NEWS ARCHIVE 2002 Last
updated on 08/25/07 07:48 AM
12/30/02
PA - A tanker trunk carrying 5,100 gallons of an acidic cleaning
solution overturned on northbound Interstate 81, creating a commuter
nightmare throughout the region and a hazardous cleanup. [Click
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12/26/02
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that OSHA has unreasonably
delayed in creating a stricter rule limiting workers' exposure to
the chemical featured in the movie Erin Brockovich. [Click
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12/23/02
WASHINGTON -- Low levels of sarin nerve gas can affect behavior and
organ functions according to new research that may provide clues to
the mysterious illnesses suffered by veterans of the Persian Gulf
war. [Click
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12/20/02
Drug Waste Gives EPA the Blues -- When people flush or excrete
expired drugs, chemicals enter sewage systems, passing through
practically untreated and making their way into aquatic
environments. [Click
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12/19/02
Palatine, IL -- Employees of Groot Recycling and Waste Services
complained of nausea, weakness, dizziness and headaches. Ambulances
took 11 of the 38 employees to area hospitals. [Click
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12/18/02
Is acrylamide a health hazard in foods? The debate continues with
scientists stating that they have found that acrylamide, when
consumed in foods such as French fries and bread, does not pose a
risk of human cancer. [Click
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12/17/02
West Palm Beach, FL -- The proposed second high school for Riviera
Beach is delayed by a sticky goo issue. Not just any goo. This goo
is made from burning human skin. [Click
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12/16/02
Frantic efforts to clear a Chinese river of a toxic chemical
(arsenic) spilled by a truck in an accident have paid off and its
waters deemed safe. [Click
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12/13/02
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Pawcatuck, Conn., battery manufacturer failed
to protect employees against a significant cross-section of
workplace health and safety hazards, including toxic chemicals. [Click
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12/12/02
Estrogens, used in hormone-replacement therapy and contained in
birth-control pills, have been added to the list of known human
carcinogens, a U.S. government report revealed Wednesday. [Click
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12/11/02
Scientists from Harvard University have uncovered evidence that
exposure to the chemical, one of a group known as the phthalates,
may lead to damage to the genetic material of human sperm. [Click
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12/9/02
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced that
it plans to go forward with proposed rulemaking on occupational
exposure to hexavalent chromium. [Click
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12/6/02
18 years after the world's worst industrial disaster more than
20,000 people have died. One person a day still dies from
gas-exposure related diseases and 150,000 are in urgent need of
medical attention. [Click
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12/5/02
EPA has awarded $800,000 to eight small businesses to develop
cost-effective methods for removing arsenic from drinking water to
meet the Agency's new arsenic standard of 10 parts per billion. [Click
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12/4/02
DePUE, IL - The Illinois Environment Protection Agency is seeking
public comment about how to clean up a site next to the former New
Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical plant. [Click
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12/3/02
On December 23, 2001 a CSX freight train carrying Acetone and
Methylene Chloride crashed in Charlotte spilling 40,000 gallons of
solvents into the environment. Now almost a year later the clean-up
continues. [Click
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12/2/02
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking for
comments and information from the public to help the agency
determine the best way to address occupational exposures to
beryllium. [Click
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11/25/02
Niagara Falls, Ontario -- A chemical spill killed an industrial
worker Friday at Mancuso Chemical when a worker fell into the deadly
chemical after it spilled. [Click
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11/22/02
New York -- Besides arsenic and lead, other contaminants at the site
are copper, antimony, benzo anthracene, benzo fluoranthene, benzo
pyrene, dibenzo anthracene, indeno pyrene and phenanthrene. [Click
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11/21/02
Chromium contamination plagues community after 30 years - four local
wells reveal disturbingly high levels of hexavalent chromium, above
the limits recommended by the World Health Organization. [Click
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11/19/02
OSHA has cited Rouse Polymerics International, Inc. for safety
hazards that led to a fatal explosion at the company's Vicksburg
plant. Fines totaling $210,600 were proposed in connection with the
citations. [Click
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11/18/02
These days, at 47, Hunziker has a hard time getting around. He has
lost feeling in his extremities and has a trembling in his legs that
makes it hard for him to get out of bed some mornings. [Click
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11/15/02
EPA -- Four companies were charged $5 million for their role in
dumping oil from cargo ships that regularly transport frozen seafood
and other goods from Alaska to Asia. [Click
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11/14/02
Augusta, GA -- Elevated levels of arsenic and lead have been found
beneath the surface of an east Augusta public housing complex's
playgrounds, and a massive cleanup effort is expected to begin next
year. [Click
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11/13/02
"Companies do not set out to pollute. They do not intend to
cause harm. But we do not have to accept the consequences of
pollution as necessary, we do not have to deny the harm it is
causing." [Click
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11/12/02
Granbury, TX -- A leak in a tank of ferric chloride at the Brazos
River water treatment plant forced the evacuation of the plant and
residences within a mile radius. [Click
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11/11/02
Thirty years after approximately 175,000 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil
spilled from the barge FLORIDA in Buzzards Bay near West Falmouth,
MA, residues of the oil can still be found in salt marsh sediments.
