New Chemical Safety Board video just dropped: https://youtu.be/HmiQFYGc6C4
(And there’s a new narrator)
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22 Uzbek Pupils Hospitalized After Cotton Field Spraying Near School
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Whew, sense of smell back to normal 24 hours later and lungs good... lesson learned: do not use large amounts of organic solvents (without a fume hood). Even with a full carbon filter respirator (and outdoors), bad. Sticking with Simple Green degreaser instead of solvents. Could have been a lot worse. #chemicals #chemicalsafety #badjuju
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Water Worries Rise as EPA Considers Loosening Toxin Limits
The EPA is considering weakening limits on PFAS 'forever chemicals' in drinking water. Millions could be affected. Find out what changes.
#PFAS, #DrinkingWater, #EPA, #ChemicalSafety, #PublicHealth
https://newsletter.tf/epa-loosens-forever-chemical-limits-drinking-water/
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The EPA might relax rules on 'forever chemicals' in water, just two years after setting them. This could mean longer exposure for millions.
#PFAS, #DrinkingWater, #EPA, #ChemicalSafety, #PublicHealth
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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s retreat from science endangers the health of people and the planet
#EPA #Environment #ScienceMatters #Pollution #PollutionCrisis #PublicHealth #ChemicalSafety #ClimateCrisis #ToxicChemicals #CleanAir #CleanWater
https://the-14.com/the-us-environmental-protection-agencys-retreat-from-science-endangers-the-health-of-people-and-the-planet/ -
Anyone else think last nights’ #CSB video wasn’t targeted at their usual audience of safety and process engineering nerds?
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🎉 Wow, let's defund the US Chemical Safety Board because who needs safety when dealing with *explosive* chemicals, right? 🙄 The article drones on like a safety manual, but don't worry—soon there might not be any manuals at all! 🚨
https://www.ishn.com/articles/114776-us-chemical-safety-board-could-be-eliminated #defundChemicalSafety #explosiveChemicals #safetyFirst #safetyConcerns #regulatoryIssues #chemicalSafety #HackerNews #ngated -
US Chemical Safety Board at risk of being defunded
https://www.ishn.com/articles/114776-us-chemical-safety-board-could-be-eliminated
#HackerNews #USChemicalSafetyBoard #Defunding #ChemicalSafety #PublicSafety #EnvironmentalProtection
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For the nerds amongst us - New US Chemical Safety Board video just dropped:
“A CSB safety video on the fatal release of acetic acid
at the LyondellBasell La Porte Complex in La
Porte, Texas, on July 27, 2021, that killed two contract workers.”Full final report: https://www.csb.gov/lyondellbasell-la-porte-fatal-chemical-release-/
#Safety #IndustrialSafety #ChemicalSafety #ChemicalSafetyBoard
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In the nation’s capital, however, Norfolk Southern often has sounded a more defiant note: It has joined some of the nation’s leading freight railroads in a bid to weaken newly proposed safety legislation, threatening to leave millions of Americans nationwide at risk of deadly derailments and dangerous chemical spills.
#Corruption #PublicSafety #Railroads #ChemicalSafety #USPoli #EastPalestine https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/03/east-palestine-derailment-safety-lobbying/