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Federal, state officials stonewall investigation of West, Texas plant explosion – World Socialist Web Site
Federal, state officials stonewall investigation of West, Texas plant explosionWorld Socialist Web SiteA month after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas killed 15 people, injured more than 200 others, and destroyed 37 blocks, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the State Fire Marshall's Office ...
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Chemical Plant Safety: Will There Be Renewed Demand for Federal Regulation? – Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Chemical Plant Safety: Will There Be Renewed Demand for Federal Regulation?Mondaq News Alerts (registration)Rules are already in place requiring (1) chemical facilities to develop "risk management plans" that detail the potential effects of an accidental chemical release and outline the steps that are to be taken to prevent or address such an event; and (2 ...
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Texas prohibits nearly 70 percent of its counties from having a fire code – Dallas Morning News
Texas prohibits nearly 70 percent of its counties from having a fire codeDallas Morning NewsThe plant was in a county that could have had a fire code, unlike 173 counties in Texas. Even after the April blast, the ... Victoria County, a little slice of the Texas chemical coast, has nearly 39 million pounds of concoctions that can poison and ...
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Highway 77 chemical leak sends firefighters to hospital – KGBT-TV
Highway 77 chemical leak sends firefighters to hospitalKGBT-TVA Saturday evening chemical spill thirty miles north of Raymondville sent three firefighters to the hospital. The Kenedy County firefighters were taken to a hospital in Corpus Christi because of the chemical exposure. According to Kennedy County ...and more »
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Cleaning product causes HAZMAT situation at Gilpin ES, students are OK
Five Gilpin Manor Elementary School employees were taken to Union Hospital this morning for precautionary evaluation after experiencing adverse reactions to a cleaning product in the building, a school official said.
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DARPA releases new five-year Rapid Threat Assessment plan
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180 Pounds Of Hazardous Waste Found At Meth Lab
There were 180 Pounds of hazardous waste found inside the home on Valencia Street, along with 25 prior One Pot Meth, and 62 gas generators.
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McLennan County could have adopted fire code before West explosion but may … – Dallas Morning News
McLennan County could have adopted fire code before West explosion but may ...Dallas Morning NewsA properly enforced code requiring fire detection and automatic sprinkler systems might have stopped the blaze from triggering the explosions, said Scott Harris, who worked in Texas for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an emergency response ...
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Chemical leak shuts down southbound Highway 77 just 30 miles north of … – KGBT-TV
Chemical leak shuts down southbound Highway 77 just 30 miles north of ...KGBT-TVWillacy County officials continue to clean-up after a truck carrying dangerous chemicals caught fire. The incident happened around 7:00 pm Saturday evening—just 30 miles North of Raymondville. No one was injured—but Highway 77 going south has been ...
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New Combined Safety Storage Cabinet Models for Hazardous Materials – Labmate Online
New Combined Safety Storage Cabinet Models for Hazardous MaterialsLabmate OnlineCombined safety storage cabinets are compact storage units comprising several compartments, each designed to accommodate certain types of hazardous materials. The type 90 compartment complies with BS EN 14470-1 and is made from fire-resistant ...
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In Depth: How Iranian weapons go through Syria to Hezbollah – Jerusalem Post
In Depth: How Iranian weapons go through Syria to HezbollahJerusalem PostIn a report released some two weeks ago on Israel's efforts to prevent the flow of missiles and advanced weapons from Syria to Lebanon, it was stated that the electricity and telephone service was not being disrupted accidentally, but rather ...
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Cleaning solution spill causes evacuation
A substance found illegally dumped near the railroad tracks in the Montclair neighborhood causes eight house evacuations, though Escambia County's hazardous-material workers later determined that the substance was a cleaning solution.
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Surprise Compromise TSCA Bill Emerges from Negotiations
In a showing of bipartisanship May 22, 2013, Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced a TSCA reform bill. The Lautenberg-Vitter
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Oil trains — pipelines on wheels.
The boom in North Dakota's Bakken oil field is speeding to the Northwest, a boon for ports and refineries that could bring in upwards of 200 million barrels of crude each year on mile-plus oil trains.
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City Council honors first responders for chemical leak response (Government blog) – LubbockOnline.com (blog)
City Council honors first responders for chemical leak response (Government blog)LubbockOnline.com (blog)Mayor Glen Robertson read a council proclamation praising first responders for their efforts in helping respond to and contain a hydrogen chloride leak from a faulty cylinder at the Bayer CropScience facility, 103 Erskine St.
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GUEST VIEW: Are dangerous chemicals near you? – Odessa American
GUEST VIEW: Are dangerous chemicals near you?Odessa AmericanFederal investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board and other agencies are still sifting through the debris in West, Texas to determine why a fire in a fertilizer plant ignited an explosion of ammonium nitrate that killed at least 14 people ...West fertilizer plant blast shows flaw in U.S. law, report saysDallas Business Journal (blog)Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gasesKXAN.com800000 live near large amounts of chemical Read more [...]
800000 live near large amounts of chemical blamed in deadly Texas blast – NBCNews.com (blog)
800000 live near large amounts of chemical blamed in deadly Texas blastNBCNews.com (blog)Ten of the dead were first responders from area fire departments. Advertise | ... The Athens school district said it is reviewing its emergency plans now, but until a reporter called on Friday had not considered the potential danger from the fertilizer ...GUEST VIEW: Are dangerous chemicals near you?Odessa AmericanWest fertilizer plant blast shows flaw in U.S. law, report saysDallas Business Journal (blog)Texas Read more [...]
