flurry of police activity late Wednesday morning.

Members of the Appleton Police Department SWAT team, and the Lake Winnebago Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group, and Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation went to search an apartment on the 3000-block of S. Chain Dr. They found a 37-year-old man living there who had a warrant for his arrest.

Law enforcement found evidence the man was trying to produce methamphetamine on the property. Because of the potentially hazardous materials, the DCI’s Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Response Team, which has special training in hazmat situations, was brought in to assist with the warrant and remove the substances from the suspected drug lab.

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<dc:subject>us_WI public discovery response illegal clandestine_lab</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.courthousenews.com/epa-faces-suit-over-25-years-of-failing-to-execute-program-to-test-products-for-toxic-chemicals/">
    <title>EPA sued for 25-year failure to test products for endocrine disruptors</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-22T11:38:59+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — For 25 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to properly test for endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in many food products as mandated by Congress, a coalition of nonprofits claim.

In a 54-page complaint filed Wednesday in federal court, organizations including Pesticide Action Network North America, Rural Coalition, Center for Environmental Health, Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas and Center for Food Safety claim the EPA has violated the Food Quality Protection Act and civil rights by failing to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program by the 1999 deadline set by Congress.

In October 2021 the EPA laid the groundwork for new regulations on these chemical compounds, or PFAS — thousands of toxic chemicals utilized by manufacturing companies to create products like Teflon pans, firefighting foam and water-resistant products like carpets, mascara and eyeliner. The chemical compounds feature a unique molecular makeup that makes them resistant to heat, oil, stains, grease and water — but also allows them to persist in both living things and the environment for decades. The so-called "forever chemicals" have been detected in drinking water, food and in Americans’ blood streams.

The EPA has also said it plans to review past actions taken under the Toxic Substances Control Act relating to PFAS and address insufficient responses. President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan earmarked roughly $10 billion in funds that would be used in part to monitor and remediate PFAS in drinking water.

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<dc:subject>us_CA public discovery environmental toxics</dc:subject>
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    <title>Fumes prompt hazmat response, evacuations in Temecula business district</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-21T11:08:42+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TEMECULA (CNS) - Fumes seeping from underground prompted a hazardous materials response today in Temecula, where a commercial building was evacuated and part of a street cordoned off until authorities could sort out the origin of the substance.The hazmat emergency occurred about 11:45 a.m. in the 28700 block of Via Montezuma, near Commerce Center Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.The agency said multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered occupants of a business complaining of a strong odor.Firefighters initiated an investigation and detected fumes leaking from beneath a manhole cover near the structure, which was evacuated, without any reports of anyone falling ill or requiring immediate medical attention.]]></description>
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    <title>Carbon monoxide leak sickens 7 at Gaylord Rockies Resort</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-21T11:07:49+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A carbon monoxide leak was reported and multiple people were sick at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center on Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said.

Emergency responders were triaging and treating patients who were suffering illness from the leak, Aurora Fire Rescue said. “Several people who were feeling sick” reported the issue just after 5 p.m. A total of seven people were assessed, with one transported to a hospital.

Fire officials later said the seven people were employees and “cooking equipment” caused the issue.

“The equipment has been shut down and is no longer causing a carbon monoxide problem,” Aurora Fire Rescue said Tuesday afternoon.

None of the patients were suffering from life-threatening illnesses.

By about 6 p.m., Aurora Fire Rescue firefighters were taking final air quality readings in the building. No further updates were expected on the incident, the department said.

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    <title>Hazardous material spill contained in Glasgow</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-21T11:05:29+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A package carrying a high-level disinfectant leaked and was improperly discarded, leading to a hazardous materials situation in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Aetna Fire officials said they responded to the Glasgow Medical Center at People's Plaza in Glasgow at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, December 20, where they were told the driver of a delivery vehicle had thrown out the chemical into a waste bin.

HAZMAT crews were able to find the Rapicide PA, a clear liquid disinfectant solution, which can cause irritation of the respiratory tract if inhaled, and skin irritation with contact.

Crews were able to extract the chemical during a two-hour cleanup.

DNREC and fire department officials traced the driver to Chapman Woods, where they further investigated. They did not indicate if the driver was arrested or faces any charges.

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<dc:subject>us_DE public release response waste</dc:subject>
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    <title>New EU legislation on endocrine disruptors and long-lasting chemicals: Commission proposal</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-21T11:03:27+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://eulawlive.com/new-eu-legislation-on-endocrine-disruptors-and-long-lasting-chemicals-commission-proposal/</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Commission proposed a revised Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) and introduced new hazard classes for endocrine disruptors and other harmful chemical substances to better protect people and the environment from hazardous chemicals.

