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Safety crews monitoring derailed train carrying hazardous materials – YNN
Safety crews monitoring derailed train carrying hazardous materialsYNNSENNETT, N.Y. -- After a train veered of a set of tracks in Cayuga County, crews are monitoring the scene to ensure no hazardous materials leaked after the derailment. State Police said the train, headed from Geneva to Solvay, crashed in the Town of ...Finger Lakes Railway train derails in remote area in Cayuga CountySyracuse.comTrain Derails in Cayuga CountyRochester YNNall 3 news articles »
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Oil companies triple spending on chemicals
In 2012, oil field spending on chemicals reached $9.5 billion, up from $2.9 billion in 2007, according to a study from the market research firm Freedonia Group.
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Hospital evacuation following chemical leak – The Northern Echo
Hospital evacuation following chemical leakThe Northern EchoHospital evacuation following chemical leak. 3:52pm Friday 8th November 2013 in News · Photograph of the Author By Emily Flanagan, Reporter. Fire crews were called to deal with a chemical leak at Harrogate District Hospital. HOSPITAL patients were ...and more »
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Spilled mercury drops cost homeowner $850
Langley Township fire department attends after thermometer breaks, then calls in contractor.
5 arrested after York, PA meth lab bust
Five people were arrested after a meth lab bust on Hudson Street in York. Drug agents said several active and inactive one-pot labs were found in the house.
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OIA workers taken to hospital after formaldehyde exposure
Three Orlando International Airport workers were taken to the hospital after being exposed to formaldehyde this morning.
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Danger On The Tracks: Rail cars linked to explosions roll through Northeast Ohio
The rumble of train traffic is rising across the United States and here in Ohio. One reason: crude oil production. In 2009, freight trains carried
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Danger on the tracks: Emergency crews in dark over train cargos – WKYC-TV
Danger on the tracks: Emergency crews in dark over train cargosWKYC-TVCLEVELAND -- Hazardous materials pass through Northeast Ohio neighborhoods each day by train, and first responders tell Channel 3 they need better notification of what potentially dangerous chemicals are board. In May, a CSX train derailed in Rosedale ...
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18 treated, 2 hospitalized after hazardous spill at SW chemical plant – Chicago Tribune
18 treated, 2 hospitalized after hazardous spill at SW chemical plantChicago TribuneEighteen workers were sicked by fumes after a chemical spill at a plant in southwest suburban Elwood this morning, officials said. Two were taken to hospitals while 16 declined to go to a hospital. At about 9:30 am there was a release of a heat ...
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Chemical leak reported in Elwood – WGNtv.com
Chemical leak reported in ElwoodWGNtv.comEmergency crews responded following the small release of a heat transfer fluid at the company's plant on Millsdale Road, company officials said. As a precautionary measure, 18 contractors who were nearby were evaluated. Sixteen of those contractors ...
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Skydiving Planes Collision Recorded By Helmet Camera As Divers Jump To … – Huffington Post
Skydiving Planes Collision Recorded By Helmet Camera As Divers Jump To ...Huffington PostAbout 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of crude oil that leaked from a pipeline operated by PTT Global Chemical Plc, has reached the popular tourist island in Thailand's eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean it up. (AP Photo) ... Exploding ...and more »
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County offers new hazmat fee proposal – Iowa City Press Citizen
County offers new hazmat fee proposalIowa City Press CitizenA Johnson County hazardous materials truck is seen Monday at Iowa City Fire Station 2. / David Scrivner / Iowa City Press-Citizen ... Johnson County Emergency Management director Dave Wilson says 86 entities in the county report “extremely hazardous ...
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Chemical Release Sickens People At Plant In Elwood – CBS2 Chicago
Chemical Release Sickens People At Plant In ElwoodCBS2 ChicagoCHICAGO (CBS) — Rescue crews are on the scene of a possible chemical leak at a plant in far southwest suburban Elwood. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Stepan Chemical Co., 22500 W Millsdale Road, according to dispatch reports.
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Traffic Delays Caused by Spill on Georgetown Rd
Hazmat crews cleaned up a diesel fuel spill on Georgetown Road this morning.
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'No threat' to public after 13-car CN train derailment west of Edmonton
The crash site is near the hamlet of Peers, less than 100 kilometres from the scene of October’s train disaster in Gainford
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Broken thermometer brings Hazmat team
NEWBURYPORT — A broken wall thermometer forced the closure of Fruit Street yesterday for several hours to allow a Hazmat team to collect and dispose o
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Hazmat spill closes Interstate 84 for dozens of miles in eastern OR
Police said a semi-truck carrying toxic, hazardous materials crashed near Baker City, prompting I-84 to be closed 57 miles in both directions overnight.
