Hazardous Substance

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Hazardous Substance: - 1. Any material that poses a threat to human health and/or the environment. Typical hazardous substances are toxic, corrosive, ignitable, explosive, or chemically reactive. 2. Any substance designated by EPA to be reported if a designated quantity of the substance is spilled in the waters of the United States or is otherwise released into the environment.
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News archive for Hazardous Substance::

Two Massachusetts Seafood Companies Face Penalties for Hazardous ...  -  04 Aug 2008
WebWire (press release),Sulfuric acid is an extremely hazardous substance that the company had onsite in excess of the threshold level of 500 pounds.

EPA Funds Brownfields Project in Greenville, SC  -  04 Aug 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,

Let farmers get on with farming  -  04 Aug 2008
Grantham Today,The decision to move away from a risk based registration system to one based on hazard (ie if it contains a hazardous substance it will be banned) will have

Suspicious Letter Evacuates Building  -  Aug 3, 2008
NBC6.net,Investigators want to remind people that if they have suspicions that there may be a hazardous substance on a letter, package or anywhere else they should

National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Jul 15, 2008 (FIND, Inc. via COMTEX) -- NPTC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- SUMMARY: On June 13, 2008 EPA published a Notice of Intent to Delete

Envelope with white substance causes lock-down  -  Jul 29, 2008
KWMU,ST. LOUIS, MO. (2008-07-29) An envelope with a white substance was found Tuesday morning in a suburban St. Louis First National Bank building causing hazmat

Chemical assault of man prompts alert at hospital  -  Jul 26, 2008
Baltimore Sun,...forced the closure of the Johns Hopkins Hospital emergency room for nearly two hours while officials investigated the possible hazardous substance.

CalOSHA: Going Down the Tubes?  -  Aug 1, 2008
Bay Area Indymedia,...and the retention of all medical records for 30 years,as well as requiring medical surveillance with certain highly hazardous substance exposures is a

Hazardous chemical request refused  -  Jul 31, 2008
Kent News,Although Arcelor Mittal was unsuccessful in their Hazardous Substance Licence application, the company is still able to store up to 1000 tonnes of the

Officials still probe spill of chemicals in Amherst  -  Jul 31, 2008
Cabinet.com,Six people were taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center after they were exposed to a hazardous substance in a garage at 8 Orchard View Drive,

Evacuation in Amherst  -  Jul 28, 2008
Cabinet.com,Six adults underwent hazmat decontamination and were taken to area hospitals after they were exposed Monday morning to an unknown hazardous substance at a

How is advertising influenced by ethics?  -  Jul 8, 2008
CNNThis is somewhat tricky, because "hazardous substance" is an ever-shifting category. What was once considered useful and beneficial -- for example,

K-STATE: Sustainable Redevelopment of Contaminated Properties ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Insurance News Net (press release),Kansas Department of Health and Environment; K-State and the K-State Center for Hazardous Substance Research; the cities of Manhattan and Junction City;

Chemical Company Told to Clean Up  -  Jul 18, 2008
RedOrbit,...?Xylene is hazardous substance and there was potential for environmental harm to the water course, although there was not any.

Regional News Briefs  -  Aug 1, 2008
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,...that Michael Dennis violated laws that require citizens to investigate and clean up hazardous substance discharges and properly manage solid waste.

Stop Sweating That A/C Bill  -  Jul 31, 2008
Motley Fool...(Leave the topping off to the pros, since freon is a hazardous substance.) Additionally, low freon can cause the compressor to overheat and die early.

Crews respond to spill  -  Jul 23, 2008
Georgetown News Democrat,GEORGETOWN - Ripley, Mt. Orab, Georgetown, and the Brown County Sheriff’s Office emergency crews responded to a report of a hazardous substance spill,

European Parliament Decides Against A Lead Ban  -  Jul 7, 2008
Idaho Examiner,...to reduce the use of lead in its products – but making it a ‘priority hazardous substance’ would have caused significant problems for some companies.

Asbestos use floors activist  -  Jul 20, 2008
Canoe.ca,...containing asbestos do not pose a health risk has raised the ire of an Alberta woman and activist whose research focuses on the hazardous substance.

Philippines Princess sinking highlights dangers from toxic cargoes  -  Jul 13, 2008
GulfNews,...this hazardous substance had not been properly identified by Sulpicio during the process of its emergency response following the start of the emergency.

Possible chemical spill investigated  -  Jul 28, 2008
Cabinet.com,...decontamination tent in the large front yard of the home. Some firefighters are also being treated for exposure to the potentially hazardous substance.

Quarantine in Princeton  -  Jul 30, 2008
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com,Unsure if the envelope contained a hazardous substance, authorities cordoned off the building and called in local, state and federal emergency agencies.

Bill would ban novelty lighters  -  Aug 1, 2008
The Register-Guard,The ban would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to treat novelty lighters as a banned hazardous substance that could not legally be

Semi accident closes Int. 94 in Jackson County  -  Jul 12, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com,LEONI TOWNSHIP -- A fire this morning involving a semi hauling hazardous material prompted officials to close a stretch of Int. 94 in Jackson County.