San Antonio – Boxes Labled Anthrax Found After Deadly Shooting
KABB Fox San Antonio :: Top Stories - Boxes Labled Anthrax Found After Deadly Shooting - By: Fox S.A. StaffA fatal shooting at a home in the city's Northwest side turns into a hazardous mat
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Hazmat team clears accidental chemical mix in Columbia, MD
A Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services hazardous materials team cleared a potentially hazard chemical mixture Wednesday morning caused by a cleaning crew at the Columbia Athletic Club.
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Officials investigating possible hazardous materials incident in Kenosha – fox6now.com
Officials investigating possible hazardous materials incident in Kenoshafox6now.comKENOSHA (WITI) — The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department responded Thursday, May 23rd to the Kenosha Regional Airport for a possible hazardous materials incident. A Kenosha Sheriff's sergeant says law enforcement personnel were concentrating on ...
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Officials Ponder if Las Vegas is Prepared for Major Medical Emergency – FireEngineering.com
Officials Ponder if Las Vegas is Prepared for Major Medical EmergencyFireEngineering.comThat same week, a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, exploded, sending more than 200 inured people to area hospitals. Monday, after a ... How would emergency services handle a chemical attack? It turns out a ... Clark County put together a mass-casualty ...
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West fertilizer plant blast shows flaw in U.S. law, report says – Dallas Business Journal (blog)
West fertilizer plant blast shows flaw in U.S. law, report saysDallas Business Journal (blog)Despite having been notified in 2012 by West Fertilizer Co. that it was storing potentially deadly chemicals at its plant, local fire officials and emergency responders never acted on the information to train for potential problems. A blast at the ...800000 live near large amounts of chemical blamed in deadly Texas blastNBCNews.com (blog)Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gasesKXAN.comWhat You Read more [...]
Toxic spill shuts street – Daily Advertiser
Toxic spill shuts streetDaily AdvertiserEmergency services were called to The Freight Specialist on Schiller Street just after 2pm, NSW Fire and Rescue Murray area duty commander Inspector Jeremy Stubbs said. “It was identified that a 1000-litre container holding toxic herbicide was damaged ...
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Preparedness of Las Vegas Responders Questioned – Firehouse.com
Preparedness of Las Vegas Responders QuestionedFirehouse.comThat same week, a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, exploded, sending more than 200 inured people to area hospitals. Monday, after a ... How would emergency services handle a chemical attack? It turns out a ... Clark County put together a mass-casualty ...and more »
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OP-ED: Planetary Emergency Ahead – HNN Huntingtonnews.net
OP-ED: Planetary Emergency AheadHNN Huntingtonnews.netThey are: first, the exploitation of fossil fuels, especially coal-fired power plants and millions of automobiles that are bringing on the massive web of changes--fire, flood, storms, drought, extinctions--that we call climate shift. Second, we learned ...
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Hazardous materials crews called to Port of Palm Beach; early reports indicate … – Palm Beach Post
Hazardous materials crews called to Port of Palm Beach; early reports indicate ...Palm Beach PostRiviera Beach Fire Rescue crews are at the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach to investigate a chemical emergency, a city police spokeswoman said. Haz mat crews were called at 11:11 a.m. to the port near East 11th Street east of Federal Highway.and more »
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Amway confirms 2 employees injured by chemical leak at Ada headquarters – MLive.com
Amway confirms 2 employees injured by chemical leak at Ada headquartersMLive.comADA TOWNSHIP, MI -- Two Amway employees were treated for injuries related to the leak of a cleaning chemical at the company's headquarters, the Ada-based corporation confirmed. "During third-shift manufacturing operations, a leak of a common liquid ...
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Recent events raise the question: Is Las Vegas prepared for a major medical … – Las Vegas Sun
Recent events raise the question: Is Las Vegas prepared for a major medical ...Las Vegas SunClark County put together a mass-casualty plan as part of its overall emergency management plan in 2003, updated it in 2005 and is revising it again this year, according to Irene Navis, plans and operations coordinator for the Clark County Fire ...
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House votes on Keystone – Rhetoric around the pipeline kicks into high gear … – Politico (blog)
House votes on Keystone - Rhetoric around the pipeline kicks into high gear ...Politico (blog)I'll be sitting on my fire escape drinking Dark & Stormy's, just like any other Monday. Send me your best energy news and ... Even Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is calling for full offsets, putting him in a potentially awkward position of opposing ...and more »
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Oklahoma Tornado Health Risks May Lie In The Rubble – Huffington Post
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Oklahoma Tornado Health Risks May Lie In The RubbleHuffington PostKeim said chemical hazards have not been a widespread problem in the past, thanks in part to the luck that tornadoes generally haven't struck chemical facilities. "But that's not to say that couldn't occur with this emergency," Keim said. In the ...Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainmentNECNall 5,347 news articles »
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Boil-water advisory caused by a 'whoops' moment – Edmonton Journal
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Boil-water advisory caused by a 'whoops' momentEdmonton JournalMONTREAL — Routine maintenance gone wrong at one of Montreal's biggest water filtration plants spurred the largest boil-water advisory in the city's history Wednesday, forcing schools to tape their water fountains shut, cafés to boil water and water ...and more »
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Suspicious package prompts shelter in place at federal building
Workers noted an oily substance on the outside of the package and called authorities, officials said.
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Hazmat spill closes Maryland roadway
Authorities in Worcester County shut down Route 113 for two and a half hours this morning in response to a hazardous materials spill from a truck carrying hydrochloric acid.
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