The Commission also adopted a Delegated Act to introduce new hazard classes under the CLP for endocrine disruptors, as well as for chemicals that do not break down in the environment and can accumulate in living organisms, or risk entering and spreading across the water cycle, including drinking water.

The revised Regulation clarifies rules on labelling and for chemicals sold online and caters for: (i) better and faster processes for all actors

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    <title>Possible chemical spill spoils Point Comfort water</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-20T11:23:32+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The water in Point Comfort was deemed unsafe for use Monday morning, according to one official. As of Monday evening, residents had not received notice they could use the water, boiled or otherwise.

Point Comfort resident John Warren received a text message notice from the city at 9:19 a.m. warning him not to use the water, he said.

Keaton Dunn, who works for Inframark, the company that manages Point Comfort’s water supply, said Monday evening that the order is the result of an “operator error.”

“A chemical tank was overfilled, and out of an abundance of caution, we are telling people not to use the water until further notice,” Dunn said.

Dunn said he could not comment further.

Company officers could not be reached for comment on Monday.

It is unclear what sort of chemical was contained in the overfilled tank or what the city will do to clean it out of the water.]]></description>
<dc:subject>us_TX public discovery response unknown_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>Hawaii Lawmakers Call For Investigation Into Chemical Spills At Red Hill</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-20T11:22:48+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hawaii’s congressional delegation is calling for an investigation into the Navy’s response to firefighting foam spills at its World War II-era Red Hill fuel facility in Honolulu.

The lawmakers said on Monday that they want the U.S. Government Accountability Office to immediately look into a leak of an estimated 1,300 gallons of toxic firefighting foam concentrate at Red Hill earlier this month.

They are also pushing for answers about a prior spill that was uncovered by Civil Beat this week. An estimated 5,000 gallons of water, tainted with firefighting foam, flooded an underground pump house at Red Hill in September 2020, but the Navy allegedly told the health department at the time that no firefighting foam had been released.

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<dc:subject>us_HI public follow-up response other_chemical</dc:subject>
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    <title>Are everyday chemicals contributing to global obesity?</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-20T11:19:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/are-everyday-chemicals-contributing-to-global-obesity/4016664.article</link>
    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Research in animal models suggests the simple ‘energy in, energy out’ model doesn’t tell the whole story. Anthony King talks to researchers worried about obesogens

Obesity is on the rise almost everywhere, with more overweight and obese than underweight people, globally. According to accepted wisdom, blame lies squarely with overeating and insufficient exercise. A small group of researchers is challenging such ingrained assumptions, however, and shining a spotlight on the role of chemicals in our expanding waistlines.

‘There are at least 50 chemicals, probably many more, that literally make us fatter,’ says Leonardo Trasande, an environmental health scientist at New York University in the US. An obesogen is a chemical that makes a living organism gain fat. Notable examples include bisphenol A, certain phthalates and most organophosphate flame retardants. They can push organisms to make new fat cells and/or encourage them to store more fat. Almost all of us often encounter such chemicals every day.

Over the past 20 years, calorie consumption is flat – but obesity has gone up

This may even help explain some discrepancies in data. Obesity rates have tripled since the 1970s, ticking up in the US from 30.5% in 2000 to 42.4% in 2018. ‘Over the past 20 years, calorie consumption is flat, or gone down slightly [in the US],’ according to Bruce Blumberg, a cell biologist at the University of California Irvine in the US. ‘But obesity has gone up.’ And it is not just humans. Body weights of animals such as dogs, cats, rodents and non-human primates – in research colonies and living feral – are also reported to be increasing. Blumberg and others are on a mission to persuade clinicians and others to take contributions to obesity from chemicals more seriously.

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    <title>NESREA Prevents 15 Vessels From Bringing Hazardous Materials Into Nigeria</title>
    <dc:date>2022-12-19T11:18:30+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>dchas</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Nigeria continues to tackle the proliferation of substandard products, the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) disclosed that it turned back 15 vessels carrying hazardous materials into Nigeria.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director-General of the agency, Mr Aliyu Jauro, explained that the vessels were laden with chemicals and electronics harmful to the environment.

He cautioned that government would not allow any importer to turn Nigeria into a dumping ground for hazardous materials.

“It is allowed to import electronics into Nigeria, but such electronics must be functional and safe.

“Nigeria is not a dumping ground where any waste can be allowed in.

“Most of the items arriving in Nigeria are not good and don’t function well, so only those that are functional and are safe are allowed to be discharged.

“People are able to bring hazardous items into Nigeria because the country’s borders are porous.

“As an agency, we test imported equipment to ensure that they are working perfectly and they are safe for the ecosystem,” he said.

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