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11/8/02
KINGSVILLE, Ohio -- A tractor-trailer leaking a hazardous material (thioglycolic
acid) has forced the closing of several roads, including two
Interstate 90 exit ramps in Ashtabula County Friday. [Click
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11/7/02
GAYLORD, MI -- You have potential environmental problems, first
responder problems and the problem of innocent people stumbling upon
Meth labs or the toxic chemical byproducts from its manufacture. [Click
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11/6/02
CANTON, OH -- Residents of the working-class neighborhoods around
Kimble Street and Allen Avenue have wondered for decades what might
be seeping into their yards in the shadow of a southeast Canton
chemical plant. [Click
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11/5/02
There is growing concern that some seafood lovers are consuming high
doses of mercury along with their fish dishes and could be suffering
health problems as a result. [Click
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11/4/02
ANCHORAGE, AK -- Two coaches and more than 30 children were taken to
emergency rooms following a chlorine exposure at the Alaska Pacific
Swim Club. [Click
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11/1/02
Gainesville, GA -- A flatbed truck carrying potentially explosive
materials overturned spilling about 8,000 pounds of chemicals and
prompting the evacuation of nearby residents. [Click
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10/31/02
OSHA requests comments on proposed improvements to twenty-three
health standards - improvement project will clarify, revise and
eliminate unnecessary regulations. [Click
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10/30/02
What was called a 'minor spill' of a sterilizing chemical at a
health center in Washington, Pa., sent five people to Washington
Hospital with headaches and dizziness. [Click
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10/29/02
OSHA has cited Kaltech Ind. Group, Inc., for failure to protect
employees while mixing waste chemicals, implement a hazard
communication program, and ensure hazardous chemicals were properly
labeled. [Click
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10/28/02
No one knows exactly how many who worked at Ground Zero are sick,
and getting sicker. What's more, no one knows exactly why they're
sick. [Click
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10/25/02
Forty employees were taken to a hospital after a chlorine spill at
the Jennie-O/Turkey Store plant in Willmar, MN. [Click
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10/24/02
The EPA is observing Lead Poisoning Week to promote awareness of
lead exposure, recommend preventative actions, and mark anniversary
of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act. [Click
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10/23/02
Safety and health hazards including chemical exposures result in
OSHA penalties for Hacker Boat Company, Inc. of Silver Bay, New
York. [Click
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10/22/02
SINGAPORE -- Three workers have died after possible exposure to a
toxic vapour at a waste-water treatment plant. Nickel carbonyl, the
most toxic form of nickel, is listed as extremely hazardous by the
EPA. [Click
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10/21/02
BELLEVUE, WA -- A hydrochloric acid leak sent one man to the
hospital complaining of respiratory difficulties over the weekend,
but Redmond Fire officials reported that the chemical was safely
contained. [Click
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10/18/02
POLK COUNTY, MO -- Hundreds of gallons of baby drinking water were
pulled from area stores including the Bolivar Wal-Mart after a Polk
County family turned a foul-smelling bottle containing xylene over
to authorities. [Click
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10/17/02
Firefighters say they faced a frightening and chaotic scene at the
INEOS Phenol Inc. chemical plant when they finally chased down the
source of a mysterious explosion that had rattled homes throughout
south Mobile County. [Click
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10/16/02
TAMPA, Fla. -- Failing to protect workers from the health hazards
associated with lead may cost BMW Construction, Inc., $65,500 in
penalties, according to citations issued by OSHA. [Click
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10/15/02
AMITE, La. (AP) -- At least one of four Tangipahoa Parish schools
that had been closed as part of a city-wide emergency plan to clean
up a hazmat spill on the Canadian National Railroad will reopen
Tuesday, officials said. [Click
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10/14/02
Conroe, TX -- The Environmental Protection Agency is removing
decades of soil soaked with contaminants, including one of the most
dangerous substances ever concocted, at a defunct wood treating
plant. [Click
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10/11/02
FAIRBANKS (AP) -- Details of a dozen chemical and biological weapons
testing programs at Fort Greely were released Wednesday, including
one in which soldiers in protective suits walked through
contaminated areas. [Click
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10/10/02
OSHA - Failure to protect workers from hazardous chemicals and
provide personal protective equipment will cost Sam Kane Beef
Processors Inc. in Corpus Christi, Texas, $60,525 in proposed
penalties. [Click
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10/9/02
The EPA has released the PBT Profiler, an on-line chemical screening
tool that screens for toxic substances that persist for extended
periods in the environment and build up in humans and animals. [Click
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10/8/02
Hoboken, NJ -- Alarms sounded as teams worked to get the leak that
caused the chemical spill at Cognis chemical plant in Hoboken under
control. [Click
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10/7/02
Failing to protect employees from hydrogen sulfide while working in
a confined space, which caused the death of one worker, could cost
E.T MacKenzie, Inc. of Bradenton, Florida $68,700 in penalties. [Click
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9/27/02
A national recycling group is accusing the U.S. EPA of bowing to