Bangalore briefs: Centre files an appeal in state HC against Areca ban  -  Jul 22, 2008
Mangalorean.com,The Food and Drugs ministry had categorised Areca under hazardous substance equating it with tobacco. Later in 2007 a divisional bench had adjourned any

The Silent Death Sentence - Asbestos  -  Jul 31, 2008
Best Syndication,The use of this hazardous substance is now very carefully monitored internationally after some retired workers began to develop respiratory problems

Stolen Copper Radioactive  -  Jul 22, 2008
WSET,And we hope that whoever did this can see this video and know they are dealing with a hazardous substance that could be dangerous to them.

Home, neighborhood normal again after toxic accident  -  Jul 29, 2008
Nashua Telegraph,Six people were taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center on Monday after they were exposed to a hazardous substance in a garage at 8 Orchard View

'Explosive' material can still be stored at docks  -  Jul 28, 2008
Kent Online,This amount does not require a special permit under hazardous substance regulations. Arcelor Mittal says the chemical is low grade and is taken from the

Spill closes part of Liberty Street in Scio Township  -  Jul 8, 2008
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com,A yellowish substance in a large puddle has closed a portion of Liberty Street west of Zeeb Road and east of Park Road this evening.

Old chemical site may scupper Castleford project  -  Jul 9, 2008
Yorkshire Evening Post,..."On further consultation with the Health and Safety Executive they reiterated that given the hazardous substance consent on the neighbouring site which

Springfield, Mo., Receives $50000 in Brownfields Technical ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...where the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

Gas project pumps up salt deal profits  -  Jul 6, 2008
Crain's Manchester Business,Cheshire County Council's development regulatory committee has just granted hazardous substance consent, despite opposition which greeted previous schemes

EPA Funds Greener Brownfields Projects  -  Jul 29, 2008
NewsBlaze,Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,

'Worse Than Ice'  -  Jul 18, 2008
News Dispatch,Salyer emphasized the wheat germ oil is not a hazardous substance, but it did make things "pretty slippery." Vitamins Inc. employees went to the scene with

INLAND OIL SPILL REGULATIONS  -  Jul 24, 2008
Santa Ynez Valley Journal,...to immediately report a release or a threatened release of a hazardous substance to the Office of Emergency Services, among other agencies.

Traffic on I-80 exit in Omaha limited for spill  -  Jul 27, 2008
KCAU,Omaha police say a hazardous substance spilled on 84th street, prompting a road closure from F Street to Grover. That will also effect traffic getting on

Plans to revamp, reuse polluted sites  -  Jul 13, 2008
Boston Globe,...redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

Ahura Scientific's TruDefender FT Named Frost & Sullivan 2008  -  Jul 18, 2008
Chemical Online.com (press release),..."During an emergency involving a hazardous substance, first responders are faced with numerous challenges ranging from collecting samples in Level A

City seeking federal grant to assess undeveloped property for ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
New Bern Sun Journal,The name is also given to properties where redevelopment might be complicated by the potential presence of a hazardous substance.

Toxic smoke scare as chemical fire breaks out  -  Jul 24, 2008
Cambridge Evening News,After receiving a call from the Veolia Environmental Services premises in Cowley Road at 6.23am, a hazardous substance recovery unit from St Neots,

Ticona Introduces Two New Riteflex® XFR™ Grades: Free From ...  -  Jul 22, 2008
Polymerupdate.com (subscription),...(PBT) withCelanex® XFR, we designed our two new Riteflex XFR grades to help customers comply with anticipated hazardous substance restrictions

Ticona Intros Eco FR Polyesters  -  Jul 21, 2008
SMT Magazine,...comply with anticipated hazardous substance restrictions and waste directives," said Pete Bombik, Polyester Global Business director for Ticona.

Greenwich project gathers steam;  -  Jul 21, 2008
Brantford Expositor,The building was for years a recognized storage site monitored by the Ministry of the Environment, but the hazardous substance will have to go to make way

Asbestos in Roads Angers Alberta Woman  -  Jul 20, 2008
660 News,...roads containing asbestos do not pose a health risk and this has raised the anger of an Alberta woman whose research focuses on the hazardous substance.

Finding oil content in metalworking fluids  -  Jul 9, 2008
Australian Metal Worker,Sulphuric acid is a hazardous substance, and personal protection equipment should be used if conducting the test. It should also be handled with care and

News Summary - 7/09  -  Jul 8, 2008
Daily Record (subscription),The complaint, filed last November in the Kent County Circuit Court, alleged violations of the state’s water pollution control and hazardous substance

Driver in fatal accident had 6 prior DUIs  -  Aug 1, 2008
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,...that Michael Denis had violated laws that require citizens to investigate and clean up hazardous substance discharges and properly manage solid wastes.

Suspect in custody in Niagara shootings  -  Aug 1, 2008
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,...that Michael Denis had violated laws that require citizens to investigate and clean up hazardous substance discharges and properly manage solid wastes.

Nortel plans SMB push  -  Jul 28, 2008
CIOL,All our products are Restriction of Hazardous Substance (ROHS) compliant, which is an EU standard and are environmental friendly," Lokhandwala stressed.

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