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Hazardous materials spill after household roundup in Ridgely – The Star Democrat
Hazardous materials spill after household roundup in RidgelyThe Star DemocratRIDGELY — After a household hazardous waste roundup Saturday, Nov. 2, the Mid-Shore Regional Landfill in Ridgely experienced a spill of hazardous materials into a stormwater drain. Hazardous materials such as paint and paint thinners were collected ...
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Chemical plants bring dangers, as well as jobs, for workers and community – The Mercury
Chemical plants bring dangers, as well as jobs, for workers and communityThe MercuryOn a Thursday morning in June, Antionette West was lying on a couch in her trailer here, not far from a row of chemical plants near the Mississippi River, when the house began to shake. ... “Process safety failures have allowed numerous fires and ...
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Jorge Espinoza, Distracted By Porn, Allegedly Killed Officer Tim Huffman In Crash – Huffington Post
Jorge Espinoza, Distracted By Porn, Allegedly Killed Officer Tim Huffman In CrashHuffington PostAbout 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of crude oil that leaked from a pipeline operated by PTT Global Chemical Plc, has reached the popular tourist island in Thailand's eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean it up. (AP Photo) ... Exploding ...and more »
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Hazmat suits donned to sift through Asarco documents
People wearing white hazardous material suits and large, brightly colored respirators are going through seven shipping containers parked on Manlove Street in East Helena as part of the ongoing effort
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'Inadequate' DOT-111 rail cars carry dangerous materials through Illinois
Potentially explosive tankers are carrying crude oil and rolling through your back yard, even though the rail cars were deemed
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FD: Cooking oil dumped in Lake Collins, Portsmouth, VA
Fire officials say someone dumped cooking oil into Lake Collins in Portsmouth Friday.
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UPDATE: Leak contained at DuPont plant in Bladen County
After a leak at the DuPont Fayetteville Works Plant on Highway 87 in Bladen County, the company says no one in the community needs to take action. Full story...
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Driver of truck hauling hazardous materials identified, I-84 reopened – OregonLive.com
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Driver of truck hauling hazardous materials identified, I-84 reopenedOregonLive.comDriver of truck hauling hazardous materials identified, I-84 reopened. 110313.i84_mp325_hazmat.jpg. A commercial truck pulling a trailer with gallons of chemicals crashed near Baker City early Sunday morning. (Oregon State Police ). Print · Laura ...Truck hauling toxic chemical crashes on I-84 in Eastern Ore.KATUTruck Crash Involving Haz-Mat Closes I-84 East of Baker City, Westbound Lanes ...KAPPall Read more [...]
Truck Crash Involving Hazardous Materials Closes I-84 East of Baker City – KAPP
Truck Crash Involving Hazardous Materials Closes I-84 East of Baker CityKAPPA commercial truck crash early Sunday morning has a rural stretch of Interstate 84 closed at this time in both directions east of Baker City, Oregon. The truck was pulling a trailer transporting a toxic hazardous material and HazMat personnel are on ...and more »
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Law to keep ammonium nitrate facilities secure may put Texans at risk – Dallas Morning News
Law to keep ammonium nitrate facilities secure may put Texans at riskDallas Morning NewsMore than half of all facilities licensed last year by Texas to carry ammonium nitrate lacked either secure fencing or locked storage areas for the potentially explosive chemical compound. But the state didn't consider them a security risk. An ...
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Westmoreland firefighters advised on response to gas well fires
Local firefighters should wait for experienced gas industry firefighters to extinguish a natural gas well fire rather than try to do it themselves, gas industry ...
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POPs Committee Recommends Global Action On Two Chemicals
Oct. 18 Scientists have agreed to recommend a global ban on the production and use of two toxic substances deemed to be persistent organic pollutants POPs and to advance reviews that could lead to restrictions on two others but failed to take...
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EO 13650 Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security Listening Session
EO 13650 Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security Listening Session
Local plant suspends production of nerve gas antidote – STLtoday.com
Local plant suspends production of nerve gas antidoteSTLtoday.com11, 2001, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and local authorities aided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has stockpiled certain antidotes as a safeguard against terrorist attacks using biological and ...
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