pressure from Dow Chemical Co. by shutting off public comment on the
uses of the controversial herbicide clopyralid. [Click
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9/26/02
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States may have no streams left that
are free from chemical contamination, and about one-fifth of animal
species and one-sixth of plant types are at risk of extinction. [Click
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9/25/02
BENICIA, CA -- A local refinery equipment manufacturer will pay
$32,500 in fines over a lawsuit that alleged company officials did
not report a hazardous waste release of sulfur dioxide gas on its
site. [Click
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9/19/02
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A chemical spill at a warehouse forced the
evacuation of about 1,000 residents nearby. The chemical, thiourea
dioxide, leaked from about 20 drums inside American Storage
& Warehouse Co. [Click
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9/18/02
Numerous safety and health infractions, including the failure to
prevent employees from being exposed to excessive levels of lead,
have resulted in $123,750 in proposed fines against New York Solder
Co., Inc. [Click
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9/17/02
Almost half the residents forced to evacuate because of a sulfuric
acid leak from a derailed freight train were allowed to return home
last night as emergency workers were close to neutralizing the leak.
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9/16/02
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — At least 3,000 people were evacuated when a
train derailed near Knoxville, rupturing a tanker carrying 10,600
gallons of fuming sulfuric acid and creating a billowing cloud
visible for miles. [Click
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9/13/02
Cleveland, OH -- A railroad car containing about 20,000 gallons of
the chemical 2-ethylhexyl chloroformate, used to make polymers, was
found leaking by railroad workers as it waited on the tracks. [Click
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9/12/02
The Supreme Court has been asked to block a massive asbestos trial
in West Virginia by about 8,000 people who claim they were exposed
to asbestos. [Click
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9/11/02
HARTFORD, Conn.-- Keeney Manufacturing Company, has been cited by
OSHA for alleged serious and repeat violations that include lead
exposure resulting in $105,775 in proposed fines. [Click
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9/10/02
Charlotte, NY - After five months of excavation work, the cleanup of
a CSX train derailment that spilled methylene chloride and acetone
is close to completion. [Click
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9/9/02
Shell International has issued a Safety Newsletter on an accident in
which three contractor employees died as a result of inhalation of
H2S released during the unloading of molecular sieves from a NGL
drier. [Click
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9/6/02
Two persons were killed and 18 others injured, three of them
seriously, in an explosion in the chlorine filling plant of Gujarat
Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), following leakage of
monochloro acid. [Click
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9/5/02
The Environmental Protection Agency concluded yesterday that
long-term exposure to exhaust from diesel engines likely causes lung
cancer in humans and triggers a variety of other lung and
respiratory illnesses. [Click
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9/4/02
A new study warns that arsenic in outdoor wood products doesn't
dissipate with time and that children are as likely to be exposed on
decade-old equipment as are those who play on structures
manufactured recently. [Click
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9/3/02
GHANA, AFRICA - Furadan (a pesticide), used as bait in hunting bush
meat, has contaminated 30% of the wild game, and poses serious
health hazards including chronic diseases, infertility and death. [Click
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8/29/02
WASHINGTON -- OSHA announced a restructuring of the Agency, creating
a new Office of Small Business and a separate organization in OSHA
to coordinate compliance assistance. [Click
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8/28/02
BHOPAL, India (AP) -- Court to decide whether to lessen charges
against former chairman of Union Carbide for a 1984 gas leak that
left thousands of people dead in the world's worst industrial
accident. [Click
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8/27/02
PRAGUE - Rescue workers converged on the area near a chemical plant,
bracing for the worst case scenario only days after 1,100 pounds of
chlorine were released from a tank submerged by recent flooding. [Click
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8/26/02
PRAGUE - Several hundred pounds of highly poisonous chlorine gas
leaked into the air at a flooded chemicals plant in the Czech
Republic. [Click
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8/23/02
OSHA is asking for comments and information from the public to help
the agency determine the best way to address occupational exposures
to hexavalent chromium. [Click
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8/22/02
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Flood waters were receding across much of
central Europe, leaving the fear of disease and chemical leaks from
factories damaged in the region's worst natural disaster in decades.
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8/21/02
OSHA - Repeated exposures of employees to safety and health hazards
at a Rochester area food processing plant have resulted in $78,500
in proposed fines against Cantisano Foods, Inc., of Fairport, N.Y. [Click
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8/20/02
According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
study, one in ten American women is at risk for having a baby born
with neurological problems due to in-utero mercury exposure. [Click
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8/19/02
An investigation has uncovered massive lead contamination of water
in Scotland, which puts recent scares about other drinking water
pollutants such as cryptosporidium and trihalomethanes in the shade.
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8/16/02
For its failure to implement standards that protect workers against
hazardous chemicals in one of its process units, Shell Chemical, LP,
in Geismar, La., has agreed to pay $135,900 in penalties for
citations issued by OSHA. [Click
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8/15/02
CRYSTAL CITY, Mo. (AP) A chlorine gas leak created a toxic cloud
that sickened dozens of chemical plant workers and neighbors and
closed two highways Wednesday. [Click
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8/14/02
WESTPORT, New York (AP) --A freight train spilled a hazardous powder
(sodium chlorate) as one car derailed and was dragged for seven
miles in northern New York state. [Click
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8/13/02
A West Virginia metal manufacturer's high rate of injuries and
illnesses prompted an OSHA inspection revealing potentially
life-threatening hazards and resulting in proposed penalties of
$288,000. [Click
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8/12/02
Exposing employees to hazards associated with noise, unguarded
machines, falls, and chemical hazards have resulted in $153,500 in
OSHA proposed fines against American Homestar Corp. in Lancaster,
Texas. [Click
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8/9/02
The Bush administration is reversing course and telling government
contractors not to fight claims from Cold War-era nuclear weapons
workers who got sick on the job from exposure to toxic chemicals. [Click
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8/8/02
OSHA will reopen the glycol ethers rulemaking record tomorrow to
solicit information on the extent to which the two ethylene glycol
ethers and their acetates are currently being used. [Click
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8/7/02
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain polymer modeling clays may pose
a health risk for children and should be removed from the market for
further safety testing. [Click
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8/6/02
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)- A San Francisco court approved a settlement
Monday under which oil companies will pay $28 million for polluting
Lake Tahoe groundwater with the gasoline additive MTBE. [Click
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8/5/02
Government documents indicate that about 15,000 chemical plants and
storage sites handle hazardous chemicals in sufficient quantities to
make them attractive targets for terrorists. [Click
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8/2/02
Dryden, Ontario, Canada - 400 residents living within one kilometre
of Dryden's Weyerhaeuser paper mill were evacuated when a ruptured
line leaked a cloud of chlorine dioxide gas into the air. [Click
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8/1/02
SWELDON SPRING, Mo. –– After 16 years and $852 million, the
Energy Department said Wednesday it has completed the disposal of
hazardous debris left over from an old ordnance plant. [Click
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7/31/02
Syntech Chemicals Inc., of Houston, TX, has agreed to pay $106,000
for citations issued by OSHA for its failure to implement safety
standards to protect its employees against hazardous chemicals. [Click
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7/30/02
EPA is assessing how hazardous wastes are used by the fertilizer
industry, what types of contaminants are found in fertilizer
products and the potential risks associated with contaminants in
fertilizers. [Click
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7/29/02
Lyondell Chemical Co. said it will pay $4 million to the South Tahoe
Public Utility District in an out-of-court settlement for water
contamination by its controversial gasoline additive MTBE. [Click
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7/26/02
DURRES, Albania - Five years ago, Flutorime Jani and her family
settled on the grounds of an abandoned chemical plant. Today, it is
also a place where experts say people are being collectively
poisoned. [Click
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7/25/02
An Iowa popcorn plant worker has been diagnosed with a rare lung
disease linked to inhaling artificial butter flavoring used in
microwave popcorn. [Click
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7/24/02
OSHA cited Eastern Bridge, LLC, for alleged willful, serious and
repeat violations and proposed a total of $350,000 in penalties
following a comprehensive six-month inspection of its River Road
plant. [Click
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7/23/02
Kansas City - Two employees, a manager and a cashier, suffered
respiratory irritation when they inhaled acid that was misting from
a leak in a pump line at a city pool. [Click
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7/22/02
Colorado man sentenced to 17-years imprisonment, $100,000 fine for
illegally disposing of perchloroethylene dry cleaning solvent from
dry cleaners throughout the western United States. [Click
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7/20/02
LOS ANGELES - Authorities evacuated a shopping mall and shut down a
major highway this week in a suburb east of Los Angeles after a
tanker truck overturned and spilled potentially explosive chemicals.
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7/19/02
Limon Masonry Inc.'s, of Corpus Christi, TX, failure to protect
workers from asbestos exposure brings an OSHA citation and penalties
totaling $50,500. [Click
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7/18/02
Failure to protect contract workers from exposure to hydrogen
sulfide gas at a paper mill has resulted in citations being issued
to the Fort James Operating Company, Inc., for proposed penalties
totaling $91,000. [Click
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7/17/02
ALLENTON, Wisconsin (AP) -- A freight train carrying hazardous
materials, lumber, waxes and other cargo derailed and caught on
fire. One of the 34 cars was carrying potash, a moderately hazardous
chemical. [Click
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7/16/02
DOVER, Del. (AP) - The federal government has filed a civil lawsuit
against Motiva Enterprises, claiming gross negligence led to a
sulfuric acid storage tank collapse last year that killed one man
and injured eight. [Click
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7/15/02
Experts are split on whether chemically treated lawns can be harmful
to the health of pets and people, prompting many lawn keepers to
make a difficult choice between organic lawn care or using
chemicals. [Click
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7/12/02
An alcohol-fueled fireball shot into the classroom, searing the skin
of three junior honor students in the front row. School chemistry
labs are the scene of some frightening accidents. [Click
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7/11/02
DES MOINES, Iowa - City officials said two workers who were overcome
with hydrogen sulfide and drowned in a sewer were not using
available safety equipment. Ten others were injured in rescue
attempt. [Click
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7/10/02
Raising new questions about the environmental risks of some widely
used farm chemicals, scientists are reporting today the first
evidence linking agricultural runoff to grotesque hind-limb
deformities in frogs. [Click
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7/9/02
An internal assessment of the EPA's response to the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks concluded the EPA is not fully prepared to handle
a large-scale nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological assault.
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7/8/02
Thirteen people have been killed and 11 injured in a liquid ammonia
spill at a fertilizer factory in eastern China, state media has
reported. [Click
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7/4/02
Acid leaked from a rail car at General Chemical in Claymont,
Delaware, causing a white mist to linger in the area late into the
evening. [Click
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7/3/02
Mercury from a polluted industrial site in Siberia is posing a
serious threat to public health and the environment. More than 1,500
tonnes of metallic mercury have seeped into soil and local rivers. [Click
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7/2/02
Almost 90 per cent of Britain's hazardous nuclear waste stockpile is
so badly stored it could explode or leak with devastating results at
any time. [Click
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7/1/02
Russia has agreed to destroy the weapons by 2012, but there appears
to be little chance of its meeting the deadline. Its main storage
site still has enough nerve agent to wipe out the world's population
100 times over. [Click
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6/28/02
Failure to correct previously-cited hazards including employee
overexposure to respirable stone dust, has resulted in over $57,000
in additional OSHA fines to a Cape Cod stone manufacturer. [Click
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6/27/02
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A tanker truck reportedly carrying 9,000
gallons of gasoline exploded and burned just south of DFW Airport
forcing the evacuation of a nearby day-care center. [Click
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6/26/02
GROTON, Conn. (AP) -- Five injured, two critically, in blast at the
Pfizer Corp. research lab in Connecticut; buildings evacuated. [Click
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6/25/02
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday released a new tool
to help companies that make or use chemical products assess
potential security threats and vulnerabilities. [Click
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6/24/02
According to the EPA, at least 123 plants keep amounts of chemicals
that, if released, could harm more than a million people. [Click
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6/21/02
San Francisco, CA - A truck carrying nitric acid crashed on busy
Interstate 880 in Fremont after swerving to avoid a car, shutting
the entire freeway at one point as workers cleaned up the volatile
chemical. [Click
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6/20/02
The EPA has ordered Wexford Labs, of Kirkwood, Mo., to immediately
stop selling and distributing three ineffective antimicrobial
disinfectant products Wex-Cide, Phenex-Cel, and Ready-To-Use
Wex-Cide. [Click
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6/19/02
Toxic Nazi legacy threatens Europe as German chemical weapons dumped
off Danish coast by Britain after the second world war start leaking
into seas. [Click For
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6/18/02
OSHA has cited Du-Mor Enterprises of San Antonio, TX, and proposed
penaties of $161,000 for violations including failing to train
employees in the hazards of welding chemicals. [Click
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6/17/02
MCDONALD, Pa. (AP) - Scores of people were forced from their homes
in western Pennsylvania on Friday after a hydrochloric acid spill at
a nearby metal finishing company. [Click
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6/14/02
OSHA cites Atlanta-area concrete company for overexposing workers to
silica dust and noise; proposes $44,100 in penalties. [Click
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6/13/02
The U.S. Defense Department recently revealed that it may have
exposed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Navy sailors to hazardous
chemical and biological agents during a series of tests conducted in
the 1960's. [Click
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6/12/02
The EPA is nearing completion of a process to evaluate over a
thousand organophosphate pesticide food tolerances (legal residue
limits), virtually all of which are expected to meet the highest
safety standards. [Click
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6/11/02
The EPA plans to begin requiring each of the nation’s 15,000
chemical facilities to assess their vulnerability to terrorism and
criminal attacks and take steps to reduce any risks. [Click
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6/10/02
Dallas, TX - OSHA has cited subcontractor B R Brick and Masonry with
alleged safety and health violations including exposing workers to
silica, and proposed penalties totaling $115,200. [Click
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6/7/02
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board says additional
chemicals should be added to federal safety lists and data from
industrial chemical accidents should be centralized to prevent
future injuries and damage. [Click
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6/6/02
The number of train derailments grew by more than a quarter during
the last five years - head of the National Transportation Safety
Board calls for more frequent and more detailed inspections. [Click
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6/5/02
Seattle, WA - A Washington State Patrol trooper was overcome by
fumes after pulling over a truck that other motorists had complained
was emitting a powerful odor. [Click
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6/4/02
EPA is making available the updated analysis of health risk
estimates for 33-toxic air pollutants nationwide. Toxic air
pollutants are known to or suspected of causing cancer or other
serious health problems. [Click
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6/3/02
Atlanta, GA - A collision between a tractor-trailer and a pickup
truck killed one man and spilled almost 300 gallons of lawn care
chemicals on a section of Interstate 75. [Click
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5/31/02
BANGKOK, Thailand - A chemical leak at an ice-making factory in
central Thailand killed one worker and injured nine others after
ammonia gas leaked from a machine that was being serviced. [Click
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5/30/02
EPA has proposed changing its existing waste regulations for
computers, televisions and mercury-containing equipment to
discourage the flow of these materials to municipal landfills and
incinerators. [Click
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5/29/02
Cyanide is the chemical of choice for miners to extract gold from
crushed ore but that cyanide always leaks into the ecosystem. [Click
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5/28/02
POTTERVILLE, Mich. — A freight train carrying hazardous materials
derailed in this town of 2,200 people, prompting officials to order
the city’s evacuation as they tried to avoid an explosion from
leaking propane. [Click
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5/23/02
WASHINGTON, DC-- A new Spanish language publication, TODO SOBRE LA
OSHA -- ALL ABOUT OSHA will help Spanish-speaking employees
understand more about safety and health in the workplace. [Click
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5/22/02
Workplace health hazards involving exposure to bloodborne and other
infectious materials have resulted in $132,750 in proposed fines
against a firm providing security staff to a federal detention
facility. [Click
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5/21/02
A Canadian researcher who has found elevated levels of PCBs in
British Columbia farmed salmon has published a scientific paper
saying that eating as little as one meal a week of the fish could be
dangerous. [Click
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5/20/02
From Latin American day laborers to Southern Baptist volunteers,
hundreds of people cleaned potentially hazardous dust from buildings
around the World Trade Center site without standard safety gear. [Click
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5/17/02
Six people became violently ill in a Yonkers, NY apartment, sparking
a chemical contamination scare that led to the evacuation of the
building and the deployment of hazardous materials workers. [Click
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5/16/02
MEXICO CITY -- A truck carrying deadly sodium cyanide was stolen in
central Mexico, and officials on Wednesday said they have no
information about what the robbers were planning to do with the
poisonous material. [Click
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5/15/02
ARLINGTON, Wash. –– A thief who stole ammonia from a food
processing plant caused a leak of the chemical that forced the
evacuation of about 1,500 people from homes and businesses. [Click
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5/13/02
Grand Rapids, MI -- A leaking railcar forced authorities to shut
down a major highway and ask local residents to remain indoors as a
white cloud of hydrochloric acid blew across the northern part of
the city. [Click
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5/10/02
Alaska Airlines managers conducted an extraordinary experiment on an
MD-80 jet. Frustrated by complaints about noxious mists on MD-80
flights, they tried to recreate the problem on a jet parked inside a
hangar. [Click
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5/8/02
In 1999, during air strikes against Yugoslavia, NATO forces bombed a
petrochemical plant and oil refinery in Pancevo. The blast released
thousands of tons of chemicals into the environment. [Click
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5/7/02
TORONTO - A toxic fire blazing in chemical-filled rail cars in rural
southwestern Manitoba is spreading a black cloud of pollution and
forcing the evacuation of nearby residents and raising concern over
livestock. [Click
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5/6/02
The Swedish government caused consternation in food circles by
announcing that many cooked foods that are staples of Western diets
contain acrylamide, a probable carcinogen. [Click
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5/3/02
The death of a welder in an explosion and fire has led to $71,250 in
proposed fines for failing to protect workers against the hazards of
flammable vapors during cutting and welding operations. [Click
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5/2/02
ORLANDO, Fla. - Central Florida's main source of drinking water
contains traces of a potentially toxic chemical that is leaking from
a former Superfund cleanup site. [Click
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5/1/02
Study indicates dentists are more likely to suffer memory and kidney
problems which could be due to long-term exposure to mercury in
tooth fillings. [Click
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4/30/02
Washington, DC - Both sides of the Capitol Beltway were closed after
a truck belonging to a swimming pool cleaning company began leaking
chlorine. [Click
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4/29/02
Workers who mix and package flavored microwave popcorn or are
involved in flavoring manufacturing appear at high risk for a lung
disease that could cause lungs to fail, possibly requiring a lung
transplant. [Click
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4/25/02
Angels Camp, CA - A chlorine leak at the city's wastewater treatment
plant prompted a precautionary evacuation order that remained in
effect until hazardous materials workers capped the leak. [Click
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4/24/02
Two New Jersey men face up to 30 years in state prison on
manslaughter charges after a worker was killed compacting cans of
glitter hair spray. [Click
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4/23/02
A new Hazard Information Bulletin issued by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration alerts dental laboratories on how to
prevent exposure to beryllium. [Click
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4/22/02
Environmentalists blasted the Hong Kong government over a plan to
clear dioxin-tainted mud from the site of a planned Disney theme
park, saying moving the cancer-causing mud would be dangerous. [Click
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4/19/02
WASHINGTON — Male frogs exposed to even very low doses of the
common weed killer atrazine can develop mutations. [Click
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4/18/02
In the first case ever in which a rental property manager was
prosecuted for failing to notify a tenant about a lead-based paint
hazard, James T. Aneckstein has been sentenced to 15 months
imprisonment. [Click
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4/17/02
DETROIT (AP) -- Officials estimated that more than 10,000 gallons of
oil flowed into the Rouge River during the last five days, the
largest spill on Great Lakes waterways in a decade. [Click
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4/16/02
After nearly three million work hours, only 35 workers at the World
Trade Center recovery site suffered injuries that resulted in lost
workdays, OSHA announced today. Of the 35 reported cases, none were
life threatening. [Click
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4/15/02
Of all of the country's armed services, none in the last few months
has reoriented itself more speedily or radically than the Coast
Guard charged with protecting the country's 95,000 miles of
shoreline. [Click
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4/12/02
Arlington, Va -- (EPA) will hold a technical briefing on April 16 to
present its revised risk assessment for the chemical atrazine, a
herbicide used widely in the United States on corn, sorghum and
other crops. [Click
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4/11/02
Denova Environmental Inc., will be allowed to continue receiving
certain kinds of explosive waste, once it meets terms of a
settlement with the California Department of Toxic Substances
Control. [Click
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4/10/02
DALLAS -- Crown Central Petroleum Corp., in Pasadena, Texas, has
agreed to pay $101,500 in penalties for citations issued by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. [Click
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4/04/02
An explosion and fire at a New Haven, Conn., plastics manufacturer
and its failure to address hazardous chemical safety issues has
resulted in proposed fines of more than $33,000 against the company.
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4/03/02
Ahmedabad, India - If the recent trend of attacks on industrial
estates continues, Ahmedabad could see the kind of tragedy that hit
Bhopal in 1984. [Click
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4/02/02
In the first criminal case in the United States involving a
violation of the Lead Hazard Reduction Act, David D. Nuyen of Silver
Spring, Md., was sentenced to serve two years in prison and pay a
$50,000 fine. [Click
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4/01/02
A federal judge ordered Schenectady International to pay more than
$2 million for the cleanup of toxic chemicals left at an industrial
site including the removal of heavy lead, mercury, volatile organic
compounds and PCBs. [Click
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3/29/02
OSHA has found 11 serious health violations at the Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard, including the presence of cadmium and lead in lunchrooms
and water fountains. [Click
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3/28/02
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who
intends to manufacture a new chemical to notify EPA and comply with
the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new
chemicals. [Click
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3/27/02
Long term exposure to arsenic, a common groundwater contaminant in
some areas, has been linked to heart attacks, strokes and diseased
arteries. [Click
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3/27/02
High-tech trash, such as computer components, circuit boards and
electronic gadgets, is becoming one of the largest hazardous waste
problems in the U.S. with some 4.3 million tons of the stuff
discarded in 1999. [Click
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3/25/02
Preventing worker deaths, injuries and illnesses will be the focus
of EXPO 2002 to be held March 25 and 26, at the Mobile Convention
Center. [Click
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3/22/02
The Semiconductor Industry Association said yesterday that it would
take new steps to monitor the effects of chemicals used in the
production of chips on the health of the industry's workers. [Click
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3/21/02
Four men pleaded guilty in the second largest case ever in terms of
the amount of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants (CFCs) unlawfully
imported—1,760 tons. [Click
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3/18/02
Eight cars of a 79-car train derailed in Atlanta, and leaked about
600 gallons of the hazardous chemical hexamethylenediamine before it
was contained. [Click
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3/15/02
The Research and Special Programs Administration is amending the
Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) in the 'List of Hazardous
Substances and Reportable Quantities' table. [Click
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3/14/02
An Ohio man was sentenced to 13 months imprisonment and ordered to
pay $22,600 in restitution to the city of Cleveland for improper
disposal of 469 bags of asbestos-containing waste. [Click
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3/12/02
A company's failure to protect workers from a variety of hazards
that resulted in a double fatality, has led to proposed citations
and fines against Multiple Concrete Enterprises, Inc., of Ogden,
Utah. [Click
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3/8/02
A Montana power company's failure to protect employees working in
areas with potentially explosive accumulations of coal dust has led
OSHA to issue citations and $181,000 in proposed penalties. [Click
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3/7/02
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has unveiled the
premiere issue of its new electronic communication tool which will
be e-mailed on a regular basis to subscribers. [Click
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3/4/02
The Pesticide Toxicology 101 Seminar (April 2-3), sponsored by the
Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) is designed for
non-toxicologists who work in firms that formulate and register
end-use pesticides. [Click
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3/4/02
The Environmental Working Group charges that the FDA is failing in
its public health obligation to protect pregnant women and the
developing fetus from the toxic effects of mercury. [Click
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3/1/02
OSHA identifies 13,000 workplaces with highest injury and illness
rates - employers have been notified that injury and illness rates
at their worksites are higher than average. [Click
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2/27/02
A new Spanish webpage will help the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration reach out to non-English speaking employers and
workers. [Click
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2/25/02
The co-owner of Environmental Services and Products Inc., in Kansas
City, Kan., pleaded guilty to illegally storing more than 80 drums
of hazardous wastes at his facility. [Click
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2/22/02
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has endorsed a
voluntary product stewardship program designed to reduce workplace
exposures to refractory ceramic fiber (RCF) products. [Click
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2/19/02
A 42-year-old Bridgeport, Michigan woman is recovering after an
apparent cardiac arrest caused by a chemical reaction to cleaning
products. [Click
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2/18/02
The former chief mate of the S.S.Trinity, was indicted on a charge
of misconduct, stemming from an incident in which a crew member died
after exposure to the toxic chemical methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).
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2/15/02
OSHA Safety and health training on occupational exposure to hazards
in medical and dental offices will be held at Waubonsee Community
College in Sugar Grove, Ill., on Tuesday, March 12. [Click
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2/13/02
The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association's document
- Security Guidelines for the U.S. Chemical Industry - has recently
been published and made available at the SOCMA website. [Click
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2/11/02
Courtney & Co. Inc., of Texas City, Texas, and its former
president, were charged with storing approximately 1000 gallons of
waste paint, toluene, xylene, methyl-ethyl ketone and waste paint
solvents. [Click
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2/8/02
Online help with identifying whether a waste is hazardous,
requirements for hazardous waste generators and small quantity
generators; and hazardous waste ID# and reporting requirements. [Click
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1/30/02
PUEBLO, Colo. -- A local wire manufacturer's failure to protect
employees from serious hazards such as overexposure to lead has led
OSHA to issue $179,500 in citations against the company. [Click
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1/28/02
North Carolina man charged with illegal mercury disposal faces a
maximum sentence of up to five years in prison and/or a fine of $100
per day of violation. [Click
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1/25/02
Consumer Pesticide Hotline Changes Name - The National Pesticide
Information Center provides comprehensive information on pesticides,
including toxicological and medical information. [Click
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1/24/02
Until recently, few manufacturing companies would have claimed
compliance with hazmat regulations as a competitive advantage, and
they would not have viewed the generation of MSDSs as a
business-critical function. [Click
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1/22/02
OSHA has announced that enforcement efforts will increase in Fiscal
Year 2002, with more inspections targeting workplaces where injury
and illness rates are the highest. [Click
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1/21/02
OSHA has cited Meadow Gold Dairies for failure to protect employees
from hazards including potential over-exposure to anhydrous ammonia
and proposed penalties totaling $174,000. [Click
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1/18/02
The EPA is amending the national emission standards for hazardous
air pollutants (NESHAP) for phosphoric acid manufacturing and
phosphate fertilizers production plants under authority of the Clean
Air Act. [Click
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1/17/02
EPA is proposing a new use rule for: C.I. Pigment Orange 20, Chromic
Acid, Lead(2+) Salt (1:1), Chromium Lead Molybdenum Oxide, Lead
Molybdenum Oxide, Sulfuric Acid, and C.I. Pigment Red 104. [Click
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1/14/02
Scientists have identified two microorganisms that may provide an
effective way to remove benzene, a highly toxic chemical, from
contaminated soil and groundwater. [Click
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1/11/02
A California man was sentenced to five months in prison and seven
months home detention and ordered to pay $9,270 in fines for
unlawfully removing asbestos at the Delta Sugar Plant in Clarksburg,
Calif. [Click
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1/10/02
WASHINGTON -- Phillips Petroleum will pay over $2 million in
penalties for safety and health violations, as part of a settlement
agreement announced by U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. [Click
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1/9/02
Failure of a Hammondsport, N.Y., computer manufacturer to follow a
range of safety and health standards has resulted in 50 citations by
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and proposed
penalties of $105,750. [Click
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1/8/02
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that
Lunda Construction Co., of Black River Falls, WI., exposed workers
to unsafe levels of lead and faces proposed penalties $250,000. [Click
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